Peak of popularity. The cult game Half-Life, which turned 25 years old, attracted a record number of players

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Half-Life turns 25 – the game is again at the peak of popularity (Photo: Steam)

For the 25th anniversary, the shooter Half-Life received a big update, and the game began to be sold at a 90% discount. All this led to attracting a record number of players.

The latest version of the game received updated graphics settings, controller support, Steam Networking and Steam Deck. Also, for the first time in two decades, the game received new maps for several players. 4 new maps, 3 old Half-Life Deathmatch maps have been added, as well as character models for Deathmatch ( Ivan the Space Biker, Prototype Barney, Skeleton, Too Much Coffee Man).

In addition, users received a lot of features from older versions of the game – from the menu design in the style of the 1998 game to the original Valve video at the beginning.

At the same time, the game Half-Life was distributed for free on Steam until the evening of November 20. And Half-Life2 began to be sold at a 90% discount – for only 22 hryvnia ( offer valid until Tuesday evening, November 21).

Against this background, Half-Life recorded the highest number of concurrent players since records were kept – more than 33 thousand. For comparison, up to this point the game was visited by no more than a thousand players per month.

Half-Life is back at the peak of popularity / Photo: Screenshot

Let's remember that the first game in the sci-fi shooter series Half-Life was released in 1998 and was recognized as one of the best games of all time.. She has received numerous awards including “ Game of the Year”. In 2004, Half-Life 2 was released, which continued the success of its predecessor.

The next game in the series from Valve, as NV Techno wrote, came out 16 years later. Half-Life: Alyx was the first full-fledged episode of the Half-Life series developed for virtual reality.

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