Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

One of three covers for Half-Life 2. This cover shows the series' protagonist, Gordon Freeman; the others show Alyx Vance and the G-Man.
Developer(s) Valve Corporation
Publisher(s) Vivendi (previously Sierra Entertainment) (expired)
Valve Corporation
Distributor(s) Electronic Arts (retail)
Steam (online)
Composer(s) Kelly Bailey
Series Half-Life
Engine Source engine
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Release date(s) November 16, 2004[show]Microsoft Windows
EU / NA November 16, 2004[1]
Steam November 16, 2004
Xbox
NA November 15, 2005[1]
Xbox 360
NA October 10, 2007[2]
PlayStation 3

NA December 11, 2007[2]

Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s) BBFC: 15
ESRB: M
OFLC: MA15+
PEGI: 16+

Media CD, DVD, download or Blu-Ray
System requirements 1.2 GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, DirectX 6 level graphics card, Internet connection (broadband or better recommended)
Input methods Keyboard, mouse (a joystick is also supported on PC), gamepad

Half-Life 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game and the sequel to the highly acclaimed Half-Life. It was developed by Valve Corporation and was released on November 16, 2004, following a protracted five-year,[3] $40 million[4] development cycle during which the game’s source code was leaked to the Internet.[5] The game uses the Source game engine, which includes a heavily modified version of the Havok physics engine.[6] Originally available only for Windows-based personal computers, the game has since been ported to the Xbox, and was a part of The Orange Box compilation for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles.[7]

Half-Life 2 takes place in a dystopian world in which the events of Half-Life have fully come to bear on human society, which has been enslaved by the extraterrestrial civilization known as the Combine. The game takes place in and around the fictional City 17 and follows the adventures of scientist Gordon Freeman who must fight against increasingly unfavorable odds in order to survive.

Half-Life 2 garnered near-unanimous positive reviews and received critical acclaim,[8][9] winning over 40 PC Game of the Year awards for 2004.[10] The game has been critically praised for its advances in computer animation, sound, narration, computer graphics, artificial intelligence (AI), and physics simulation.

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