Bellevue (WA) – Ok, we admit it, there are ways to get Half-Life for free, you may even have a copy in a graphics card box in your closet (at least I do in the box of the original ATI Radeon AIW), but we felt it was worth noting that Valve’s Half-Life game turned 10 today and the company is celebrating the birthday with a 98 cent edition of the game.

Valve said that the deal will be available on its Steam Network until 12:01 am PST on November 21. The company claims that the Half-Life franchise so far sold 20 million units.

Half-Life was first released by Sierra Games on November 19, 1998. The game was developed on top of a modified Quake engine called GoldSrc. Half-Life is still believed to be the most played online game (excluding MMORPGs). According to GameSpy, Half-Life is played by about 31,500 players, more than twice the number of Call of Duty 4, which is estimated at about 16,000 players.     

Yay!

Nov 19, 2008 16:45     

I love Valve Steam! I've already got the game...but it's steal to those who've never played it. What will Gordon Freeman do next?
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I prefer TFC

Nov 19, 2008 16:46     

I prefer Team Fortress Classic over regular Half-Life multiplayer
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Just play it if you missed out.

Nov 19, 2008 16:58     

98 cents? Sure! why the hell not for people who havent played. I have to admit, this game is still fun as heck. Even if the graphics look like PSone graphics, the games story and level layouts was ahead of its time. I reinstalled it about a week ago and couldnt stop playin.
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Does 98 cents Halflife include counter strike online free also?

Nov 19, 2008 18:18     

Does 98 cents Halflife include counter strike online free also? If so i would buy it right now
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After going to the site....

Nov 19, 2008 21:53     

They should just give it away as a promotion of their game packages until the date specified.
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New at Jack in the Box...

Nov 20, 2008 00:34     

"The New 98c radioactive chicken burrito"
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sheesh, that captcha sux! I'll go get it from torre...

Nov 20, 2008 03:38     

sheesh, that captcha sux! I'll go get it from torrent I guess, wtg Valve
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Maybe it can make more money

Nov 20, 2008 07:32     

At that price, it can make more money this way: Gamers can install an application like Folding@Home, to sell to Valve wasted CPU and GPU cycles. Valve can make money from a cloud supercomputer, as Amazon does. That way, the gamer earn credit money, that can be used to buy those games in Steam Network. Otherwise, pirates will continue to sell pirated games at 10 U$S instead 0.98 U$S, because most pirated software consumers don't even have a credit card/bank account/Paypal to buy things online.

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Does this version work under Windows Vista everytim...

Nov 20, 2008 08:34     

Does this version work under Windows Vista everytime i try installing my game it never works
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