This week's Half-Life giveaway doesn't appear to come with any new free-to-play marketplace tweaks, which is probably for the best. Dota 2 launched in 2013 as an inherently free-to-play game, while popular online shooters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 eventually received free-to-play updates. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's free-to-play history mostly revolves around games that function as an online service. But if you missed those sales, or the series' PC-gaming heyday, it's hard to beat the low, low price of 'free.' (And if you've never owned a Half-Life game before, check out the endless rabbit hole of amazing, community-developed mods for both games that you can download and enjoy for free.) Valve has frequently discounted the ever-living dickens out of its most classic series, with each of the series' disparate releases plummeting to $1 each during various sales. Name the folder as you like (Half-Life 2 004) and move it anywhere. Half-Life 2 is compatible with Windows XP and Vista, but all versions of the game (even hard copies) require Steam before they will run. Since the games, and their connected expansions, have been available for so long, this promotion may be moot for many Steam users.

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