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posted by martyb on Thursday January 23 2020, @02:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-half-lifes-does-it-take-to-get-a-full-life? dept.

Every Classic Half-Life Game is now Free on Steam:

As Valve gears up for the launch of its first official Half-Life game in 13 years, the developer has given fans a big freebie to tide them over while they wait for March 2020: every previous official Half-Life game for free.

On Tuesday, Valve announced that both Half-Life and Half-Life 2, and each expansion pack and episode published directly by the game maker, would be free for all Steam users for a limited time.

As of press time, this offer appears to be a temporary unlock of the games until the VR-only adventure game Half-Life Alyx launches in roughly two months; the games' free availability will likely expire after HL:A launches.

[...] Since the games, and their connected expansions, have been available for so long, this promotion may be moot for many Steam users. 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.

[...] This giveaway is also a reminder that Valve can't claim to be the most generous game-download marketplace of the past year. The rise of Epic Games Store as a launcher and marketplace throughout 2019 hinged in no small part on Epic's weekly giveaways of free, well-reviewed video games.


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  • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Friday January 24 2020, @01:57AM (1 child)

    by shortscreen (2252) on Friday January 24 2020, @01:57AM (#947754) Journal

    I agree that GOG is infinitely superior, I've been using it for a long time. Never tried GOG Galaxy though. A few other non-DRM sources for games are dlsite.com (a few big publishers and lots of indie/doujin, also has non-game software, audio, manga, and royalty-free art), itch.io and gamejolt.com (indie games of varying quality)

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday January 24 2020, @03:20PM

    by Freeman (732) on Friday January 24 2020, @03:20PM (#947961) Journal

    The updated GOG Galaxy client is pretty awesome. I'd still take advantage of the ability to have a backup of your install files, though.

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