Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 is a science-fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to Half-Life. The game takes place in City 17, several years after the original incident at the Black Mesa research facility from Half-Life.http://orange.half-life2.com/hl2.html

On September 20, 2004, Vivendi Universal Games (VUG) and Valve Software were in a legal battle about the distribution of Half-Life 2 through cyber cafes. Throughout Asia, cyber cafes are extremely popular for playing online games due to PC and broadband penetration per capital being very low. On April 29, 2005, the parties settled their disagreement stating VUG would discontinue the sale of retail packages by August 31, 2005. They also revoked licenses to cyber cafe's stating that only Valve Software has the authority to distribute the game. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4054643.stm

Half-Life 2 was released on November 16, 2004 for PC and November 15, 2005, for Xbox. Two years later, on October 10, 2007 and December 11, 2007 the game was ported to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Half-Life 2 was also included in the Valve’s compilation of video games know as The Orange Box.http://orange.half-life2.com/hl2.html

The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, which is the same as in Half-Life. Freeman must fight both humans and aliens within City 17. Additions to Half-Life 2 include physics puzzles, the ability to drive vehicles, an air boat and a dune buggy. The original release of Half-Life 2 for Xbox 360 did not contain multi-player modes. This was updated and corrected when developers released The Orange Box for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. http://orange.half-life2.com/hl2.html

The video above is the official trailer for Half-Life 2. The game was developed by Valve Corporation and is the sequel to Half-Life. Half-Life 2 was followed by Half-Life 2: Episode One, released in June 2006 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two released in October 2007. Valve's first-person shooter was rated M for Mature.