Just a few hours after Valve launched a new update to celebrate the game's 25th anniversary, the original Half Life has reached a new all-time high of almost 14 thousand concurrent players.

blanketswithsmallpox, 7 months ago

Was trying to get my family the free copies yesterday and it was bugging out hard trying to complete the orders lol.

Will have to try again tonight.

Kolanaki, 7 months ago

“thanks to new update”

Could it also possibly be because they’re giving the game out for free?

Vilian, 7 months ago

maybe but a lot of people already played it, and a lot didn’t want to play an “ancient” game, with the update this changes

obinice, 7 months ago

They’re doing what?!

WarmSoda, 7 months ago

Yup. It’s right on the front of the store

Rentlar, 7 months ago

Free to claim until Nov 20th 2023.

Walican132, 7 months ago

What was updated?

Vilian, 7 months ago

look at their site, a lot of things

DarkMetatron, 7 months ago

Just for completness half-life.com/en/halflife25/

PlzGivHugs, 7 months ago

They added some bonus content including a mini-campaign originally bundled with other products, and added a bunch of QoL updates for modern systems (including but not limited to the Steam Deck).

Walican132, 7 months ago

Nice thanks for the response. I had a long day at work and didn’t have a chance to look yesterday. If you hadn’t responded I would have forgotten about this. I appreciate your reply.

WarmSoda, 7 months ago

It’s actually pretty impressive. The change notes are really long for this.