Back Half-Life (videospeletjie) Afrikaans هاف-لايف (لعبة فيديو) Arabic هالف ليف ARZ Half-Life AST Half-Life Azerbaijani Half-Life Byelorussian Half-Life Bulgarian Half-Life Breton Half-Life Catalan Half-Life Czech
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| Developer(s) | Valve Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra Entertainment (CD-ROM) Valve Corporation (Steam) |
| Composer(s) | Kelly Bailey  |
| Series | Half-Life |
| Engine | GoldSrc (GoldSource, Previously Named Half-Life Engine) |
| Platform(s) | Linux macOS Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 |
| Release | November 8, 1998 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter science fiction video game |
| Mode(s) | Singleplayer/Multiplayer |
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game developed by Valve Software and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1998, based on a very changed Quake game engine. It was first published for PCs running Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console. A port for the Dreamcast was planned, but was cancelled. It is the first game in the Half-Life series.
Half-Life, often shortened to HL, has been thought to be very great by computer game critics for its gripping in-depth storyline, which has influenced the development of many other first-person shooters after it. It became very popular after it was released and still has many fans.
The name and logo reference the science term half-life, which is represented by the Greek letter lambda.