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. Valve's free-to-play history mostly revolves around games that function as an online service. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Half-Life 1 Anthology (PC, 2005) at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many. 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. Downloads - Half-Life - Mod DB Half-Life Valve Sierra Entertainment Released 1998 Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valves début title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. 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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