Half-Life
1998 first-person shooter video game
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Summary
Half-Life is a video game[1]. Half-Life ranks in the top 1% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,911 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Screenwriter: Marc Laidlaw[3]
- Composer: Kelly Bailey[4]
- Publisher: Sierra Entertainment[5], Valve Corporation[6]
- Genre: first-person shooter[7], science fiction video game[8]
- Named after: half-life[9]
- Followed by: Half-Life 2[10]
- Developer: Valve Corporation[11], Gearbox Software[12]
- Part of the series: Half-Life[13]
- Commons category: Half-Life[14]
- Platform: Linux[15], PlayStation 2[16], Microsoft Windows[17], macOS[18]
- Game mode: multiplayer video game[19], single-player video game[20]
- Language of work or name: English[21], French[22], German[23], Italian[24], Spanish[25], Simplified Chinese[26], Traditional Chinese[27], Korean[28]
- Software engine: GoldSrc[29]
- Distribution format: compact disc[30], digital distribution[31]
- Review score: 96/100[32], ★★★★★[33]
- Input device: computer keyboard[34], computer mouse[35], gamepad[36]
- Country of origin: United States[37]
- Publication date: November 19, 1998[38], November 11, 2001[39], February 14, 2013[40]
- Characters: Gordon Freeman[41], Eli Vance[42], Barney Calhoun[43], G-Man[44], Arne Magnusson[45]
- Distributed by: Steam[46]
- Narrative location: Black Mesa Research Facility[47], Xen[48]
- ESRB rating: Mature 17+[49]
- CERO rating: D (Ages 17 and up)[50]
- Official website: https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife[51], https://www.half-life.com/zh-tw/halflife[52], https://www.half-life.com/zh-cn/halflife[53]
- PEGI rating: PEGI 16[54]
Why It Matters
Half-Life has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Half-Life is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]