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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. (twitter.com)
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 66 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

"thanks to new update"

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

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 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@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They're doing what?!

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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