Half-Life 2 player count soars after massive 20th anniversary update: ‘The GOAT FPS is still relevant’
It’s not often that 20-year-old titles see massive player counts no matter what sort of event is attached to them. But Half-Life 2 is no ordinary title. It’s arguably the best PC game of all time. And, having just recently celebrated its 20th birthday, it now has over 50,000 concurrent players.
Valve surprise-dropped a huge two-hour-long documentary on the creation of Half-Life 2, the studio’s biggest and best game, on Nov. 15. In true Valve fashion the release of said documentary and the massive Half-Life 2 20th anniversary update had no promotion or mention whatsoever. It just sort of happened, and it’s downright glorious.