What online multiplayer features do the Half-Life games have?
I'm confused about the multiplayer modes in the Half-Life series. Half-Life and Half-Life 2 appear to have launched without online features, but now have paid multiplayer offerings Half-Life Deathmatch: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch on sale, respectively. What confuses me greatly is that Half-Life Deathmatch: Source was released after Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.
Can you elaborate the release history? Did both major releases in the series launch without multiplayer? Are the expansions Opposing Force and Blue Shift (for HL1) and the episodes 1 and 2 (for HL2) exclusively singleplayer content?
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Are any Half-Life games multiplayer?
Half-Life includes online multiplayer support for both individual and team-based deathmatch modes.Does Half-Life have online co-op?
Now it's back, and it's getting a Steam release. The mod lets you play both Half Life: Source and Half Life 2, including Episodes 1 and 2, with friends via online co-op.How do you play Half-Life online with friends?
Synergy is a simple Half-Life 2 Modification (Mod) that enables you to play through the Half-Life 2 series and many other 3rd-party campaigns cooperatively with friends.Half-Life 1 Online Gameplay 2017 (60 fps)
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