Developed by Valve Corporation, the Half-Life franchise is a highly celebrated series of award winning first-person shooter titles which have consistently influenced future FPS development with their unique storytelling methods, such as a constant first person perspective, and gameplay mechanics such as Half-Life 2's Gravity Gun.

Together Half-Life and Half-Life 2 have won over 100 Game of the Year awards and both have been named Game of the Decade by several publications. 

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