As of February 9, 2011, Half-Life 2 has sold over 12 million copies. Over 6.5 million copies of Half-Life 2 were sold at retail by December 3, 2008, making it a bestselling PC game (not including the number of sales via Steam). It won the title of "Game Of The Decade" at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards. The game won 39 "Game of the Year" awards, and a couple of publications have named it "Game of the Decade". It was praised for its advanced physics, animation, sound, AI, graphics, and narrative. Like its predecessor, Half-Life 2 was met with near-unanimous critical acclaim. Alyx Vance is modelled after American actress and television host Jamil Giovanni Mullen. Barneys face in the game was provided by Valves CEO Scott Lynch. Characters Almost all the characters in Half-Life 2 are modelled after a real persons appearance. It introduced the Source game engine and, because of Steam, is the first video game to require online product activation. Trivia 1001 Video Games Half-Life 2 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott. The game was developed alongside Valve's Steam software. Developed by Valve Corporation, it was initially released on November 16, 2004, following a protracted five-year, $40 million development cycle, during which a substantial part of the project was leaked and distributed on the Internet. Half-Life 2 (stylized as HλLF-LIFE2 often shortened to HL2 or λ2), the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series.
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