The game has to date been followed by two sequels, called "Episodes".
Small side games released around the time of the original include the multiplayer game Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and the single bonus chapter Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. Breen, former administrator of Black Mesa and now self-styled overlord of humanity. In this, he is aided by the Vortigaunts, an alien race whose enslavement he broke by his destruction of the Nihilanth members of the Resistance, including several former Black Mesa scientists and Action Girl Alyx Vance, who accompanies Freeman throughout much of the game as a fully-qualified AI partner. Having attained an almost messianic status among the fledgling resistance forces thanks to his actions in Black Mesa, Gordon attempts to survive and eventually strike back against the Combine by provoking a full-scale revolution. Gordon soon finds out that Earth has been invaded and conquered by a powerful alien force known as the Combine, which apparently detected the Black Mesa incident and took advantage of it to enslave humanity and add Earth to its collection of assimilated worlds. Half-Life 2 starts off about twenty years after the ending of the original game, as the mysterious G-Man uses his time- and space-bending powers to place Gordon Freeman on a train headed for City 17, some undisclosed place in Eastern Europe. Every retail copy of the game also came with Counter-Strike: Source to help fill out the multiplayer side of things. Professionally, he had it all, but the rest of his life suffered as he worked weekends and on vacation, neglecting his family.In 2004, Valve released the sequel to their revolutionary and critically acclaimed first game Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2, which itself broke new ground on many fronts in its graphics engine, physics system, artificial intelligence, and its online distribution/updating system. Partner at a large Chicago law firm for two decades co-founder of a prestigious 40-attorney litigation boutique that he managed. I thought of the incident last week when I read about an attorney in D.C., who, 50 years old and at the top of his profession and career, suddenly quit. Settling back further in her chair, she stared at me for several moments as if contemplating the question of my own loyalty to the firm. But when I asked why she didn’t go ahead and do that, she looked at me as if I’d suggested something preposterous. It was a surprising admission from one of the leading partners in the firm, and I was flattered that she would bring me into her confidence. One day, years ago, while working as an attorney at a large local law firm, the partner on a case glanced at her office door to make sure it was shut, then said in a hushed tone, “I’d accept a twenty percent pay cut to work even a half day less around here.”
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