In the finished Half-Life 2, there's a section where Gordon and Alyx are fighting through City 17 trying to reach Barney, and come to a destroyed bridge. You end up dropping down to the canal before a ...

One Half-Life 2 fan traced elements from the 2003 beta version of the game and compared them to the final release. According ...

That places this build two years out from Half-Life 1's release, and two to three before the infamous Half-Life 2 beta that leaked in 2003. It's a distinct point in the game's evolution ...