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Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
716 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 434 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Half-Life: Blue Shift was released on 1 Jun, 2001.
Half-Life: Blue Shift includes violence throughout the game.
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14 developer announcements, Mar 2013 to Oct 2019 · times in UTC
A Half-Life update is now available that affects Blue Shift through shared resources. Please see the Half-Life update notes for details.
Patch notesA small update for Half-Life: Blue Shift is now available: Engine Fixed bug in skybox image loading Fixed bug in demo command processing Prevent certain path characters from being used in commands Enforce certain extensions be used for…
mikelaWe have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are: Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this. Fixed crash…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are: Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this. Fixed crash…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are: * Added correct game sound track, mastered at 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for better listening experience ;* Fixed test microphone button not working
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are: Added correct game sound track, mastered at 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for better listening experience Fixed test microphone button not working
alfredHalf-Life:BLue Shift, now with 100% more Blue!! Changes in this update are: * Changed hud color to match originally shipped blue tones
alfredHalf-Life:BLue Shift, now with 100% more Blue!! Changes in this update are: Changed hud color to match originally shipped blue tones
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are: * Added support for friendly save names in Half-Life: BlueShift and Half-Life: Opposing Force
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are: Added support for friendly save names in Half-Life: BlueShift and Half-Life: Opposing Force
alfredHalf-Life: Blue Shift is now available as a Beta. This beta adds Linux and OS X support. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page…
alfredHalf-Life: Blue Shift is now available as a Beta. This beta adds Linux and OS X support. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page…
alfredWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | hl.exe | -game bshift -steam | windows | |
| Launch | hl.sh | -steam -game bshift | macos | |
| Launch | hl.sh | -steam -game bshift | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
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gameinstall | bshift/SAVE | *.* |
gameinstall | bshift | *.cfg and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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