Valve has been within the information so much these days. The digital storefront proprietor and (too occasional) sport maker has simply shared particulars on its newest challenge, an Overwatch type multiplayer hero shooter known as Impasse that appears to be popping out quickly after operating invite solely assessments. Much less formally, we’ve additionally heard recent rumblings in regards to the eternally anticipated Half-Life 3, with hypothesis on a present iteration of the sport choosing up due to a voice actor’s CV. However, amidst all of this, a bunch of followers has appeared again additional into Valve’s historical past to make one other type of information, gathering collectively to present the primary Half-Life‘s Blue Shift add on a brand new concurrent participant report on Steam.
Half-Life acquired its Blue Shift enlargement all the best way again in 2001, however the FPS sport has discovered newer consideration not too long ago by the fan led Shifting the Bar occasion. The objective of the occasion was easy: set a brand new report for essentially the most energetic Half-Life Blue Shift gamers within the sport’s historical past.
This was coordinated by asking gamers to share a ShiftingtheBar hashtag and launch the Gearbox made enlargement on the similar time final Saturday August 24. The hassle paid off. Although it’s been 23 years because it got here out, Half-Life Blue Shift all of a sudden spiked on Saturday, reaching an all time peak participant depend of three,145.
It’s since settled again down, with simply 80 gamers registered as energetic on the time of writing, however the Shifting the Bar marketing campaign appears to have performed its job and helped preserve Barney Calhoun within the public consciousness in 2024.
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