Gordon Freeman returns... in Renegade Ops

The Half-Life hero is back! Just... not for a Half-Life game.

September 26, 2011 9:00 AM

The Half-Life hero is back! Just... not for a Half-Life game. Sega has announced a rather bizarre partnership with Valve that places Gordon Freeman and his buggy from Half-Life 2 into the Steam version of Renegade Ops.

"Working with Steam and the Half-Life team makes this game extra special," John Clark, director of PC Digital, said in a prepared statement. "Gordon Freeman is a deeply-established character in the gaming world and we are proud to have him included in Renegade Ops."

Gordon's special power in Renegade Ops will be to unleash Antlions. ~~His appearance will also mark the canonical end to the Half-Life series.~~ (Just kidding!)

Renegade Ops will be available on Steam on October 14th for $15. Here's a trailer:

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September 26, 2011 9:00 AM

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The Half-Life hero is back! Just... not for a Half-Life game.
- Trips
  
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  September 26, 2011 9:04 AM
  
  Valve is great at encouraging awesome indie titles with incentives, I approve.
  - fw_rams
    
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    September 26, 2011 9:23 AM
    
    true that.. but this is not an indie title :)
  - holinka
    
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    September 26, 2011 9:33 AM
    
    Yeah that indie, Sega
    - Trips
      
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      September 26, 2011 10:07 AM
      
      Developer, not publisher.
      - barichnikov
        
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        September 26, 2011 10:17 AM
        
        developer isn't indie either. did you hear about that tiny indie game, Just Cause 2 ?
        
        repeat2k
        
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        September 26, 2011 11:22 AM
        
        How about that small game, Minecraft? Wait a minute....
- hirez
  
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  September 26, 2011 9:04 AM
  
  so that's why its taking until October. Valve Time.
- Ambient80
  
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  September 26, 2011 9:04 AM
  
  .....
- daggot
  
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  September 26, 2011 9:22 AM
  
  Pre-order reconfirmed. Hopefully keyboard input will work for this.
- sasquatchxing
  
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  September 26, 2011 9:28 AM
  
  Really.... I know all the Valve fanboys are going to gush over this but meh. Would have been cooler if they added the A-Team for a fan cash in.
  - dedgecko
    
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    September 26, 2011 11:03 AM
    
    Just you wait for the DLC packs.
    - daggot
      
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      September 26, 2011 12:18 PM
      
      You know what might make a good DLC for this? That old cheese movie Megaforce. Use the buggy and make the laser it's special.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaforce
  - daggot
    
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    September 26, 2011 12:15 PM
    
    If they threw in the theme music I'd probably buy that.
  - ctlaltl33t
    
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    September 26, 2011 7:27 PM
    
    Agreed. Really weak offering, and not a good justification for delaying the game a month
- rversaw
  
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  September 26, 2011 9:38 AM
  
  Why are they calling the HL2Ep2 muscle car a buggy? The buggy was in HL2, but this isn't it...
  - dedgecko
    
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    September 26, 2011 11:05 AM
    
    Agreed, someone in marketing is being paid too much for what they bring to the table.
    
    Hell, even if you google them, they are distinctly found via separate searches.
    Buggy:
    http://tinyurl.com/3etnvhz
    
    Muscle Car:
    http://tinyurl.com/3husclo
- Twstr709
  
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  September 26, 2011 9:38 AM
  
  Here's your Half LIfe Episode 3.
- sanchez
  
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  September 26, 2011 10:10 AM
  
  Why does the shack video player still suck so much? The 720p version of that vid looks very low res.
- Haxim
  
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  September 26, 2011 10:55 AM
  
  Half-life buggy is OK I guess, but do I get any TF2 hats for buying this or what?
  - Durajim
    
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    September 26, 2011 11:21 AM
    
    A missed opportunity for people to ask me if I don't mind trading the free hat with them
- aurealis
  
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  September 26, 2011 11:04 AM
  
  its all about the coop!
- Zollington
  
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  September 26, 2011 11:32 AM
  
  Would rather it have been Adrian Shephard in a Military Jeep, but this is still awesome! Kind of weird that they're saying its the buggy when it looks like that car from one of the Episodes.
  - Durajim
    
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    September 26, 2011 11:55 AM
    
    All the cool kids will be all like "Who the hot damn is Adrian Shephard!!" They want master chef these days, Zollington!
    - AgentPothead
      
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      September 26, 2011 12:00 PM
      
      Master Chef? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeyUGZt8nk
    - Zollington
      
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      September 26, 2011 8:18 PM
      
      Master Chef was my favorite Cooking Mama bonus character.
- passingstranger
  
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  September 26, 2011 1:18 PM
  
  Holding out for John Freeman DLC.
- ctlaltl33t
  
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  September 26, 2011 6:46 PM
  
  Not amused. Just terrible as I'm sure this accounts for most of the delay
- [deleted] 354686
  
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  September 26, 2011 6:59 PM
  
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- baron calamity
  
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  September 26, 2011 7:01 PM
  
  He really needs to be in a fighting game. All his lines are already written.
  
  "......."
- SpaecKow
  
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  September 26, 2011 7:12 PM
  
  At this rate there will be more non-Half Life games with Gordon innem than there will be Half Life games with Gordon innem by the time Ep 3 comes out.
  - sasquatchxing
    
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    September 26, 2011 7:55 PM
    
    He is trying to beat Mario for most cameos in games.
    - RikiTiki2
      
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      September 26, 2011 8:08 PM
      
      so long as Gordon doesn't sound like Elmo that's fine by me