

Awards and Honors

Half-Life 2 has been named "PC Game of the Year" 2004 by:
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"Best Game of All Time" - PC Gamer
Half-Life was named "Best Game of All Time" by PC Gamer magazine in its November 1999, October 2001, and April 2005 issues.
The original Half-Life has been named "PC Game of the Year" by:
- Computer Game Developer Spotlight Awards
- The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Awards
- PC Gamer
- PC Games
- PC Accelerator
- Computer Gaming World
- Houston Chronicle
- CNET GameCenter
- Gamespot Reader's Poll
- Antagonist Games Network
- Adrenaline Vault
- Teen People Online
- Houston Chronicle
- Blue's News
- Gamers World
- Game Over Online Magazine
- Download.net
- Gamer's Depot
- Gamezilla
- Digital Entertainment On-Line
- Loony Games
- sCary's website
- Game Asylum
- Voodoo Extreme
- Intelligamer
- Electric Games
- The Electric Playground
- Game Power
- PC Player (German)
- PowerPlay (German)
- Gamesmania (German)
- NBC Giga (German)
- Missil.net (Sweden)
- Daily Telegraph (UK)
- Gry Komputerowe magazine (Poland)
- Pelit magazine (Finland)
- Slitz (Sweden)
- PC Home (Chinese Edition)
- Megascene (Austria)
- PC Gamer (UK)
- PC Format (UK)
- .NET (UK)
- Ultimate PC (UK)
- Game.EXE (Russia)
- Speltorget (Sweden)
- Generation 4 (France)
- ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (Game.EXE - Russia)
- ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (France)
- ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (Eastern Europe)
- Best Action Game & Game of the Year by the readers of PC Zone Benelux (Holland)
- Play Online Magazine (Japan)

Counter-Strike has won the following awards:
- Action Game of the Year 2000 -- Gamepen.com
- Action Game of the Year 2000 -- Actiontrip.com
- Online Game of the Year 2000 -- GameSpot UK and US
- Special Award for Multiplayer Gaming 2000 -- Gamespy.com
- Action Game of the Year 2000 -- Gamespot US, Readers Choice
- Game of the Year 2000 -- VoodooExtreme Readers Choice
- Best Multiplayer 2000 -- Electronic Playground
- Revolutionary PC Game 2000 -- Game Revolution
- Best Online Game 2000 -- Game Revolution
- Best Multiplayer Game -- Game Developer 2001 Spotlight Awards
- Special Achievement in Gaming -- Game Developer 2001 Spotlight Awards
- Online Game of the Year 2000 -- Computer Games
- Game of the Year 2000 -- Gamers.com