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Also known as HL:BS, HL: Blue Shift, Half Life: Blue Shift

2001 expansion pack for the video game Half-Life

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Developer
Gearbox Software
Publisher
Sierra On-Line
Director
Randy Pitchford
Producer
Randy Pitchford
Designer
Rob Heironimus
Programmers
Sean Cavanaugh Patrick Deupree
Artist
Brian Martel
Writers
Rob Heironimus David Mertz Randall S. Pitchford II
Composers
Stephen Bahl Chris Jensen
Series
Half-Life
Engine
GoldSrc
Platforms
Windows , OS X , Linux
Release
Windows NA : June 12, 2001 EU : June 15, 2001 OS X, Linux WW : July 31, 2013
Genre
First-person shooter
Mode
Single-player

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2013-03-30
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Half-Life: Blue Shift is an expansion pack for the first-person shooter video game Half-Life (1998). It was developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sierra On-Line. Blue Shift was the second expansion for Half-Life, originally intended as part of a Dreamcast port of Half-Life. Although the Dreamcast port was cancelled, the Windows version was released as a standalone product on June 12, 2001.

As with Gearbox's previous expansion pack, Opposing Force (1999), Blue Shift returns to the setting and events of Half-Life, but portrays the story through the eyes of another character. Players control security guard Barney Calhoun, employed by the Black Mesa Research Facility, who must fight his way to safety during an alien invasion. Blue Shift also includes a graphics pack that upgrades the Half-Life models and textures.

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