| Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | |
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| Developer(s) | Valve |
| Publisher(s) | Valve |
| Series | Half-Life |
| Engine | Source |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
| Release | November 30, 2004
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Valve. Released on Steam on November 30, 2004, it uses many of the assets from Half-Life 2 and its Source engine. It features new levels, optimized for multiplayer arena play, and a few new weapons. Also included are portions of the game's source code, which were the basis for many early Source-based multiplayer modifications. The game is the successor to the popular multiplayer component of the original Half-Life, but is offered as a separate product from Half-Life 2. Deathmatch, like Half-Life's multiplayer, does not develop any part of the plot or story of the Half-Life series.