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Prerelease:Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

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This page details pre-release information and/or media for Half-Life 2: Lost Coast.


Development Timeline

2004

  • The tech demo begins development.

2005

  • 4 February: Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is announced in a Steam update. Major Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch updates are also announced.[1]
  • 18 May: Lost Coast is shown off at E3 2005, in the "Games for Windows" booth.
  • 13 June: Eurogamer publishes a preview of the tech demo.[2]
  • 5 August: Valve announces that the game will be ready "in a couple of weeks", and that it will feature developer commentary.[3]
  • 27 October: Lost Coast is released for free to anyone who has purchased Half-Life 2 from Steam.

E3 2005

Footage from E3 2005, showing Lost Coast along with Half-Life 2‍ '​s Xbox version, and a QnA session from Valve employees. While the Lost Coast portion is very close to the final techdemo, there's still a few differences to be found:

  • At 11:31, the Gunship Hunter-Chopper appears, however, no Combine soldiers ambush Gordon alongside it.

Concept Art

  • Concept art for the Fisherman, drawn by Moby Francke.

  • Ditto, alternate designs included.

  • St. Olga monastery concept art.

  • Ditto.

  • Rough sketch of St. Olga's church.

  • Colored version of previous image.

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050207034349/http://www.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/Feb4.2005/
  2. ↑ https://www.eurogamer.net/p-half-life2lostcoast-pc
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20061112153525/steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/August5.2005/
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