Web port wizards produce browser versions of Half-Life 2 and Portal

A web browser port of Half-Life 2 has appeared, letting you play the game in a tab. It has some kinks—frames are a mite inconsistent and certain animations seem to be broken—but it is, in fact, Half-Life 2 in the browser: you can play the game as normal, use console commands, and send your working hours down the drain with a spot of entertainment slightly more sophisticated than the average Flash game.

The project was created by Slqnt and 98006 in just three months, a post on X from Gabe Follower says. A follow-up post shared that the effort was based on a similar browser port of the original Portal, so there is now more than one Valve title running in-browser.

Reactions on X ranged from enthusiasm—"Shit gonna go triple platinum in middle schools nationwide."—to skepticism: "I don’t think the children are playing half-life anymore, bro." It’s neat to see a big Source engine FPS running in a tab.

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