Today it’s Half-Life 2 a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation for Microsoft Windows (PC). It is the sequel to 1998’s Half-Life, it was released after a five-year, $40 million development phase. During development, a substantial part of the project was leaked and distributed on the Internet. The game was developed along with Valve’s Steam software and the Source engine.
If you go to the aperture sciences website its home page is still christmas related but a hidden page reveals a countdown clock. This clock is counting down to an unknown event. If you work out the time it comes to around 5pm GMT, Friday, 15th April which would be around noon on Friday, 15th April in New York or Friday, 15th April, around 9am PDT for example.
What will be revealed is anyone guess but it’s likely related to the recent annoying Valve ARG (alternate reality game) campaign that’s been happening recently so this might all just be a clever marketing trick or it might reveal a new announcement like Half-Life 2: Episode Three, Half-Life 3, an early release date for Portal 2 on PC or a cake. Whatever the case its intriguing because ticking clocks are normally either a very good thing or a really bad thing.