
The mod features our own levels and the ability to play the Half-Life 2, Episode One and Episode Two campaigns.

This modification strives to give Half-Life players a true Half-Life 2 cooperative experience. We have evolved from multiple mods (DC Co-op 2, Dev Co-op and Tim-Coop). The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its. Synergy is a Half-Life 2 co-opertive multiplayer modification. Steam is available from both the Steam website and the Ubuntu Software Center. Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors even the emotions of both friends and enemies. Whether Valve debut their new engine with another Half-Life title or something completely different, their continued investment in Linux bodes well for a new Valve release coming much sooner to our platform than the nine-year lag for the original HL2 or the six years for Portal, TF2, and HL2: Episode Two. Valve head Gabe Newell confirmed the company’s work on the second iteration of the Source engine – the engine currently powering Steam titles for Linux like Team Fortress 2, Portal, and the Half-Life 2 series.

Though originally released for the PC back in 2004, Half-Life 2 has lived on with additional “episodes” and a growing collection of mods to tide over the series’ fans whilst Valve take their time on the next title in the series. The Half-Life 2 series’ debut for Linux through Steam comes just after Valve’s release of Portal for Linux last week. Valve’s lauded first-person shooter Half-Life 2 has finally arrived on Linux.
