Half-Life 2 in a Browser

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Half-Life 2 has been ported to run directly in a web browser via WebAssembly, allowing play without installation.

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# web hl2 Source: [https://hl2.slqnt.dev/](https://hl2.slqnt.dev/) ![](https://hl2.slqnt.dev/assets/hl2.png)Downloading\.\.\.

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