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Half-Life is released through Sierra On-Line after some initial difficulty in finding a publisher largely due to Valve’s reputation of being overly ambitious. It quickly becomes a bestseller and wins high critical acclaim, snagging no less than 51 Game of the Year awards from various publications. To this day it is generally regarded as one of the greatest games ever made. In an extra folder on the installation CD could be found Worldcraft, an intuitive level editor that would spawn an unparalleled mod-making revolution.