From the Combine OverWiki, the original Half-Life and Portal wiki
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A Red Letter Day
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| In 2026, the Combine OverWiki celebrates twenty years of operation. Happy 20th Birthday!
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Did you know...
- ...that the word quarantine comes from the Italian, "quaranta giorni," uh, which means forty days — the period that all ships were required to be isolated before crew could go ashore during the Black Death?
- ...that Fetchbot was originally used as a special ammo type for the slingshot in the minigame Slingshot?
- ...that Valve artist Ted Backman gave his likeness to the Citizen variant "male 02", as well as an early version of the Black Mesa security guard?
- ...that the sequel to Portal originally didn't include portals and was actually a prequel titled F-STOP?
- ...that the tram taken by Adrian Shephard in Opposing Force is located at the exact same spot as the one where the G-Man is seen at the start of Half-Life?
- ...that Headcrabs are used as weapons by the Combine?
- ...that in one of the early versions of the Borealis levels, the ship was to be bombarded by Sackticks pods?
- ...that a Barnacle can swallow a human whole?
- ...that the proper name of the Test Chamber in Sector C is Test Lab C-33/a?
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Content updates
- Cremator gun created. (September 28, 2026)
- Weaponizer created. (September 2, 2026)
- Half-Life 3 created. (July 8, 2026)
- Peggle Extreme created. (April 5, 2026)
- List of Half-Life and Portal crossovers and Poker Night 2 created. (January 26, 2026)
- Mission Improbable created. (October 7, 2025)
- Avalon created. (September 23, 2025)
- Half-Life Fallout and PHWOnline created. (August 28, 2025)
- Dark Interval created. (August 3, 2025)
- Black Mesa: Blue Shift created. (November 24, 2024)
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