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Half Sword
Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator by Half Sword Games, published by Game Seer, where players control weapons directly with the mouse in 15th-century Europe; it entered Steam Early Access in January 2026.
Half-Life (series)
Half-Life is Valve's first-person shooter series: Half-Life (1998), Half-Life 2 (2004), the Episodes, and VR title Half-Life: Alyx (2020), known for cutscene-free storytelling and long sequel gaps.
Half-Life (video game)
Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter by Valve, following physicist Gordon Freeman through an alien-overrun research facility, and winning more than 50 Game of the Year awards.
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 (HL2) is Valve's November 16, 2004 Source-engine first-person shooter starring Gordon Freeman in City 17, famous for the Gravity Gun, a 2003 source-code leak, Metacritic 96, and the 2024 20th Anniversary Update.
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode One (originally Aftermath) is Valve's 2006 Source-engine first-person shooter continuing Half-Life 2, with Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance escaping City 17; first of a planned trilogy, later in The Orange Box.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (HL2:EP2) is Valve's 2007 Source-engine first-person shooter, second in a planned trilogy after Half-Life 2, set in rural White Forest, released in The Orange Box, scoring 90 on Metacritic.
Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve's VR-only first-person shooter, released 23 March 2020 on Source 2, set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, starring Alyx Vance against the Combine; Metacritic 93, later ported standalone to Steam Frame.
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Blue Shift is a 2001 Gearbox expansion for Half-Life, originally Dreamcast content, starring security guard Barney Calhoun at Black Mesa; it shipped with the HD model pack and bundled Opposing Force in North America.
Half-pass
Half-pass: a dressage lateral movement combining forward and sideways travel on two tracks with bend in the direction of travel and crossing legs; built on shoulder-in and travers, appearing from Third Level upward.
Halfback (American football)
Halfback (HB), also called tailback, is the offensive American football backfield position that carries the ball on most rushing plays; the primary running back, distinct from the blocking fullback.
Halfdan Hansen
Halfdan Nicolai Hansen (1883–1953) was a Norwegian sailor who won Olympic gold in the 12 meter class at Stockholm 1912, and later managed an insurance office in Oslo.
Halfpipe (snowboarding)
Halfpipe snowboarding is a judged freestyle discipline in which riders perform aerial tricks on a U-shaped snow channel, scored on difficulty, variety, and amplitude at World Cup and Olympic level.
Halftime show
Halftime show: entertainment performance during a major sporting event's intermission, chiefly the Super Bowl halftime show (Michael Jackson 1993 turning point, 12-15 minutes, 100M+ viewers) and the first FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show in 2026.
Halifax Tides FC
Halifax Tides FC, Atlantic Canada's first professional women's soccer club, founding member of the Northern Super League, plays at Wanderers Grounds, Halifax; announced June 2024, inaugural NSL season 2025, head coach Stephen Hart.
Halifax town
Halifax Town AFC, defunct English football club of Halifax, West Yorkshire (1911-2008), Football League member and Shay ground; succeeded by phoenix club FC Halifax Town of the National League.
Halil Mutlu
Halil Mutlu (Halil Aliev, born Huben Hubenov, 1973) is a retired Turkish weightlifter, born in Bulgaria, who won Olympic gold in 1996, 2000, and 2004, one of only four lifters with three titles, setting 21 world records.
Halina Konopacka
Halina Konopacka (Leonarda Kazimiera Konopacka, 1900–1989), Polish discus thrower who won the first Olympic gold for Poland and the first women's athletics gold at Amsterdam 1928 with a 39.62 m world record; later poet, painter, and wartime gold-evacuation participant.
Halina Richter Gorecka Herrmann
Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann (born 4 February 1938, Chorzów), Polish sprinter; 4x100 m relay Olympic bronze 1960 and gold 1964 with world record 43.6; defected to West Germany 1965, competed at Mexico 1968.
Halldor Skard, Jr.
Halldor Skard, Jr. (born 1973, Oslo) is a retired Norwegian nordic combined skier, Olympic team gold medalist at Nagano 1998, 1997 world team champion, later a Google employee and consultant.
Hallgeir Brenden
Hallgeir Brenden (1929–2007), Norwegian cross-country skier from Trysil; Olympic 18 km gold 1952 and 15 km gold 1956, first to defend the short-distance title; also steeplechase champion.
Hallgeir Engebraten
Hallgeir Engebråten (Hallgeir Haug Engebråten), born 1999 in Kongsvinger, is a Norwegian long-track speed skater, 2022 Beijing Olympic team pursuit gold medalist and 5000 m bronze medalist, who retired in 2026 at 26 due to asthma.
Halloween Havoc
Halloween Havoc, WCW's annual October pay-per-view from 1989 to 2000, later revived by WWE for NXT; known for the Thunderdome cage, Spin the Wheel Make a Deal, the 1998 broadcast overrun, and 18 total editions.
Halloween: The Game
Halloween: The Game (Wizard Video, 1983) is an Atari 2600 horror game based on the 1978 film, where the player as Laurie Strode escorts children away from Michael Myers; one of the earliest violent video games, now rare and collectible.
Halma
Halma is an 1883 American race board game by surgeon George Howard Monks, played on a 16x16 square board with 19 pieces moving by steps and non-capturing jump chains into the opposite camp; its 1892 German star-board adaptation became Chinese Checkers.
Halo (franchise)
Halo is Microsoft's military science fiction game franchise begun by Bungie, launched with Halo: Combat Evolved on Xbox in 2001, spanning games, novels, and TV under 343 Industries, later Halo Studios, now built on Unreal Engine 5.
Halo (safety device)
Halo: titanium cockpit protection hoop mandatory in Formula 1 since 2018, developed by the FIA and Global Institute for Motor Sport Safety; withstood 15x car static load in tests, credited in Grosjean, Hamilton, and Zhou crashes; IndyCar uses the Aeroscreen instead.
Halo 2
Halo 2 is Bungie's 2004 Xbox first-person shooter sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, known for its Xbox Live multiplayer with matchmaking and skill ranking, dual wielding, and $125 million first-day sales.
Halo 3
Halo 3 is Bungie's 2007 Xbox 360 first-person shooter closing the original Halo trilogy; Metacritic 94, 11 campaign missions, 16-player multiplayer, Forge and Theater, PC release in Master Chief Collection July 14, 2020.
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3: ODST is a first-person shooter, released in 2009 for Xbox 360. This Bungie title is a side story set during Halo 2, where ODSTs search New Mombasa.
Halo 4
Halo 4 is a 2012 first-person shooter for Xbox 360 by 343 Industries, the first Halo game made without Bungie and the opening chapter of the Reclaimer Saga.