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 Half-Life: Decay was supposed to ship with twelve levels, but three missions were cut?
- ...that the Black Mesa East and Kleiner's Lab teleports use the Calabi–Yau manifold?
- ...that the Aperture Science Enrichment Center is built on and inside a salt mine in Upper Michigan?
- ...that Isaac Kleiner's pet Headcrab Lamarr is named after Hedy Lamarr, a 1940s actress and inventor?
- ...that the brands of the sodas sold by the Black Mesa vending machines are "Hai!", "Glub", "Grope", "Guthrie", "Yuck", and "Dante"?
- ...that Gordon Freeman was originally named Dyson Poincare?
- ...that a defeated Strider's weapon was originally to be available for the player to pick up?
- ...that the Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grill "emancipates" dental fillings, crowns, tooth enamel, and teeth?
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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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