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 the "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" girls are named Jessica, Beth, Alix, Laura, Heather, Katharine, and Chell?
- ...that the train ride at the start of Half-Life 2 was originally much longer?
- ...that ATLAS and P-body are referred to as "Blue and Orange" by GLaDOS?
- ...that the Half-Life 2 Barnacle was to have another variant called the Sand Barnacle?
- ...that Black Mesa's freight monorail network has nothing to do with the Black Mesa Transit System and is named "Materials Transport"?
- ...that Combine Soldier zombies were dubbed "Zombines" by Alyx?
- ...that the appearances of the large lift, the entrance to the canal, and the canal itself in Sector B were based on designs from the manga Akira?
- ...that the Area 9 Security Checkpoint can reroute trams to the Sector B, C and E Lines?
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Content updates
- 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)
- Unidentified Half-Life 2: Episode Three weapon created. (November 21, 2024)
- Half-Life 2 developer commentary, Ice Gun, and Blob created. (November 18, 2024)
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