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Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

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This page details pre-release information and/or media for Half-Life 2: Lost Coast.

Development Timeline#

2004#

  • The tech demo begins development.

2005#

  • 4 February: Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is announced in a Steam update. Major Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch updates are also announced.1
  • 18 May: Lost Coast is shown off at E3 2005, in the "Games for Windows" booth.
  • 13 June: Eurogamer publishes a preview of the tech demo.2
  • 5 August: Valve announces that the game will be ready "in a couple of weeks", and that it will feature developer commentary.3
  • 27 October: Lost Coast is released for free to anyone who has purchased Half-Life 2 from Steam.

E3 2005#

Footage from E3 2005, showing Lost Coast along with Half-Life 2‍ '​s Xbox version, and a QnA session from Valve employees. While the Lost Coast portion is very close to the final techdemo, there's still a few differences to be found:

  • At 11:31, the Gunship Hunter-Chopper appears, however, no Combine soldiers ambush Gordon alongside it.

Watch on YouTube

Concept Art#

Concept art for the Fisherman, drawn by Moby Francke.
Concept art for the Fisherman, drawn by Moby Francke.
Ditto, alternate designs included.
Ditto, alternate designs included.
St. Olga monastery concept art.
St. Olga monastery concept art.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Rough sketch of St. Olga's church.
Rough sketch of St. Olga's church.
Colored version of previous image.
Colored version of previous image.

References#

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20050207034349/http://www.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/Feb4.2005/↩︎
  2. https://www.eurogamer.net/p-half-life2lostcoast-pc↩︎
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20061112153525/steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/August5.2005/↩︎