Garry's Mod racks up a million downloads

By Fred Dutton Published 26 July, 2011

Big update planned for Half Life 2 mod.

Garry's Mod has passed the one million downloads mark, six years after it was first made public.

"This is a pretty big deal for me considering this all started off as a tiny tiny modification about six years ago," wrote creator Garry Newman on his blog. "This is more than I could have ever expected or wished for!"

Newman added that he had hoped to have a "big secret update" ready for when the milestone was passed, but it's running behind schedule.

"Anyway – thanks to everyone that's contributed to Garry's Mod – whether that be directly by dedicating your time to creating new content for other players or indirectly by playing and enjoying all that Garry's Mod has to offer!"

Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox 'game' modded from Half-Life 2. The $10 download lets you manipulate and mess around with objects and characters from most Source-powered Valve games.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • reelbigkris #1 10 months ago

    Garry Newman? I wish he'd give up this modding tomfoolery to return back to music.

  • PaulieWaulie #2 10 months ago

    Post deleted at 14:23:40 06-01-2012

  • cheeky_BILLY #3 10 months ago

    Can't get the update done because he spends too much time sat in his car.

  • Stratix #4 10 months ago

    I see what you did thar.

    I'm interested to know what % of that he gets, but to be honest I'm sure he could live off the interest all that money generates and lead a reasonably comfortable life!

  • marmaduke #5 10 months ago

    It was about £1.19 in the Steam Sale. I'm guessing that had something to do with it...

  • Cyclone #6 10 months ago

    That figure probably included the old, non-paid for versions as well marmaduke. Not that it isn't a great mod, but it might be a bit off the beaten track for many people's tastes.

  • CARL05 #7 10 months ago

    I've spent hours on this, although all I seem to do is attach balloons to explosive barrells and shoot them when they hit the sky limit BIG BOOM! Muhahah!

    It's also humerous attaching balloons to heavy's head.

    omg.. i'm wasting my life D:

  • crooky369 #8 10 months ago

    Can't they sell this separately?

    I know HL is a legendary series and all but I really don't care for it.