I love a spin-off. Angel? Great stuff! Count Duckula? The Better Call Saul of cartoons. Kourtney and Khlo'Take Miami? Take me, I'm yours! I could go on and on cutting-and-pasting from this Wikipedia page, but I'll get to the point. Games also have spin-offs. Often they'll be forgotten about. Sometimes they're even disowned. On a few occasions, they'll take on a life of their own and exist apart from the game that spawned them, never calling, never visiting, only sending a multipack Christmas card. Below are a few stories of surprising spin-offs. The 2D Half-Life 2, the Fortnite that failed, the single-player Counter-Strike that no-one asked for, and more.