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HL2 to go Gold Monday

i saw this on csnation and was JUST about to post it! was checkin forum catagories to see if anyone posted it yet 🙂

this means that HL2 could be in stores in the next 1-2 weeks! (crosses fingers knowing the history of valve...)
 
From CSNation.net

HL2 Fallout's Mr Bond has cleared up the mystery behind a recent post made by Gabe Newell's forum account claiming that Half-Life 2 will be going gold Monday. Since HL2 Fallout is having server issues, we have mirrored the news post:

After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell's account history on the forums, we've come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake. While we can't be 100% certain at this stage, all indicators point towards someone hacking the forum account. That said, all Gabe's previous posts on these forums are quite legitimate.

We apologize for the confusion and will be investigating further. Theoretically, an IPB forum account should be very difficult to hack. Well, that was the theory at least. We'll keep you updated.
 
There is some scepticism since it appears that Gabe's account "may" have been hacked and this is a hoax. Such is the word on Slashdot anyways.

oh and does anyone know what the collector's edition comes with? Seems to go for a whopping $80 :Q
 
Originally posted by: everman
oh and does anyone know what the collector's edition comes with? Seems to go for a whopping $80
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It probably comes with "The Making of Half-Life 2", and since it's been so drawn out, it's probably 4-5 hours long and worth the $80. 😀

 
Originally posted by: Shagga
From CSNation.net<BR><BR>HL2 Fallout's Mr Bond has cleared up the mystery behind a recent post made by Gabe Newell's forum account claiming that Half-Life 2 will be going gold Monday. Since HL2 Fallout is having server issues, we have mirrored the news post:<BR><BR> After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell's account history on the forums, we've come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake. While we can't be 100% certain at this stage, all indicators point towards someone hacking the forum account. That said, all Gabe's previous posts on these forums are quite legitimate.<BR><BR> We apologize for the confusion and will be investigating further. Theoretically, an IPB forum account should be very difficult to hack. Well, that was the theory at least. We'll keep you updated.
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Is it just me, or does Gabe seem to have a serious problem with keeping his stuff secure?
First getting trojaned and having his CVS(or whatever) password stolen, now this.
 
It's a hoax .


[UPDATE]: Gamers who went to bed Friday night with visions of crowbars dancing in their heads awoke to a rude surprise Saturday morning when Half-Life 2 Fallout posted the following news bit:

"After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell's account history on the forums, we've come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake... After one crazy night of theories, server mayhem and IP tracing, we've finally gotten to the bottom of this mess. In a twist of hilarity, it seems that Gabe Newell's account password was set to 'gaben'. Person x guessed this and made the "going gold on Monday" post which we've heard so much about. The user (who we believe is the same person x) then made this post just minutes ago using Gabe's account:

Maybe he shouldn't have used 'gaben' for his password. Come on Gabe, you could of [sic] thought of something better than that

After a quick double-check, it seems that this was exactly what happened."

It seems that gamers eager to experience Gordon Freeman's latest adventure will have to wait a bit longer after all. GameSpot will bring you more on the imminent release of Half-Life 2 as it becomes available, and in the meantime, you can catch up on all the latest Half-Life 2 happenings with our previous news coverage of the game.
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