**OFFICIAL HALF LIFE 2 THREAD** - KEEP ALL THE HALF LIFE CHATTER IN HERE GUYS!!

[Glavinsolo]

I just got steam. Where is the stress test?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
I just got steam. Where is the stress test?

it comes with CS:Source

 

[pkananen]

looks like its gold guys.

gamespot.com rumor control

 

[CubicZirconia]

Originally posted by: pkananen
looks like its gold guys.

gamespot.com rumor control

0/10 on the linking

Edit:

From Gamespot:

"What we heard: Ever since the release candidate for Half-Life 2 was submitted to VU Games in mid-September, a piñata has hung in the lobby of Valve's headquarters. The plan: to bust the sucker open when the game achieved gold status. Earlier today, GameSpot learned from an informed sourced that "the piñata has been broken" and the game has gone gold. Further evidence of the game's completion was a press release issued this afternoon touting the first review of "the entire game." Though nothing official has been announced yet, it appears the fat lady is at last clearing her throat."

click here

 

[Creig]

Push her wide load butt through the door already, Valve!

 

[Algere]

Woot!

 

[MidasKnight]

Bought the Collectors edition for my 16yr old son. He gets great grades and is a great son. He deserves it.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: MidasKnight
Bought the Collectors edition for my 16yr old son. He gets great grades and is a great son. He deserves it.

:thumbsup:
<rockon>

 

[Slogun]

Gee, I thought I'd be able to buy something akin to the silver or gold editions in a B &amp; M, but it looks (by what's been posted here) that I'm mistaken.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: Slogun
Gee, I thought I'd be able to buy something akin to the silver or gold editions in a B &amp; M, but it looks (by what's been posted here) that I'm mistaken.

The Regular Retail Edition = Bronze Package on Steam

Activision has distribution rights to DoD so only them can put out a Retail Box edition. So that is why there is no "Sliver" like retail edition. And thus why the CE edition doesnt include at least Dod:S

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: MidasKnight
Bought the Collectors edition for my 16yr old son. He gets great grades and is a great son. He deserves it.

:thumbsup:
<rockon>

Nice :thumbsup: :thumbsup: You are a kickass dad . (I bet you want to play it too, though, don't ya? )

 

[MegaWorks]

kickass dad, lol!

 

[warcrow]

HL2 at outpost.com for $35.99:

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3685505

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: warcrow
HL2 at outpost.com for $35.99:

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3685505

How is this possible?

 

[placebo139]

Originally posted by: Slogun

Originally posted by: warcrow
HL2 at outpost.com for $35.99:

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3685505

How is this possible?

who knows... but I just ordered one.

I hope we can buy HL1 source and DOD source separately for $10 or something on steam.. but if not, no big loss, all I care about is HL2 ;P.

 

[Homerboy]

$50 now

 

[XNice]

Originally posted by: warcrow
I'm pretty sure it all goes to valve, thats why vivendi is so oppossed to Steam. This is one of the reasons I bought it via Steam, to support valve.

same here... Let's get an AT server!


I played cs from .5-1.4, then 1.6- CZ. Source is fcking hot, just cant wait till its "final".

Anyone got bots to work on retail source, i've seen illegal version run em fine, stupid....but fine. Still, I want bots! People are playing way too serious right now and i cant look around like a noob and look at all the pretty things.

 

[warcrow]

10/18/04 HL2 GONE GOLD!!!

ITS FINALLY HAPPENED GUYS!!!!

LOS ANGELES (October 18, 2004) Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced that Half-Life® 2, the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed PC titles in gaming history, will ship to retail outlets around the world in November. The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004. The countdown to the highly anticipated retail street date has begun around the world, as VU Games completes plans to ship localized versions of Half-Life 2 simultaneously in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese.

Half-Life 2 has surpassed our expectations in every sense its high-quality graphics, ground-breaking physics and immersive first-person shooter gameplay set a new standard for PC action games, said Bruce Hack, CEO of VU Games. Half-Life 2 will go down as one of the best-selling PC titles, and we are thrilled to deliver this ground-breaking title to the worldwide gaming community this fall.

Source

 

[warcrow]

Oh, and BTW....the bad news is the official release date it Nov. 16th!

BTW, November is going to be the BEST MONTH EVAR!!

 

[XBoxLPU]

w00t w00t

FINALLY

hlworld

AND on ebgames is reporting gone gold as well

 

[warcrow]

Another Source:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041018/lam090_1.html

 

[XBoxLPU]

http://www.vugames.com/news_story.do?storyId=1963

 

[Modeps]

HUZZAH!

 

[Malladine]

poop

EDIT: to clarify, poop.

 

[Killrose]

So now that it has gone GOLD, how long before STEAM users will get the final encryption? Could'nt that happen today or tommorrow?