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Following the trail of snoopers, I found that Half-Life should be announced as Gold within a day or two. Sure, you may have heard that it's done and now downloading through Steam.. but apparently it must not have been done.
Shacknews: Word has it that Valve has submitted RC5 recently addressing just a couple of bugs. Assuming those are fixed and nothing more is found in further testing we could be looking at a gold announcement... [ There's more ]

Posted by foyleman in Half-Life 2 on Oct 14, 2004

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Doug Lombardi of Valve Software informs us that the three Half-Life 2 packages are now available to be purchased directly from Valve, through their Steam network platform.

"Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be made available to purchasers upon their release," Lombardi said earlier. This means you can already play the released version of Counter-Strike... [ There's more ]

Posted by RedTiger in Half-Life 2 on Oct 8, 2004

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In a press release yesterday evening Doug Lombardi of Valve Software has released information pertaining to the prices and details of the offerings in which Half-Life 2 will ship. There are three versions, Bronze, Silver and Gold - all of which you can learn about if you read more. The game is only being released on the Steam platform first, but HL2 itself will only be unlocked at the time of release (which is yet unknown, but projected November 23).... [ There's more ]

Posted by RedTiger in Half-Life 2 on Oct 7, 2004

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Retailers in the UK have claimed to have a release date for the highly-acclaimed Half-Life 2 of November 26 in Europe, with a release in North America three days prior. Read for more information, including why this may not be the case.
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Posted by RedTiger in Half-Life 2 on Oct 5, 2004

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If you haven't heard, Valve Software and Vivendi Universal (thier publisher) have been go back and forth in court for a little while now... since 2002. It all started when the original Half Life started showing up in internet cafe's without the consent of Valve (Sierra is a division of Vivendi). This has not been settled and they even have a court date for this coming on October 8th.

Anyway, now for even more bad news. Vivendi has the option to hold onto the release of Half-Life 2 f... [ There's more ]

Posted by foyleman in Half-Life 2 on Sep 25, 2004

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I've been wondering what was so special about the special edition of Half-Life 2 that's been listed on ebgames.com. Well it's finally been released what you get for your $80.
DVD version of the gameA limited edition t-shirtA making-of book about the game.
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Posted by foyleman in Half-Life 2 on Sep 24, 2004

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Cliffe of Valve Software has informed us that the Counter-Strike: Source engine beta has now been opened to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and ATI HL2 Ticket holders. There has also been another update to the beta and if you would like to view the change log, keep reading. ... [ There's more ]

Posted by RedTiger in Half-Life 2 on Aug 19, 2004

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Today Cyber Cafés get to start pre-loading the Counter-Strike: Source beta. Doug Lombardi informs us that on Wednesday, the first phase of the beta will open and the game will be playable at all cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Café Program. Later on this month, owners of Condition Zero will get to try their hand at this beta as well. Also, those with a HL2 Voucher from ATI who enter their CD-Key into the Steam program will also be eligible.
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Posted by RedTiger in Half-Life 2 on Aug 10, 2004

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According to a response from an e-mail sent to Gabe Newell by jb55. The response confirms that the release will not be delayed as some sites have been saying, this is obviously rumor control. Read on and find out the juicy details.

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Posted by RedTiger in Half-Life 2 on Jul 22, 2004

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Valve have released the 2004 E3 Trailer of Half Life 2 Counter-Strike Source - this is the source engine based remake of CS - you can grab the movie here.

Cheers

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Posted by Foxhound in Half-Life 2 on Jul 20, 2004