Half-Life 2: Delay? Maybe, Playable? Yes [Oct 07, 2003, 4:42 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
New delay for
Half-Life sequel on BBC News (thanks Eraserhead) has a quote from Christophe
Ramboz of Vivendi Universal Games on the Half-Life 2 source code theft that
takes a completely different direction than the talk of four month delays found
in a different article (story), as they have him saying:
"Vivendi Universal Games is only the distributor of the product, which is
produced by the US studio Valve and so it will up to them to make an
announcement." Meanwhile, Thieves
steal playable version of Half-Life 2 on CNN Money contradicts reports that
downplay the amount of code stolen, choosing to reveal that the Source
source thieves "also stole enough game maps and other components to put
together a playable build of the game. Today, five days after the first leak,
they have released that build."
> This also brings up the question, who would legitamately
> have a copy of the beta and then leak it? A hardware
> vendor, perhaps?
Well, I imagine a lot of IHV's would have a copy. Nvidia, ATI, Creative, and others surely would. Microsoft would probably have a copy for DX/XP/whatever certification. And one of the readme's with the source (um, I heard) mentions IHV's specifically, so chances are tons of people have seen/played it already. I don't doubt that some tester at one of these companies zipped a copy up and took it home.
If I were Nvidia, after Valve has repeatedly bitch slapped me in the media, I might turn a blind eye to a beta being leaked, especially if it's buggy. Of course, if I were Valve, I would watermark each leaked file to verify the source. But then again, Valve has proven to not be so bright.
> have a copy of the beta and then leak it? A hardware
> vendor, perhaps?
Well, I imagine a lot of IHV's would have a copy. Nvidia, ATI, Creative, and others surely would. Microsoft would probably have a copy for DX/XP/whatever certification. And one of the readme's with the source (um, I heard) mentions IHV's specifically, so chances are tons of people have seen/played it already. I don't doubt that some tester at one of these companies zipped a copy up and took it home.
If I were Nvidia, after Valve has repeatedly bitch slapped me in the media, I might turn a blind eye to a beta being leaked, especially if it's buggy. Of course, if I were Valve, I would watermark each leaked file to verify the source. But then again, Valve has proven to not be so bright.
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