More Half-Life 2 Preloads [Oct 14, 2004, 10:55 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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(thanks Frans) has word that further preloads of Half-Life 2 content over the
online content delivery service are now underway, supporting a rumor of
Dubious Quality suggesting a
gold announcement nears. Here's word on the preloads:
The sixth phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today. This will allow users to download the Half-Life 2 maps in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased the game via Steam will be ready to start playing.
The magazines reviewing HL2 got the same RC that Valve sent to Vivendi way back when. It is not a final copy. Lombardi says they're on their fifth RC, and the unofficial word is they've got three showstopper bugs left to kill.
HL2 is not ready. It is very, very, very close to being ready, but this is not the same as being finished.
Meanwhile, I've paid out for HL2 Silver, I've completed this preload, and I'm enjoying CS:S immensely when my university network doesn't suck and result in packet loss. Bring on HL2--when it's done.
To me that kind of pushes the "gold tomorrow" BS hype.
IMO, a more likely reason is that they were getting a flood of emails from new Steam users asking how to unlock their preload. Though I do think the rumor of a Friday gold announcement is somewhat plausible...
This comment was edited on Oct 15, 01:52.
HL2 is not ready. It is very, very, very close to being ready, but this is not the same as being finished.
Meanwhile, I've paid out for HL2 Silver, I've completed this preload, and I'm enjoying CS:S immensely when my university network doesn't suck and result in packet loss. Bring on HL2--when it's done.
To me that kind of pushes the "gold tomorrow" BS hype.
IMO, a more likely reason is that they were getting a flood of emails from new Steam users asking how to unlock their preload. Though I do think the rumor of a Friday gold announcement is somewhat plausible...
This comment was edited on Oct 15, 01:52.
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