ECTS 2003: Half-Life still on for Sept 30th News • News • Eurogamer.net

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But it's "gonna be tight".

Valve's Greg Coomber insisted Half-Life 2 will hit the shelves on September 30th as planned, despite widespread fears that the game will slip.

Speaking at Earls Court this morning, Coomber admitted "it'll be tight, but Half-Life 2 is still on for a September 30th ship". We hope you're right Greg.

Sadly the 25 minute presentation was exactly the same one that Valve CEO Gabe Newell delivered at E3 three months ago. Even the script was the same, much to the disappointment of those seeking nuggets of new information about the game.

Ah well. We'd rather Valve got the game out on time than spent ages cutting together new material for us to drool over. If the game really is only five weeks away, we've not got long to wait to find out for ourselves how good Half-Life 2 really is.

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templar-wizard #1 9 years ago

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Hail Satan!

hurray!!!!

as for the patches, i dont really mind that much. the pain has been nulled by years of "updates". buy as long as they dont break the 'a game comes in the box' promise, i will be happy.

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itamae #2 9 years ago

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I bet they will

a) release the game on Sept 30th no matter how many bugs are still in there
b) make the patches available via Steam only

Hooray, more Steam users!

Sorry, feeling a bit grumpy today.
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ekko #3 9 years ago

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Will be a couple of patches at least, this is half life we're talking about
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Tiger_Walts #4 9 years ago

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itamae, the backend of HL2 is Steam, and since you need to register online using steam there is no way out!

Edited by 1 at 27/08/03 @ 13:42
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Huxley #5 9 years ago

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Valve have said that you don't need to use steam if you don't want to. Playing offline in single player you will not need to connect with steam.

Playing online multiplayer is different though...
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Sko #6 9 years ago

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"widespread fears"? Is that what they call announcements from the publishers now?

Well, I guess I can understand the thinking there. Whenever my publisher gives me a call, I get teh phear...
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DB2k #7 9 years ago

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I'd rather wait until end of October for a less buggy version to be honest. I mean, it could be good when it is released, but if its goingto be "tight" then that basically means its likely to be pretty buggy. which is a shame..
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stephen #8 9 years ago

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WOOT
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Khab #9 9 years ago

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In other news, the forums of Eurogamer.net exploded with delight as it turned out news of Half-Life 2's delay were greatly exaggerated.
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#10 9 years ago

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meh
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#11 9 years ago

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loall, I command you to die.

you other tards can also die.
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Whizzo #12 9 years ago

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The footage looks much more impressive in "the flesh", waiting for bloody ages to see it would have been more worth it if three fellow EGers didn't get in ahead by nefarious means...
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Blerk #13 9 years ago

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Wow! What's going on in here? Fresh tards? Mmm-mmm! :-D
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Blerk #14 9 years ago

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Good.
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krudster #15 9 years ago

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Trust me, Vivendi has no feckin clue when this is coming out. Valve is the only source you should be listening to, not spurious information from retailers that guess the release dates most of the time. If Valve wants to make a further announcement about slippage then it will, but until then it's Sept 30th, mmmkay?
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lost_soul #16 9 years ago

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My guess is, Valve are doing the final bits of testing now and , if no big problems are found in the next couple of weeks, the game will be released on the 30th.

crosses fingers.
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Whizzo #17 9 years ago

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Valve say it'll be out on Sept 30th but various retailers don't, hmm I wonder who's actually making the game because it certainly isn't Amazon, EB etc.
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Whizzo #18 9 years ago

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Er ok...
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Khab #19 9 years ago

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Who cares about the dmeo version? We're all gonna buy it anyway, and if Valve aren't feeling exceedingly generous, they'll hold the demo release off 'til a while after actual release.
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Dirtbox #20 8 years ago

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It was quids in over a month ago when this artical was written.

You twat.
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