Can you still play CS:S with CS:CZ key when beta is over?

[Breydel]

I was wondering the following. If I buy CS:CZ now and use the CD-key to load the CS:S beta over Steam, will I be able to play CS:S when beta ends as well? Or do you need Half-Life 2 to play CS:S when it's out of beta stage?

The reason I'm asking is the following. I prefer the retail boxed version of HL2 (perhaps even SE), not the Steam download. But since I live in Belgium I wouldn't be surprised if HL2 retail will be a couple of weeks after the USA release. So then I could play CS:S both during & after beta with my CS:CZ CD-key. And when HL2 is out in stores here I could buy it.

But if I can't play CS:S anymore with the CS:CZ key as soon as beta is over, then I'm still facing several weeks of not playing any Source game until HL2 is in stores in Europe.

 

[AlphaInfinity]

When the beta is over, it is over.......

 

[dart321]

In other words: no.

 

[Synthaxx R-or]

I think it will be more due to the fact that you wouldn't want to.
I think they're going to run the beta until the release of HL2 (and naturally the release of the full CS:S).

It's hard to put the genie back in the bottle..

At least I hope so

 

[Dalamari]

They would just be better patching it until release so most people already have CS:S on their machines.