CVG - HL2 submitted for classification. Vivendi consider it finished.

[Dagobert]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=110641

"as far as Vivendi is concerned, the game [Half-Life 2] is finished"

For those who aren't members...

HALF-LIFE 2 PRELOADS HITS NEXT PHASE, GOLD RUMOURS STRIKE

Maps uploading to users through Steam, while the Internet is afire with speculation that a 'gone gold' announcement is imminent

11:46 Valve Software has announced that preloading of Half-Life 2 via Steam has moved into its sixth phase. Steam account holders can now download encrypted Half-Life 2 maps; users of course will eventually be able to pay to activate the full downloaded game as soon we hit the official release date - that's, erm, sometime in the near future, we hope.
Actually, rumour and speculation currently whirling around the Internet suggests that a 'gone gold' announcement for Half-Life 2 is imminent. According to reports, Valve has recently submitted a fifth release candidate to Vivendi which squashed a couple of bugs. Naturally, devotees are praying that it means a release date will be confirmed soon. Assuming the publisher is happy with what it's been handed, that will surely happen.

We contacted Vivendi earlier about the 'gone gold' rumours, but have yet to hear back from the publisher. As soon as we get a reply we'll let you know.

Stuart Bishop

 

[KagePrototype]

/me gets overly giddy

 

[Biozeminade]

IT'S GOLD!

I think

 

[figge]

We have to wait and see... i'm neither optimistic or otherwise... just wait and see

 

[Crash Happy]

Yeah, finished for content. Possibly not finished for bugs (or conspiricy plots).
However, when we first talked about this I too couldn't help but feel it was a big step forward.

 

[SenenCito]

ohh maan very exciting, it's almost here!

 

[Goombatommy]

Wow, great news. Hope it's true.

 

[Platinum]

yesssssssssssssss!!!

 

[^Ben]

Yay!

Now gimme gimme gimme.

 

[-JeZ-]

Now that could be impressive news

 

[Nailbomb]

Well seeing that it was recently rated "M" by the ESRB and the recent RC5 news with 3 big bugs to stomp, I'm guessing (hoping) that we will get a gold announcement by next week. That's also assuming that they have killed all of the bugs...

 

[CTTcrew_MrBlue]

mygod I hope its gold

 

[Shuzer]

Hl2 Hl2 Hl2~!!~!!~

Sadly, WoW might make it out first, which means I'll brush HL2 aside and leave it at "I'll play it later" :|

 

[rumblefish]

gold, gold, gold, that dudes blog was right!!!!#

rf

 

[Beazil]

oh pleeze! *crosses everything*

 

[SenenCito]

november release is just perfect, I can finish preloading by then hehehehhe

 

[Xorese]

I say nothing.... I just wait and see....

Oh christ who am I fooling!! I havn't been able to work sleep or eat for days PLEASE GO GOLD TODAY!!!!!!! so I can eat, sleep, and work (in that order)

 

[rumblefish]

lol @ #16
am preloading the new update now, 83% done, nooo my burned disks are out of date!!!!

rf

 

[The Mullinator]

Now that could be impressive news

I think your avatar sums up my feelings nicely.

 

[satch919]

Hell YEAH!!! Here's hoping for a Gold Announcement today!! :cheers: :thumbs:

 

[zer0kewl]

the sooner the better
release it already

hl2 going to pwn

 

[kiwii]

It's not going gold today, or tommorow . Or this month. If it does I will eat my hat

 

[Shuzer]

It's not going gold today, or tommorow . Or this month. If it does I will eat my hat

Make sure you get a video.

 

[Crash Happy]

I think the perinant quote would be:
"And what, you're no doubt wondering, does Vivendi have to say about all this? Well, actually so are we at the moment. We'd like to report, but at the time of going to press the publisher remained unavailable for comment."

 

[Goombatommy]

Hell YEAH!!! Here's hoping for a Gold Announcement today!! :cheers: :thumbs:

I wouldn't say they will be announcing it going gold today, but most likely sometime next week. This is just another step in the process, thats all.

 

[Warlock]

It's not going gold today, or tommorow . Or this month. If it does I will eat my hat

I will hold you to you word.

And as always, I am cautiously optimistic. And with every passing days, the chances do increase...

 

[SenenCito]

It's not going gold today, or tommorow . Or this month. If it does I will eat my hat

I got a new sig!!! just in case

 

[SenenCito]

sig test

 

[zer0kewl]

It's not going gold today, or tommorow . Or this month. If it does I will eat my hat

you going to eat you'r hat and if you not have one buy one
and eat it.

make a vid
this game going gold today

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

Just to throw some oil on the fire:

If it's in the preload, it's passed QA.

The models are in.
The textures are in.
The sounds are in.
The maps are in.
The game DLLs are in.

That leaves the core engine, and two possibilities:

1) The game has passed QA entirely, gold announcement very soon.

2) There's still some bugs that are purely engine-related. When those are fixed, it goes gold.

3) I said 2 possiblities. Why are you reading this?

 

[KagePrototype]

The models are in.

MOST of the models.

The textures are in.

MOST of the textures.

The sounds are in.

MOST of the sounds.

There are still quite a few empty folders in a few of the preload files. Of course, unless Valve secretly preloaded the missing files, or the empty folders are gonna just be left empty, I could be wrong...

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

I suspect that any missing assets aren't due to the QA process, but attempting to avoid spoilers.

 

[CTTcrew_MrBlue]

MOST of the models.



MOST of the textures.



MOST of the sounds.

There are still quite a few empty folders in a few of the preload files. Of course, unless Valve secretly preloaded the missing files, or the empty folders are gonna just be left empty, I could be wrong...

they could well be the files that are given to us when the game is released.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

Ohh .. I'm actually getting a little exited again. I thought my hype was gone..

 

[blahblahblah]

3) I said 2 possiblities. Why are you reading this?

Because I can.

I don't believe any of this rubbish until I hear the words "HL2 has gone gold and will be released on..."

 

[Robert]

This is nice, if it's true.

 

[[Matt]]

sig test also

 

[SyS_01]

Jesus, hurry the hell up. Unlock my damn game already, Gabe/VU.

 

[CTTcrew_MrBlue]

Jesus, hurry the hell up. Unlock my damn game already, Gabe/VU.

we wont get the game as soon a its gold so dont get your hopes up.

 

[Xcellere]

Woohoo!