Well i got the new pc powerplay from australia today & in it they apologize for hl2 done ad last issue. here is what they say..
First an apology. We had originally intended to review Half-Life 2 in this issue. As you have no doubt already realised, we haven't. As the last issue went to print, discussion regarding review code was at an advanced stage between Valve and ourselves. Everything appeared on track, so we ran with our "Half-Life 2 - it's done!" teaser for this issue on page 113. unfortunately things weren't as quite as on track as we had hoped and we have not yet been able to get our hands on the final game. These things can and do happen in the games industry. Remember that unlike the movie business, where films are wrapped up months - even years - befor their theatrical release, there is often little more than a few weeks between when that last line of code is typed up and when the boxed copy of the game hit retail. But having said that, allow me to tempt fate by boldly predicting that we will definitely, categorically, undoubtedly have a review of Half-Life 2 next issue...
the new issue will be out 20th of october. they don't have a hl2 ad on the next issue page but i say they will have a review then. if pc gameplay is reviewing it october 5th? then yes pcpp should have a review in there next issue. october is looking like the release date.
First an apology. We had originally intended to review Half-Life 2 in this issue. As you have no doubt already realised, we haven't. As the last issue went to print, discussion regarding review code was at an advanced stage between Valve and ourselves. Everything appeared on track, so we ran with our "Half-Life 2 - it's done!" teaser for this issue on page 113. unfortunately things weren't as quite as on track as we had hoped and we have not yet been able to get our hands on the final game. These things can and do happen in the games industry. Remember that unlike the movie business, where films are wrapped up months - even years - befor their theatrical release, there is often little more than a few weeks between when that last line of code is typed up and when the boxed copy of the game hit retail. But having said that, allow me to tempt fate by boldly predicting that we will definitely, categorically, undoubtedly have a review of Half-Life 2 next issue...
the new issue will be out 20th of october. they don't have a hl2 ad on the next issue page but i say they will have a review then. if pc gameplay is reviewing it october 5th? then yes pcpp should have a review in there next issue. october is looking like the release date.
Alyx, why, I never noticed before... 
