HL2 - Steam Release

[DevgruSeal]

I did a search, and seriously didn't find this...so heres the information.

I have been seeing questions where people have wondered if we (steam preloaders) will get HL2 by the retail release date.

November 16. There, I said it. It's been an unbelievably long and twisted road, but according to Vivendi, Half-Life 2 will be available both in stores and over Valve's Steam delivery service in less than a month. It'll be very interesting to see how well Steam does with such a major release. With the immediate appeal of getting to play Counter-Strike: Source upon pre-ordering via Steam, it's already a more compelling offer than waiting to buy it in stores. Digital distribution proponents are most certainly keeping both eyes peeled to see how this all shakes out.

 

[Crash Happy]

I've not seen a link to that item but maybe because it's not new news.

 

[DevgruSeal]

It's from my GameSpot PC newsletter...

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/news_6110764.html?tag=nl.e579

 

[pyroCow]

Well in the Steam gold announcement, it says you can have HL2 once it is available in stores.

 

[toxikneedle]

yes.... november 16th is in less than a month, thats all that means... whats new here?

 

[commando]

less then a month. sounds like soft music to my ears

 

[Dougy]

maybe valve should make a thing that tells you when you can play the game over steam... you know people could look at it and get the answers.

oh wait... they did.... its called steam.

 

[soccerdude21490]

according to the agreement Valve signed with VU Half-Life 2 is NOT allowed to come out ANY earlier then Nov16 (or whenever the day is when HL2 will hit store shelves)

 

[DevgruSeal]

Note that I said, "For those who were still wondering wether HL2 could be released as soon as it was in retailer's stores."

 

[BladeTurbo]

I would like to know down to the minute when this will be released (ex 12:01am 11/16/04) and if it's est or pst.