New Half-Life 2 Advertisement

Chris D · Sep 20, 2004

A new Half-Life 2 advertisement is appearing around the internet which, once again, is another indication that Half-Life 2 is getting ever closer. The marketing is well underway with a 200x600 banner on sites such as Slashdot Games.[br]

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[br]The banner takes you to a new Half-Life 2 page on the SteamPowered website with instructions on how to pre-load Half-Life 2.[br]
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You can find the new page here.[br]
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Special thanks goes to theGreenBunny for posting the news in this forum thread.

Steven Q Urkle · Sep 20, 2004

Awesome we are getting close

Katana · Sep 20, 2004

cant someone make a similar pic to that one that says "We have been ready for more than a year now" ?

CrazyHarij · Sep 20, 2004

Sweet! I bet there's something big heading this way pretty soon

Maxi · Sep 20, 2004

Hell yeah! Bring it on!

Vinnie_NL · Sep 20, 2004

Nice, but I think Half-Life 2 doesn't need much promotion. But it's still cool to see. Maybe we get a tv commercial too, I've seen commercials for Far Cry, NFSU and The Sims 2 and a cool HL2 trailer on tv seems nice to see.

Dynasty · Sep 20, 2004

hl2 will give all the promotion it deserves. take the sims 2 for example (and hl2 will probably be far bigger...we all know it)...Channel 4 news in the UK did an entire story on sims 2 and treated it as a headline.

hl2 will be on tv, radio, news etc etc etc.

but anyway...OMG hl2 MUST be close enough to be released by the end of sep/ early oct.

the wait is, as they say, almost over

Asuka · Sep 20, 2004

Steven Q Urkle said:
Awesome we are getting close

Awesome we are getting close x2

CommandoSR · Sep 20, 2004

Pureball said:
hl2 will give all the promotion it deserves. take the sims 2 for example (and hl2 will probably be far bigger...we all know it)...Channel 4 news in the UK did an entire story on sims 2 and treated it as a headline.

hl2 will be on tv, radio, news etc etc etc.

but anyway...OMG hl2 MUST be close enough to be released by the end of sep/ early oct.

the wait is, as they say, almost over

Control the media, control the mind.

theGreenBunny · Sep 20, 2004

theGreenBunny: OH MY GOD
theGreenBunny: I'M ON THE FRONTPAGE
* theGreenBunny ORGASMS REPEATEDLY

Gorgon · Sep 20, 2004

Yes, this is great news.

Dynasty · Sep 20, 2004

^'dont wanna be an american idiot, one nation controlled by the media' greenday: america idiot

very true lol :E

SidewinderX · Sep 20, 2004

Katana said:
cant someone make a similar pic to that one that says "We have been ready for more than a year now" ?

YES WE NEED THAT! that's would be fricking cool! maybe with the G-Man instead...

Wraithen · Sep 20, 2004

Why is it that only the biggest games, the ones that everyone knows everthing about, get the most advertising? When they want to let people know about an iminent release date, all Gabe has to do is tell his barber and after an hour, we'll all know.

OK, maybe not his barber.

YourMom · Sep 20, 2004

Heh heh. I can just imagine the G-man coming on TV and saying:
"We control the horizontal and the vertical."

Wiegje · Sep 20, 2004

Katana said:
cant someone make a similar pic to that one that says "We have been ready for more than a year now" ?

http://wiegje.demon.nl/hl2banner.gif

I know it sucks but it's the idea that counts

Murray_H · Sep 20, 2004

Awesome to the power of 12!!!111

-smash- · Sep 21, 2004

"Are you Ready?"

Been ready for 3 freaking years...

Dynasty · Sep 21, 2004

Katana said:
cant someone make a similar pic to that one that says "We have been ready for more than a year now" ?

god that would be so cool lol. it would be the ultimate kick in the ass to valve from the gaming community. here's a taste of what we think when you cant be bothered to inform the people who are buying the game in the first place!!

stop telling the media ffs and tell us! the gamers!

Dynasty · Sep 21, 2004

Wiegje said:
http://wiegje.demon.nl/hl2banner.gif

I know it sucks but it's the idea that counts

ahahahahahahahahah send that to gabe or something

rofl n1

oh no wait...post it on this site somewhere, like the news or something...everyone must see it!

Sprafa · Sep 21, 2004

YourMom said:
Heh heh. I can just imagine the G-man coming on TV and saying:
"We control the horizontal and the vertical."

That would just rock.

Wiegje · Sep 21, 2004

Pureball said:
ahahahahahahahahah send that to gabe or something

rofl n1

oh no wait...post it on this site somewhere, like the news or something...everyone must see it!

Well I'm not a news poster, but if anyone would like to post this, be my guest.

Varsity · Sep 21, 2004

That looks like crap.

Wiegje · Sep 21, 2004

lol yeah i know, told you it sucked

Edcrab · Sep 21, 2004

Least you're honest Wiegje

Thoughts still there mind. Don't want to imply that we're intentionally trying to be hostile towards Valve or anything though... appreciation where it's due, eh?

If I saw a TV advertisement for HL2, I would fall off the sofa and begin licking the screen.

Ahnteis · Sep 21, 2004

Katana said:
cant someone make a similar pic to that one that says "We have been ready for more than a year now" ?

Except that would be incorrect. HL2 was announced a mere year and a half ago and has been delayed less then a year (10 days to go) so far. Your eagerness for the game is clouding your perception of reality.

el Chi · Sep 21, 2004

Edcrab said:
If I saw a TV advertisement for HL2, I would fall off the sofa and begin licking the screen.

Yeah me too

It'd be absolutely great - unless it was really tacky like "Woah! This game is teh r0xx0rz! look at the graphics! Look how many things you kill! Like, woah!"
It should be kind of dark and intriguing, like the beginning to this year's E3 presentation, highly stylised and mature.
It's a shame that that advert's rubbish. Very lazy.

The old magazine ads for HL1 were pretty good, though.
http://www.planethalflife.com/nostalgia/halflife/artwork/beast.jpg
http://www.planethalflife.com/nostalgia/halflife/artwork/assassin.jpg

RoyaleWithCheese · Sep 21, 2004

heh cool, never saw those ads :naughty:

Wiegje · Sep 21, 2004

My god, I did was suggested and sent the banner to Gabe as a joke... and he replied:

heh. You could have been much harsher, so I appreciate your restaint.

Gabe

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From: Eric [mailto:*********]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:48 AM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: Your HL2 banner

Just a joke ^_^

RoyaleWithCheese · Sep 21, 2004

Zee Gabe's sense of humor pwns!!

Dougy · Sep 21, 2004

Pureball said:
hl2 will give all the promotion it deserves. take the sims 2 for example (and hl2 will probably be far bigger...we all know it)...Channel 4 news in the UK did an entire story on sims 2 and treated it as a headline.

36 million games sales is why it got news headlines.

even though sims2 will never get 1/3 of that, (the sims sold well becuase a freakin watch had enough power to run it)

Edcrab · Sep 21, 2004

heh. You could have been much harsher, so I appreciate your restaint.

Gabe

Wow, recognition. Woop.

What's restaint? Is it a Photoshop tool to soften colours, i.e., make them less harsh?

OMG I MAKE FUN OF SPELLING AREN'T I BIG AND CLEVER WITH A VIRTUAL PENIS THE SIZE AND DISPOSITION OF MANHATTAN

Wiegje · Sep 22, 2004

/vpenis

sorry, old internal running joke

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