Half life 2....again

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:18 am

A short post to the Half-Life 2 Fallout Forums by Valve's Gabe Newell indicates a release candidate for Valve's upcoming shooter sequel was submitted to Vivendi Universal Games for approval yesterday.

Aryylas · Post by **Aryylas** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:55 am

We can only hope. =\

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:13 am

It doesn't really matter it's only an RC. Technically it could take several RC's before they finally get one they can call gold. It just depends on the bugs that are found and how significant those bugs are considered to be. I wouldn't hold my breath though.

Besides, even after it goes gold it's still going to take a few weeks before it's pressed and can be shipped to stores.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 12:04 pm

Or pirated 2 weeks before release once it hits gold :boots:

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:34 pm

Finawin Darkfyre wrote:Or pirated 2 weeks before release once it hits gold

Probably but I already have a license for my copy and most of it's already on my hard drive. I just have to wait for it to be released and unlocked.

Ciladan · Post by **Ciladan** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:58 pm

You did the Steam preload thing?

dammuzis · Post by **dammuzis** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:07 am

and here i thought this game was joining the ranks of duke nukem forever

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:33 am

Ciladan wrote:You did the Steam preload thing?

Sure it's been working great so far. I don't expect there will be much of an issue with releasing software via steam. I get great transfer rates via steam.

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:34 am

dammuzis wrote:and here i thought this game was joining the ranks of duke nukem forever

haha they're starting to make noise about DNF again. That game is never coming out, I don't know why 3dRealms is refusing to admit it and just give up on it. It's never going to happen hehe.

Jimmy Durante · Post by **Jimmy Durante** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:59 pm

There's new possibilities of complications on the way.

Link

VUGames Holding On To Half-Life 2?

GameSpot has a new story up about the legal battle between Valve and Vivendi Universal (see previous story), as they've found out that Vivendi Universal Games can hold on to Half-Life 2 for six months after receiving a gold candidate from Valve. In the court filing, VUGames' senior vice president and deputy general counsel Eric Roeder says that Valve "made a number of public statements without our consent or concurrence that the product will be published and released to the general public in September of this year". The story also mentions that until Vivendi ships the game to retail, Valve is unable to release the game through Steam as it has to be made available at the same time as the retail release.

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:04 pm

Jimmy Durante wrote:There's new possibilities of complications on the way.

Link

VUGames Holding On To Half-Life 2?

GameSpot has a new story up about the legal battle between Valve and Vivendi Universal (see previous story), as they've found out that Vivendi Universal Games can hold on to Half-Life 2 for six months after receiving a gold candidate from Valve. In the court filing, VUGames' senior vice president and deputy general counsel Eric Roeder says that Valve "made a number of public statements without our consent or concurrence that the product will be published and released to the general public in September of this year". The story also mentions that until Vivendi ships the game to retail, Valve is unable to release the game through Steam as it has to be made available at the same time as the retail release.

See here comes VU being assholes now.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:10 pm

Theyre going to piss the wrong people off...

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 10:03 pm

Fuck Half Life.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:46 am

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:57 am

Yeah yeah, it's looking like november for the release. Would be cool if they gave it to the folks with Vouchers first though.

Ciladan · Post by **Ciladan** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 1:59 pm

I put $5 down in EB Games, now I wait.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:14 pm

Me too...last August=/

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:37 am

OMGZ GOING GOLD TOMORROW

i think