HALF LIFE 2 HAS GONE GOOOOOLD :D:D:D

[PlatoonSgtElias]

Half-Life 2 Gold !!!
Gabe Newell let us know that the 'news' posted on Shacknews yesterday (story) is a fake and that Half-Life 2 has gone Gold and in production now.

http://www.gamershell.com/news_BHalf-Life2BGold.shtml

[ComPooTer]

dangit.............that place is loading so slow i cant get into the site!!!!!!!!!! MANNN ITS GOLD?!?!?!?! WOW!!!!! I WANNA BUY IT!!!!

[Rob R.]

I can't get that page to load either and cannot confirm this information anywhere else. Are you sure it's gold?

[edit]

Nevermind, it loaded. I still am a bit curious why I can't confirm this elsewhere though.

[ComPooTer]

i hope its not fake :( it better be real cuz im excited...........looks like im buying halo pc and hl2 at the same time

[BadBadNeil]

LOL this whole thing is like a soap opera

[Bob The Great]

Summary:

Update: After a few phone conversations with VU and thorough investigation of e-mail headers, coupled with the knowledge that Valve isn't located in UK (e-mail header), we've decided to have fallen victims to an e-mail spoof (although Valve is still unavailable to comment). While VU PR representative was unable to comment on actual release date, we feel stronger than not that the game has indeed been delayed.

Sadly it appears to be fake

It goes on to say that...

Full Story:

Half Life 2 has gone Gold and in production now, the release will still remain on schedule for Sep 30th. People who have pre-orded it via Steam will still get it before the Sep 30th but we are currently ironing out a couple of bugs, people may have seen Half Life 2 yesterday for a minute on it while we were in our testing stages.

The announced delay is all rumors posted up on Shacknews
and the SDK will be available for download tomorrow 2.00pm EST
now you've heard it from the horses mouth so rest assured.
More news to follow on Sep 26th so watch this space.

Still sounds like it was a fake and the full story bit was what they had posted before they knew it was fake. That got my hopes up, and now they're crushed....I'm going to go benchmark my pc for a while... :(

[ComPooTer]

:( :( :(


i hate fakers............




!!!!!!!!!!! SCREW VALVE IM GOING HALO STYLE! at least they dont keep putting random release dates.

im gunna buy halo and be happy

[Magua]

Figured it was a fake when I couldn't find it on any other sites

[Bigjakkstaffa]

If this is what they say it is, then im one happy bastage

--jakk:t

[PlatoonSgtElias]

Hey why are you guys waiting Halo so much?
I was in the Beta test... The game graphics was just ****.... the playing stile suited for 6year olds:( :rolleyes:

[CrazyCrusher]

Its a Fake :(

we will know in a lil bit if its fake or not :)

[Rob R.]

It looks like they announced it would be further delayed but the geniuses at gamershell thought that really meant that it went gold. Sheesh!

[CrazyCrusher]

I send em an email this morning when I saw that on Gamers Hell, and he replyed with to lower information conferming its a fake and HL2 is on the back board for a while.


From: John Keefer <jkeefer@exchange.gamespy.com> (Add to address book)
Date: 2003/09/25 Thu AM 09:16:09 CDT
To: "'CrazyCrusher" <cole617@Hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Pls conferm this,

Here's the official story On HL2 Release date: GamersHell link is a fake, the release date is set for some time near a holiday: know news at this point. I will email you with some updates on the fake link.

http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=5349

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srry guys I had to remove the phone numbers, he asked :(

[Baby Arm]

So when we actually be able to pick it up at the store (assuming no delays)? Morning of Sept 30?

[PlatoonSgtElias]

I really dint know anymore... i guess@Holidays.
At the meantime someone couldclose this thread

[Cyan]

Why does everyone close negative HL2 threads? I know alot of it is shiznit, but that doen't mean you need to freak out. at www.planethalflife.com in the forum for HL2 they close almost every thread about HL2. Too much sensorship.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Aye, theyve re-confirmed that it IS delayed

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/news_6075803.html

--Jakk:t

[Baby Arm]

wow so much hype and confusion...it's really beating me down. I'm not sure how excited I am about this anymore :(