Half Life 2 NOT delayed? Will be ready for holiday's

[bob05]

Quote from HalfLifeSource.com
In recent days, we've been talking about the Half-Life 2 release date on Half-Life Radio. Some stores are noting November 11th, 12th, and even December 1st as the release date, while both Valve and Vivendi remain quiet.

The Facts:

Valve has said "Holidays 2003" for Half-Life 2. Despite all the problems they had a month ago, they have not commented on any other release date.

Our staff from Half-Life Radio went to Valve Software recently and asked Gabe Newell about the release date. Gabe stated, "Holidays".

A former employee of Vivendi announced "April 2004". This date came only from one Vivendi employee. The employee is nolonger with Vivendi.

.............I know, I know, many people will say, "But.. what about..." and "I read somewhere that the release date said April 2004!" and so on. All of those things that you have read were not official press releases from Valve or Vivendi. Even if it was quoted on CNN or some other gaming site, Valve never confirmed it and Vivendi never made anything official.




Here's the rest of it: http://www.halflifesource.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=834

I am left half convinced. I guess it would be nice to have HL2 for the holiday's, but I won't be getting it a the MSRP $50 anyway. :p

P.S. I want Deus Ex 2 more anyways. :t

[germanNiklas]

lets hope so

[scoob19]

Ill believe it when i see it sitting on the shelf.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Originally posted by scoob19
Ill believe it when i see it sitting on the shelf.

Indeed

Or more appropriatley, on my door mat

--Jakk:t

[CrazyCrusher]

naw, I dont think so, Maybe when I have it in my computer, never know Jakks, if it ends up on your Door matt, It could get stolin then we would have to wait 2 more years :)

[Someone Stupid]

Which holiday is he talking about, christmas or easter? :)

[WyoGrizzly660]

EB's in the Mall says April......wish it would be here at christmas, just built me a new system.

[PacNW CE]

How about developers not release as many screenies and demos until their product is @90% completion...

No game could possibly meet the expectations on HL2 and Doom3.

[Cyan]

Originally posted by WyoGrizzly660
EB's in the Mall says April......wish it would be here at christmas, just built me a new system.

I hope you didn't build it to play HL2! :t

[NJEnviroguy]

I was somewhat elated to see small signs next to the high end Radeons in Best Buy this weekend saying with the purchase of the vid card you would receive a free copy of HL2. There were two options. (1) Receive a cd-key for it or (2) actually wait for the retail box to ship to your house. The last line said it was anticipated by Christmas '03 or something to the effect.

[maje87c]

actually, they give you a little card with the radeon. On it, there is an unrevealed HL2 cd-key. To reveal it, you scratch it off. You can send that in and have them send you the game, or you can just download it(when it comes out).

As far as the gaming scene goes, I'm more looking forward to Doom 3.

[NJEnviroguy]

The full version of HL2 will be availble directly from Valve/Vivendi for d/l? That would be sweet. It would be pretty funny if you opt for the d/l option and have to suck it from a p2p b/c all the legit d/l sites are swamped.