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Monday, October 18 2004

Half Life 2 Goes Gold At Last  by Scott H at 19:30

It seems Half Life 2 has at last gone gold, and will be making an appearence on or around the 16th of November.

The press release from Vivendi is as follows:-

VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES ANNOUNCES PLANS TO LAUNCH THE MOST ANTICIPATED PC ACTION GAME OF 2004

Half-Life® 2 to Ship to Retail Outlets Globally This Holiday Season

LOS ANGELES (October 18, 2004) – Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced that Half-Life® ,2, the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed PC titles in gaming history, will ship to retail outlets around the world in November. The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004. The countdown to the highly anticipated retail street date has begun around the world, as VU Games completes plans to ship localized versions of Half-Life 2 simultaneously in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese.

"Half-Life 2 has surpassed our expectations in every sense – its high-quality graphics, ground-breaking physics and immersive first-person shooter gameplay set a new standard for PC action games," said Bruce Hack, CEO of VU Games. "Half-Life 2 will go down as one of the best-selling PC titles, and we are thrilled to deliver this ground-breaking title to the worldwide gaming community this fall."


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KendoMonkey
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18 October 2004 19:35
Great! Odd that we didn't first hear about it through Steam or Valve's website - I wonder if VU have "gone behind their back" with releasing this statement.
morkith
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18 October 2004 19:38
Probably wont hear anything on steam until its enabled.
KendoMonkey
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18 October 2004 19:41
Well, y'see I was reading today that Valve have said that probably the first place you'd hear about it going gold was through the Steam News page. Not that it makes any difference.

Anyone a bit pissed that it's going to be another month tho?
morkith
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18 October 2004 19:43
Ill bet bored of it the week after it comes out, so I aint really bothered when it appears.
Mani
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18 October 2004 19:45
takes a few days to finish, be fun days though.
KendoMonkey
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18 October 2004 19:45
Is that because you're likely to complete it within a week, or do you think you'll be bored before you even get near to the end of it? Y'know after all the shite written about Doom 3 in reviews, it's a shame that you can no longer say: "Reviewers have said H-L 2 is amazing". But reviewers says that H-L 2 is amazing.
morkith
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18 October 2004 19:47
Doom3 was a tech demo, hopefullys there will be more substance behind Half Life 2.
Mani
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18 October 2004 19:48
Coz it will probbaly take about 3 days of 2-3 hours play time to finish, then maybe replay a few weeks later on mental mad ****er mode for a laugh.
Jammin
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19 October 2004 12:10
I might get HAlf life 2 in a few years time
KendoMonkey
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19 October 2004 13:39
Until we all come online saying it's the best game we've ever played
Jammin
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19 October 2004 14:15
Like doom3 was gonna be the best game ever?
Mani
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19 October 2004 14:23
None of us said that,we all said it would be a tech demo and it was.
KendoMonkey
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19 October 2004 14:51
Exactly. Magazine reviewers lied out their arses. We told it like it was.
Jammin
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19 October 2004 15:22
i admit, its a nice engine (wow jammin gives a compiment!?!)
WUD
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19 October 2004 16:24
At least i was right about the rumours, lol
Felon
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19 October 2004 22:06
who cares, yet another over rated game 12 months too late
Mani
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19 October 2004 23:33
Felon now is, in fact, a Mork clone.
Felon
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20 October 2004 08:11
Dont get me wrong I was looking forward to this game, Doom 3 let me down and HL2 has been delayed to the point I couldnt care less now.

Saying that I bet I end up getting this game and loving it


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