Duvel
WZL-lid
Sinds 22/7/2003
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24/9/2004 -
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Aangezien er intresse is:
HALF LIFE 2 IS AF (naar het schijnt toch)
Gamers got a shot of excitement late last week when it was announced that the much awaited Half-Life 2 was "pre-loading" to users of Valve's controversial Steam client. Steam is Valve's new content-distribution software aimed at making games available via the Internet, but Half-Life 2 will also show up in retail outlets. Some users have maligned Steam, seeing it as a way to monetize the mod community and potentially milk gamers for more than their fare share of the take through subscription like systems. Until the game is released, Steam's popularity and ultimate features will be only a matter of speculation.
Many were quick to assume that this pre-load meant that Half-Life 2 was finished, but the relatively small size of the download (less than 1GB) indicates that the entire game has not been put up on Steam. Nevertheless, an individual claiming to be Gabe Newell announced on an online forum that the game had in fact gone gold, but as it turns out, it was only a hoax by someone else. This curious turn of events comes not long after die-hard Half-Life 2 fans chastised the press, including Ars, for not taking forum posts by "Newell" relating to shipping dates seriously.
"After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell's account history on the forums, we've come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake... After one crazy night of theories, server mayhem, and IP tracing, we've finally gotten to the bottom of this mess. In a twist of hilarity, it seems that Gabe Newell's account password was set to 'gaben.' Person x guessed this and made the "going gold on Monday" post, which we've heard so much about. The user (who we believe is the same person x) then made this post just minutes ago using Gabe's account: "Maybe he shouldn't have used 'gaben' for his password. Come on Gabe, you could of [sic] thought of something better than that." After a quick double-check, it seems that this was exactly what happened."
GameSpot has said that the pre-load so far only includes items that are "set in stone," such as audio files, some artwork, and the like. So, despite a few bits flying here and there, there's no sign of anything other than a Steam test happening so far.
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Kay
[admin] God
Sinds 1/1/2003
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24/9/2004 -
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Op Halflife2.net kunde al het laatste nieuws volgen...
Het is geshipt voor testing. Ik vermoed rond de 10de dat Gold ga gaan...
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Nookie
garfield
Sinds 12/4/2003
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24/9/2004 -
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tzal gon tijd werre, nu nog ne nieve pc 
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Juurn
wzl-lid
Sinds 5/3/2004
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Nieven pc heb ik net, counterstrike source (dat draait op de hl2 engine) ziet er lekker gelikt uit, tis nog meer verslafend ^^
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PotVis
wzl-lid
Sinds 2/7/2004
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24/9/2004 -
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I want it!!!
kga mij dan weer kunnen bezig houden alst uit is
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Hornycow
WZL-lid
Sinds 3/4/2003
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25/9/2004 -
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Yup tis af:
http://www.pcgameplay.be/
Volgende nummer: review van hl2: ze hebben het volledig uitgespeeld
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jimmysyske
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Sinds 24/9/2004
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25/9/2004 -
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NOG Halflife:
Vivendi kan Half-Life 2 nog 6 maanden "gijzelen"
Perikelen tussen Valve en Vivendi, ze bestaan al langer dan vandaag zoals we eerder al aanhaalden. Want het is ondertussen zelfs tot een juridisch gevecht gekomen tussen de ontwikkelaar en diens uitgever. Reden van deze onrust tussen de twee is het feit dat Sierra (toen nog onafhankelijk van Vivendi) illegaal Half-Life zou verdeeld hebben aan cybercafé's door het schenden van een aantal copyrights. Want het is Valve die de intellectuele rechten van het spel bezit, niet Sierra.
Allemaal goed en wel, maar helaas wordt ook Half-Life 2 betrokken binnen dit gevecht. Want volgens het contract tussen Valve en Vivendi, zou de uitgever nog de mogelijkheid hebben om Half-Life 2 maarliefst 6 maanden bij te houden zonder het te verdelen. Valve zit echter achter Vivendis veren om het spel zo snel mogelijk aan het publiek te geven.
"Valve has announced that it will deliver a release candidate version of Half-Life 2 (HL2) (a game required under the 2001 SPA) to Sierra/VUG within the next few weeks. If Valve delivers a release candidate version that complies with the contract and is a Final Milestone, then VUG will have six months to release the product under the 2001 SPA. Valve is pressing VUG to release the product early within that six month window, and its representatives have 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."
Voor alle duidelijkheid: Half-Life 2 is niet uitgesteld, dit is enkel en alleen een mogelijk scenario dat door geen van beide partijen reeds bevestigd is!
EDIT: bron vergeten melden: Games@teleslet
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jimmysyske
op 25/09/2004 21:29:04u
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Pjoe
Suicide Bunny
Sinds 7/11/2003
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2/10/2004 -
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EuroGamer heeft van verschillende UK verkopers te horen gekregen dat op 26 November Half-Life 2 Europa aandoet.
Bron: © http://cs.counter-strike.nl/i/p/1370.jpg
Voor mensen in Amerika geldt dat ze hem 23 November al in de schappen kunnen verwachten.
bron: http://cs.counter-strike.nl
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