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E3 - Game Sites Get Hands-On With Half Life 2

Posted by simoniker on from the hype-the-funk dept.

metrazol writes "Over at GameSpy, they have a first hands-on preview of much anticipated, speculated, flamed, leaked sequel Half-Life 2. Hint: They love it." There's also a preview at GameSpot, and another over at IGN PC - elsewhere, The Inquirer notes that "ATI will bundle [Valve-developed] Counter Strike 2 with its X800PRO/XT cards", and CNN Money interviews the new President of Half-Life 2 publishers VU Games, who says Half-Life 2 is "still realistic" for a 2004 release (Valve are now saying that "the game should be out by this summer"), and argues: "The PC is far more profitable for us than the console... you're not playing platform fees to manufacturers, for one thing."

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  1. Who cares? by Kanon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does anyone really care anymore? It's not like these previews are telling us anything new of substance.

    1. Re:Who cares? by Kanon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I'm not saying that I'm not looking forward to it. I am. I'm guessing it will be a very good game but I've read a number of previews of HL2 over the last month and they all say exactly the same things and don't really tell us anything we didn't know last year before the code leak.

      I guess I'd be more excited if they told us something we haven't heard before or was a little unexpected.

  2. New interface by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    As can be seen from the screenshot at gamespy, there is a funky green man in the corner. He looks a bit like a spy. Personally, I think it detracts from the aesthetics.

  3. ATi by jbfaninmo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wait a second, ATi is going to bundle CS2 with there new cards? What about all of those HL2 vouchers they gave out with the last generation of cards?

    Man ATi is a smart company. They are giving away these little paper coupons that people have to hold on to for at least good year before they are worth anything, but people feel like they are saving $50. Hell, they might never be worth anything. Whoever came up with that deserves at least, "Corporate Minion of the Month."

    1. Re:ATi by Pvt_Waldo · · Score: 3, Informative

      Actually if you just use the key to register under Valve's content delivery system Steam, you'll get all the current games. Then when HL2 etc. comes out, you'll get those too. Steam will just automatically download them and give 'em to you.

  4. It's like a test drive, you get a free gift by justkarl · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, you try half life 2, you get a free copy of the source code.

  5. Re:Forget HL2 and DNF by GearType2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    tf2 is bundled with hl2 as a mod.

  6. Re:We still don't know... by junkgrep · · Score: 3, Informative

    Currently, they are saying that they'll bump the requirements up to 1Ghz CPU and a Directx7 level card (i.e., TNT2s wont cut it anymore)