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Counter-Strike Source Beta Debuts In CyberCafes

Posted by simoniker on from the blammo dept.

orion024 writes "From the official Half-Life 2 website - the Half-Life: Counter-Strike Source beta '...will be playable [starting tomorrow, Wednesday] at all cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Cafe Program. Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero; and ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders.' Hopefully, this beta, using the Source engine Half-Life 2 is built upon, will ease those HL2 jitters many fellow gamers are experiencing." We previously reported on some friction between cybercafe owners and Valve - as for CS:Source, IGN PC also has an updated preview on the title, which sports "the same specs that Doug Lombardi mentioned for Half-Life 2... minimum system requirements appear to be a 1.2 gigahertz processor with 256 megabytes of RAM and a DirectX 7 video card."

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  1. Team Fortress 2 by Reducer2001 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm still waiting for Team Fortress 2.

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  2. Hopefully I will get more enjoyment than Doom 3 by linzeal · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I can honestly say after 2 hours of play time I stopped playing Doom 3 and have not gone back since. I don't care how many cramped corridors, creepy monsters, or the like id can come up with from now until enternity I've given up on them pioneering anything in the FPS world.

    The last FPS that truly brought something new to the table for me was red faction with its destroyable enviroment. The multiplayer was lackluster though, for some odd reason. I will be buying HL2 but what I'm really waiting for is Red Faction 2.

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    1. Re:Hopefully I will get more enjoyment than Doom 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Under $20? Its 9 bucks at walmart.

    2. Re:Hopefully I will get more enjoyment than Doom 3 by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Hate to reply to myself: The prices at walmart are not as you claim:
      Walmart.com

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    3. Re:Hopefully I will get more enjoyment than Doom 3 by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Well I fucked that up:

      Walmart.com

      Need an edit button...

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