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Half-Life 2 Preloading from Steam

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the chomping-at-the-bit dept.

Nos. writes "For those of us using Valve Software's Steam platform, we can now begin 'preloading' Half-Life 2. The article explains that this will download an encrypted version of the game that you can unlock when you purchase it. They only say that purchase options will be available soon."

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  1. Re:OK, I'll take the karma hit by chromatic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The editors usually schedule stories in advance for Slash to publish later.

    Someone scooped you. It happens.

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  2. Re:Don't bother trying by Patrick+Mannion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, I'm a member of HL2Fallout.com, so Gabe pretty informed us first, then it was relayed to a bunch of sites. So I was on the first ones to get it.

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