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Half-Life 2 Going Gold on Monday? [updated]

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the on-the-horizon dept.

Warrior-GS writes "According to GameSpy, Gabe Newell has announced that Half-Life 2 is going gold on Monday. Numerous retail outlets have Sept. 1 or Sept. 2 as a shelf-date for the game, so a gold announcement now seems to mean those dates are fairly close to reality." Given that HL2 is already available on Steam, this doesn't sound too far-fetched. Update: 08/28 19:27 GMT by T : Kraiger writes "According to HL2 Fallout the announcement of the futuristic FPS, "Half-Life 2", going Gold is a complete hoax! According to HL2 Fallout, the announcement from Gabe Newell, a Valve Software employee, was created by someone who was able to guess the simple password of "gaben" for Gabe's forum account."

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  1. huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    why would gnaa team up with the nontrolls at t4c? they do nothing on slashdot.

  2. Not looking so hot after Doom 3... by FyRE666 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have to say that after looking through the screenshots from the link there, the engine behind HL2 doesn't look a patch on the Doom 3 engine. In fact, closer to GTA2! The vehicles look pretty angular, and the characters more "cartoony".

    I'm in the middle (?) of D3 at the moment, getting the hell scared out of me (only playing at night, with headphones ;-) I just don't think HL2 would feel as immersive...

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    Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
    1. Re:Not looking so hot after Doom 3... by rokzy · · Score: -1, Troll

      1. that Doom3 shot is a cutscene (?) whereas the HL2 one is real-time action.
      2. the Doom3 one is the main character whereas the HL2 one is just a random NPC.

      how about comparing the facial animation of G-Man to some random Doom3 guy?

  3. Slashdot trolled. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How not ironic.

  4. Re:Who gives a crap? by PsychoSid · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not to mention the orginal HL, and Mac scenario. Tossers.