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Half Life 2 To Be DVD Only In UK

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 5, 2004 @02:55AM from the upgrade-to-access-headcrabs-plz dept.

Thanks to Halflife2.net, who today recieved word from game retailers that, at least in the UK, Half Life 2 will only be available via DVD. This is evidently becoming common for US games in Europe, as FarCry was not released on CD in Europe either.

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Re:Load time? by SnAzBaZ · 2004-10-05 03:03 · Score: 3, Informative

Most modern games don't read data from the CD/DVD these days anyway. They all copy 99% to the hard disk at install time for faster access times.
Ummm by MGrie · 2004-10-05 03:25 · Score: 2, Informative

Actually, FarCry is a German game......
Re:Load time? by JimmehAH · 2004-10-05 04:07 · Score: 3, Informative

Half-Life 2 will use Steam for authentication. You wont need to have the CD/DVD in the drive to run it. If you preload over Steam, you wont even need the CD/DVD to install it. Just enter the key from the box and it will be playable.