Half Life 2 Goes Gold

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Posted by michael on Saturday October 16, 2004 @01:06AM from the bang-bang dept.

AhabTheArab writes "IGN is reporting that Half Life 2 has gone gold. After months of speculation and delays, it is finally true this time."

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Cool! by Dancin_Santa · 2004-10-16 01:09 · Score: 4, Funny

I can't get enough of first person shooters! Why, there just are so many of them out there that I can't make up my mind which one to play. And it's not like they are at all similar to each other. The weapons in one are completely different from the weapons in the other ones. Also the enemies in one are completely different than the enemies in the others.

I can't wait until next year when they update this with a booster pack that includes different weapons and enemies!
In other news... by sparcnut · 2004-10-16 01:09 · Score: 5, Funny

Hell reported to be experiencing record-breaking temperature lows. Predictions show that Hell will freeze over just about when Duke Nukem Forever goes gold.

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1. Re:In other news... by TAGmclaren · 2004-10-16 01:24 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  and here was me thinking "Steam" was just a Valve insider joke for the fact that HL2 was going to be Vaporware :)
  
  -- james
  
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  Iran has endorsed
No by StevenHenderson · 2004-10-16 01:10 · Score: 5, Funny

After months of speculation and delays, it is finally true this time.
...errr, or years.
1. Re:No by lewp · 2004-10-16 02:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Years are just a whole lot of months. I've been waiting for Duke Nukem Forever for weeks now.
  
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  Game... blouses.
what are you talking about by minus_273 · 2004-10-16 01:22 · Score: 5, Funny

i've had it downloaded on my HDD for days...havent really played it though ;-p

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The war on terror is a war for peace
The same old story ... by orangeguru · 2004-10-16 01:27 · Score: 4, Funny

New algorithms and canonfodder for armchair killers. I wonder how many times we can save the universe before itself self destructs because of boredom ...
And in 2008... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-16 01:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Sometime in mid 2008, a computer actually capable of running the game will be announced...
Dupe? by Vicsun · 2004-10-16 01:39 · Score: 5, Funny

I remember having read this story before... Damn those editors!
Re:That's not what IGN is reporting by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-16 02:01 · Score: 4, Funny

Its already been leaked in France. I'm playing it as I type now but it seems a bit buggy. the controls only let me to drop my weapon or retreat.

Kalinga
Well, there goes the GPA! by JWJolly · 2004-10-16 03:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Professor: James, what's happened? It seems like your studies have become disorganized - and your test scores have taken a turn for the worse. Is there anything I need to know?

Me: I'm having.. trouble sleeping, Professor. It .. it's hardest to watch for .. these.. these headcrabs.. especially at night.

Professor: *leans closer* I know; scary little bastards.

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// James
In related news... by alt-j · 2004-10-16 03:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Some "jerk" in the production line has swiped a copy of the French version...

The only weapon in the French version allows you to shout obscenities at each other until you pass out.