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Half-Life 2 Release Date Broken

Posted by Zonk on from the please-read-all-instructions-before-opening dept.

NextWish writes "Despite being clearly marked, numerous stores have begun selling HL2. This guy even got a phone call from EB telling him to pickup his pre-order, so he did what any one would do - He picked it up. (Pic #1 / Pic #2)" Update: 11/12 19:30 GMT by Z : Thanks to the anonymous reader who sent us a link to The Inquirer story discussing Valve's savvy regarding cracked or advance copies.

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  1. Lucky by fedorafreak · · Score: 0, Troll

    lucky BAstard im gonna steel it from him

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    RUN linux its just so much better
  2. I can't wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Until someoen does a denial of service attack on Steam on the day of release, and nobody can even INSTALL the game to play single player.

    You do know that you have to REGISTER the single player game over the net in order to be able to play it, don't you?

    The person who registered via steam does not get to play the game yet because Valve hasn't allowed it to be unlocked via Steam yet.

    I'm sure their registration servers will be under attack the day it comes out. They're just too tempting a target. And the irony is that a crack for the registration will be available to pirates everywhere who won't have any problem playing the single player game while this is going on.