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Steam Registration Servers Overloaded

Posted by Zonk on from the plumbing-problems dept.

duckle writes "The Inquirer reports that "The World has come crashing down around Half-Life 2 players today, as Steam's authentication servers in Europe have died.", and deemzzzz_k writes "It looks like even Valve wasn't quite prepared for Half Life 2's popularity. HL2 requires registration to unlock the game and although the Valve/Steam homepage claims that it fixed registration issues the servers are still overloaded. Registration is "delayed" and temporarily unlocking the game takes 20-30 minutes over a 1.5MB DSL line." This seems to primarily be an issue for folks who bought the game from a store; I purchased the game via Steam and was playing at 12:15 am PST on launch day.

3 of 768 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Gotta stop piracy! by Girckin · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, the source code wasn't stolen from inside, someone hacked into their computers and copied it out. See the Final Hours of Half Life 2.

  2. Re:This happened to me last night by bloodstains · · Score: 5, Informative

    What if I don't have the Internet? What if I want to play on a lan that doesn't have Internet access?

    I guess you'll learn to read the System Requirements next time:

    Minimum System Configuration
    * 1.2 GHz Processor
    * 256MB RAM
    * DirectX 7 capable graphics card
    * Windows 2000/XP/ME/98
    * Mouse
    * Keyboard
    * Internet Connection

  3. Just buy it through steam by ValuJet · · Score: 5, Informative
    I purchased HL2 through steam and had no such problems. I probably would not have purchased the game if it wasn't for the ability to buy it online over the internet. I loved not having to wait in line at a store or install it from discs.

    I understand that people who purchased the game via the brick and mortar stores kinda got the raw end of the deal, but I was very satisfied with the way buying this game worked.