Xbox Half-Life 2 Late Summer Release

GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Valve plans to have Half-Life 2 available on the Xbox during late summer in the U.S., and early fall in Europe. From the article: "The content of the game for Xbox is now thought to be exactly the same as the PC outing, although some dilution of texture detail and auto-aiming are likely to grace the port." The article also mentioned that, at the moment, Aftermath is likely to be PC only.

Comments

Late summer in Europe as well

[Jarlsberg]

The blurb is misleading, as the article specifically says that it won't be ready until late summer, both in Europe and the US.

Here's a quote:
Valve's Doug Lombardi added credence to the news this morning, but fell short of specifying a release date.

"We plan to finish development of Half-Life 2 Xbox in late summer and have it available everywhere very shortly thereafter," he told Eurogamer. "No specific date to share just yet." US reports are suggesting that the game is to be finished in August.

Re:Steam enabled?

[LordNimon]

I would be extremely surprised if an Xbox online game required anything but Xbox Live. Even the EA games, which run on EA's servers instead of Microsoft's, still require you to connect via Xbox Live first (the connection is then transferred automatically to EA), and there are no additional charges.