Halflife 2 ready for purchase...! - Club CDFreaks

*Razor1982* · 07-10-2004

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October 6, 2004, 2:30 pm · valve

Tomorrow at 11 am PST, the Half-Life 2 Steam offers will be ready for purchase. Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be made available to purchasers upon their release.

ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle owners may redeem their product key for the Bronze offer or apply their key toward the purchase of either the Silver or Gold offers, receiving a credit equal to the price of the Bronze offer.

Also tomorrow, the Counter-Strike: Source beta will close. Valve would like to thank the thousands of gamers who participated in the beta and helped make it a success.

For more detailed information, please visit www.steampowered.com.

*bcn_246* · 07-10-2004

what? i can buy half life 2 now!

M/\TT · 07-10-2004

Can't wait

Soooo close.

*bcn_246* · 07-10-2004

im gonna pre-order my dvd version on amazon.co.uk, much better than the 6 cds

,

ben

*Razor1982* · 07-10-2004

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Originally Posted by bcn_246

im gonna pre-order my dvd version on amazon.co.uk, much better than the 6 cds

,

ben

yes, this game will be a must-have-DVD(!)

*bcn_246* · 07-10-2004

dude... what happened to your old avatar?
i liked the other one, it was more... you

ben

*Razor1982* · 07-10-2004

oh, i got bored of it...

need change sometimes - maybe i'll change it back in a day or two...

*bcn_246* · 07-10-2004

cool im using the on-screen keyboard, so cant type alot

*ckin2001* · 07-10-2004

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Originally Posted by bcn_246

what? i can buy half life 2 now!

you can buy it now, i believe. or ina bout 10 minutes. then preloaded cs:source will be available, unless you havent done that. then, whenever hl2 goes gold, they will make it available to you via steam.

or you can wait on vivendi.

*VirusHack* · 08-10-2004

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Originally Posted by Razor1982

yes, this game will be a must-have-DVD(!)

But if you get it on CD, its easyer to back-up isnt it?

VH

*bcn_246* · 08-10-2004

i suppose, but new clonecd *with emulation* can make fully woring backups of SafeDisc 3.2 games (ie farcry dvd).

ben

ps. i assume half life 2 is protected by Safedisc 3.2, am i right?

*$CyBeRwIz$* · 08-10-2004

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Originally Posted by bcn_246

im gonna pre-order my dvd version on amazon.co.uk, much better than the 6 cds

,

ben

Nooooo! Don't abandon the trusty CD Format

*ckin2001* · 08-10-2004

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Originally Posted by bcn_246

ps. i assume half life 2 is protected by Safedisc 3.2, am i right?

cant say yet. a release date hasnt been set.

*Razor1982* · 08-10-2004

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Originally Posted by $CyBeRwIz$

Nooooo! Don't abandon the trusty CD Format

i think more people should start buying dvd-games, and less cd versions...

so, maybe the hardware-developers AND software-developers speed up the developement of "real" dvd 1:1 copies...

M/\TT · 08-10-2004

I've ordered the Silver version from Steam, using my ATI voucher only cost me $11.75

Can't wait to play it. Just had my first go at CS : Source. Impressed!

*bcn_246* · 08-10-2004

i just love dvd versions 'coz they are so easy to install, no switching discs, and i find that 1x dvd-r is cheaper than 5x cd-r of the smae quality.anyway, can somebody please explain, is half life 2 out for download now? and how does steam work, is it loaded with drm so you can only play if connected to the interent?

ben

*Razor1982* · 08-10-2004

no, it's not out, but you can already pay for it...

so, i assume that it won't take long anymore until the d-load version comes out...
retail version will follow 1 week later... so, steam-customers have it earlier, but therefore, have only a d-load version...
depending on your connection speed, this might be really uncool... (thinkin' of my 56k connection... LOL)

btw: if you order hl2 via steam now (remeber, then you will have to d-load it manually and don't get shipped anything...), you can already d-load cs: source now...

steam is just valve's "online-store" for to say so...

*bcn_246* · 08-10-2004

well im getting the bronze package, i dont want to pay a extra $50 for some old games i could get for a fiver anyway and a cap, poster and all the other crap you would look so pathectic walking about in

ben

*ckin2001* · 08-10-2004

half life 2 will have the game files preloaded, but encrypted. when the game becomes available from vivendi, they will send the decryption info over steam to your computer. half life 2 has had approx 1.5-2 gb preloaded as of now? anyone confirm this? im not taking the plunge til my last final this semester. im not TEMPTING myself.

*bcn_246* · 08-10-2004

im waiting untill the retail dvd version, not gonna piss about with steam

*ckin2001* · 18-10-2004

gold, buy date = 16th nov

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bcn_246 Top Referrer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 3,520	Re: Halflife 2 ready for purchase...! i just love dvd versions 'coz they are so easy to install, no switching discs, and i find that 1x dvd-r is cheaper than 5x cd-r of the smae quality.anyway, can somebody please explain, is half life 2 out for download now? and how does steam work, is it loaded with drm so you can only play if connected to the interent? ben __________________ Click HERE to join CDFreaks... do it or I will dead you.

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Razor1982 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,485	Re: Halflife 2 ready for purchase...! no, it's not out, but you can already pay for it... so, i assume that it won't take long anymore until the d-load version comes out... retail version will follow 1 week later... so, steam-customers have it earlier, but therefore, have only a d-load version... depending on your connection speed, this might be really uncool... (thinkin' of my 56k connection... LOL) btw: if you order hl2 via steam now (remeber, then you will have to d-load it manually and don't get shipped anything...), you can already d-load cs: source now... steam is just valve's "online-store" for to say so...

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bcn_246 Top Referrer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 3,520	Re: Halflife 2 ready for purchase...! well im getting the bronze package, i dont want to pay a extra $50 for some old games i could get for a fiver anyway and a cap, poster and all the other crap you would look so pathectic walking about in ben __________________ Click HERE to join CDFreaks... do it or I will dead you.

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ckin2001 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Strongbadia Posts: 3,408	Re: Halflife 2 ready for purchase...! half life 2 will have the game files preloaded, but encrypted. when the game becomes available from vivendi, they will send the decryption info over steam to your computer. half life 2 has had approx 1.5-2 gb preloaded as of now? anyone confirm this? im not taking the plunge til my last final this semester. im not TEMPTING myself. __________________ www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org last 5 cd's Avril Lavigne - Whatever the new one is called Lucky Boys Confusion - Throwing the Game lostprophets - Start Something Story of the Year - Page Avenue Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Don't let schooling interfere with your education. -Mark Twain

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