HL2 - Targeting This Summer

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	Macca 19:40 3/2/2004	"Others are likely to howl in outrage that the game has been delayed so far beyond its initial target date." lol - if it gets released in summer thats not even a year; how long was HL delayed for? 2 years? Duke Nukem Forever, well lets not go there.... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Blitz Editor UKTerrorist 19:41 3/2/2004	(This was an automated post) Not exactly a firm date, but Doug Lombardi has finally spoken out on Valve's plans for the much anticipated Half-Life 2, stating that Valve "is currently targeting this summer for the completion of Half-Life 2". The article, over on CNN Money, talks about how the original theft of the HL2 source code meant delays, due to 'security fixes', were inevitable. "The summer release date of Half-Life 2 is certain to once again divide gamers. Some will be relieved to finally have a date, however vague, that they can target. Others are likely to howl in outrage that the game has been delayed so far beyond its initial target date. (The game was originally scheduled to hit stores on Sept. 30, 2003.) Some ludicrous conspiracy theorists will likely begin regurgitating the ridiculous story that the source code leak was intentional, so Valve would have an 'excuse' to delay the game." As expected, it was also confirmed that Valve will be displaying HL2 at this year's E3 in May. Source: Planet Half-Life [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	fez 19:43 3/2/2004	At least we have a target/date to look forward to! :)# lol the ppl who say valve leaked the source intentionally are so funny, why would the intentionally give away the code for their revolutionary engine that they spent 5 years creating for every1 to see? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 19:44 3/2/2004	wow they sound like they're proud that they promised it would be out last setember and it's only a year late [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Endo Legend 19:52 3/2/2004	this is crazy, first they clame that its all done and dusted, and a hacker steals the code. how can changing the code take over a f*ing year?!! i mean its not exactly starting from scratch, its bulls*.. it wassnt finished back in September and its unlikly it will be then! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 19:59 3/2/2004	Good optimistic view Endo :------) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Necroboy fightclubclan 20:10 3/2/2004	You all know how f*ed up steam is. Lets valve have the time it takes so we dont have to beta another s* game for them. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	cobbeh fluid element 20:31 3/2/2004	wont expect nethin till its officially out, sooner rather then later obv like [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Chris0 20:37 3/2/2004	Hope source is leaked about a month before its released. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Wolfie WanadooWolfie 20:42 3/2/2004	and i hope to win £10 million on a triple rollover lottery, but its not gonna happen [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Chris0 20:46 3/2/2004	yer, cos ur to tight to buy a ticket :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	-Naz- fightclubclan 20:49 3/2/2004	painkiller and doom3 are gonna own hl2 so hard, at least john carmack has a proven record of making great games at id, valve are just jokes. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Gilga 20:55 3/2/2004	lol? Half Life still is the best pc game ever Q1 was ok Q2 was a bit s* and Q3 was s* [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Chris0 20:56 3/2/2004	Depends on your views of each game, personally I like Q3 over the other 2, just cos I played it more. Some crazy people would even admit to liking HL [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dr_Evil`` 21:50 3/2/2004	Five years of entertainment, update after update and STILL you moan. Name another company thats supported a game that long & hard. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 21:59 3/2/2004	"Some ludicrous conspiracy theorists will likely begin regurgitating the ridiculous story that the source code leak was intentional, so Valve would have an 'excuse' to delay the game." That is ludicrous, but it's plainly obvious to me the game had no chance whatsoever of making it's release date last year, and they just used the source code theft as an excuse. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	-Naz- fightclubclan 22:19 3/2/2004	valve didnt support cs for 5 years if that is what you are implying. gooseman and cliffe gave over control to valve in cs1.0, a good 2 years into its development. valve might not even exist now if it wasnt for the creation of cs... and im not afraid to say i hated half life, found it too slow and boring. I guess a lot of people who played fps games before hl (which isnt many ppl here), would probably agree. I liked quake1 a lot, but q2 was pretty crap i thought, especially multiplayer. I think q3 is the most complete of the 3 games, but a lot of people dont like it because they cant camp in corners waiting for someone to walk past like in cs. bring on painkiller!! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	-Naz- fightclubclan 22:24 3/2/2004	"Name another company thats supported a game that long & hard." er... id software? they have always made changes to the benefit of the community, and reversed changes that have been detrimental. I think ironically quake is dying because it is too skill-based. There are only a fraction of people still playing quake3mods compared to before, and these people are very skilled, so anyone who wants to start playing now is gonna have a hard time. how can you say valve are supporting cs after all the controversy over lan licences? The whole deal is a joke. Gaming centres are literally closing down around the country as a result of their money greed for a game which they didnt even make. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dr_Evil`` 22:47 3/2/2004	Agreed Valve didnt make CS, but Valve supported the Half Life engine with patches which added functionality to the game. If they hadnt have done that do you think people would have carried on CS? Yeah ID have supported their products. but do you think EA would rather release a free patch for FIFA to update the player names or make you pay £30 for FIFA+1. Finally on the LAN thing. Someone makes a film, you go to the cinema to see it, you pay the cinema, the cinema gives some money to the films makers. Fair? of course. Valve are seeing people make money off thier game yeah it sucks for UKT LANs but thats life. Other companies will follow soon. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ExistenZ 23:14 3/2/2004	MAYBE they leaked it on purpose so they would have an excuse! man i only just thought of that... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Beast0 unicon.cs 23:15 3/2/2004	Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 is all you need. I still play it to this day! Career mode > you [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	-Naz- fightclubclan 00:04 4/2/2004	no your analogy isnt quite right. its not me that is suffering from the lan-licences, its the lan centres. If you scale the prices accordingly, imagine a Hollywood film studio charging cinema chains millions of pounds for the right to show films? it wouldnt hurt big franchises like UGC or Warner Village (inferno online in sweden?) but it definately hurts the smaller cinemas everywhere. The system before was the right system, the game that valve made was half life - you needed to buy half life to play cs online (or buy cs) - valve gets money. Now they are just trying to double charge lan centres for a game they have already paid for. Its all thanks to some small print in the EULA that allows them to do this, im sure they thought they had struck gold when they realised they could do it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	brenje reSonance 00:29 4/2/2004	I agree with Naz ^^ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 00:40 4/2/2004	Jewsons must make a mint charging building sites cash every time they use on of their spades...oh they don't do that cos it's f***ING STUPID :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 01:46 4/2/2004	f*** HL2 I wanna play CS:CZ, it's gonna be great and no mistake, it's not a poor concept nor a money making scheme, meet me the hopeless optimistic. HL2 will be out in the summer. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Transcend deliverance 01:54 4/2/2004	HL2 wont come out, theyll make a press release saying its been renamed to duke nukem forever 2 and will never be released. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	RoadKill meatyballs 03:54 4/2/2004	Agree with Beast0 - two slightly random questions - why do some positions in whatever formation still decrease in value on Sensi Soccer 97/98 (think that's the one where shearer's at newcastle, correct me if i'm wrong) - second question, not exactly on the ball with "upcoming new games" - painkiller, quake/hl/doom/duke nukem killer or sequel or what? :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Zorro- Clan [F] 09:22 4/2/2004	Beast0 Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 is all you need. I still play it to this day! Career mode > you Classic! played it for years :D And Roadkill, that could be sorted by creating your own dream formation, which you had to adjust on specific players, that way that it still was playable, but all players became better every match ;D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Carb theb0g 10:09 4/2/2004	lol, thats like saying "mmmm, we might get it out some time later this year....maybe next year, at an outside chance the year after, we're not really sure". Get on with it VALVe. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Krispy 11:21 4/2/2004	i agree with naz, hl was poo compared to the fps that came before it, silly slow game :\| [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 11:37 4/2/2004	its still the most successful game ever produced and its basically funded VAVLe on its own for 5 years+ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Weebull 11:58 4/2/2004	Actually, comparing HL & LAN Cafes to films & cinemas is a good analogy. Naz's point of The system before was the right system, the game that valve made was half life - you needed to buy half life to play cs online (or buy cs) - valve gets money. could be considered an equivalent to how videos give you a film for one lump sum payment. But have you noticed on videos the license that say you're not allowed to show it in a public place? That's because that' where cinemas are supposed to come into it. Short term "use" of the film, for a smaller fee. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Weebull 11:58 4/2/2004	There's a good point somewhere in all that s***. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 12:21 4/2/2004	Krispy, HL rocked and you know it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	PFCalcio THX 12:58 4/2/2004	Pr0 article - manage to get 'Troika' wrong. Go CNN [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Coopsy Landed 13:02 4/2/2004	No way when HL first came out, We were all still playing Quakeworld cause altho HL's single player was rather handy but online, especially on 56k, pings were like 23874982374. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MonkH 14:16 4/2/2004	shh let valve make hl2 stop bugging them with stupid ideas. the community has billion and one ideas alot off them contradicting each other, like half the community say bunny hopping should stay in a games while the other half say it should be taken out (the noobie'er side :P ) but imo any FPS game ive played i thought was good except maybe Halo cus it came out 5 years late ! (on the pc) and ive accepted any patch unless it increased the lag aslong as i can shoot and hit im not arssed [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Carb theb0g 16:21 4/2/2004	slow claps [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dr_Evil`` 18:36 4/2/2004	idd Weebull. IMHO lan cafes being charged a reasonable <-- keyword fee is fair enough. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Noah- r4ngers 18:44 4/2/2004	Naz is COMPLETELY right, especially about the lan thing, valve is charging FAR too much. Not only has it caused old lan centres closing down, or not using cs, but it stops smaller lans from introducing cs into their computers. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Noah- r4ngers 18:47 4/2/2004	I think that valve are trying to squeeze the community too hard and too quickly. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Noah- r4ngers 18:49 4/2/2004	And since when are lan centres as popular as blockbusters? They simply dont make enough money to work. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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