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Sinds 22/7/2003
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24/9/2004 -
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HALF LIFE 2 IS AF (naar het schijnt toch)
Gamers got a shot of excitement late last week when it was announced that the much awaited Half-Life 2 was "pre-loading" to users of Valve's controversial Steam client. Steam is Valve's new content-distribution software aimed at making games available via the Internet, but Half-Life 2 will also show up in retail outlets. Some users have maligned Steam, seeing it as a way to monetize the mod community and potentially milk gamers for more than their fare share of the take through subscription like systems. Until the game is released, Steam's popularity and ultimate features will be only a matter of speculation.
Many were quick to assume that this pre-load meant that Half-Life 2 was finished, but the relatively small size of the download (less than 1GB) indicates that the entire game has not been put up on Steam. Nevertheless, an individual claiming to be Gabe Newell announced on an online forum that the game had in fact gone gold, but as it turns out, it was only a hoax by someone else. This curious turn of events comes not long after die-hard Half-Life 2 fans chastised the press, including Ars, for not taking forum posts by "Newell" relating to shipping dates seriously.
"After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell's account history on the forums, we've come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake... After one crazy night of theories, server mayhem, and IP tracing, we've finally gotten to the bottom of this mess. In a twist of hilarity, it seems that Gabe Newell's account password was set to 'gaben.' Person x guessed this and made the "going gold on Monday" post, which we've heard so much about. The user (who we believe is the same person x) then made this post just minutes ago using Gabe's account: "Maybe he shouldn't have used 'gaben' for his password. Come on Gabe, you could of [sic] thought of something better than that." After a quick double-check, it seems that this was exactly what happened."
GameSpot has said that the pre-load so far only includes items that are "set in stone," such as audio files, some artwork, and the like. So, despite a few bits flying here and there, there's no sign of anything other than a Steam test happening so far.
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