HL2 still on for 30th September

[Munro]

Today at ECTS Valve's Greg Coomber assured the public that Half-Life 2 will hit the shelves on September 30th as planned - despite the numerous rumours to the contrary.

Speaking at ECTS this morning, Coomber stated, "it'll be tight, but Half-Life 2 is still on for a September 30th ship". Sadly, Valve’s presentation at ECTS was the same as the one shown at E3 earlier this year. Look forward to a few more of the E3 videos coming through Steam soon.

[Dile]

Hooray...

[Beanhacker]

unnnnnghhh.......

:bounce:

[Shamon Mofo]

Just posted this in the delays May Be False thread. For those that don't know the news above is from www.eurogamer.net - only fair to give credit where credit's due!

[Private Snafu]

This news doesn't come as any suprise. Gabe said Sept 30. and never confirmed or denied anything else.

[dawdler]

It will be cool if they actually hold the date... I mean, it would be a first if something this big and anticipated actually comes out on the said date :)

/me goes of to read about the awesome new game that will revolutionize 3D as we know it, coming late 1999, Duke Nukem Forever...

[Shamon Mofo]

Originally posted by Private Snafu
This news doesn't come as any suprise. Gabe said Sept 30. and never confirmed or denied anything else.

Well lets’ not get ahead of ourselves – it hasn’t shipped yet, so there's still time for it to be delayed. And I think it’s understandable that delay rumours have been circulating when the official line has been “no comment” for a number of weeks. Personally I could live with waiting a month or so now that I’ve finally got DSL and a copy of Battlefield 1942 but I guess that’s just me!

[The Mullinator]

/me does the happy dance

I love Valve.

[theneb]

Well the rumours may not have been rumours at the time, maybe after judgement of the response, it was kept to normal dates.
Good stuff tho.

[Diablo2k]

Originally posted by Munro
Today Valve's Greg Coomber insisted Half-Life 2 will hit the shelves on September 30th as planned, despite a large number of rumors and false announcements saying that the game will slip.

Speaking at ECTS this morning, Coomber stated "it'll be tight, but Half-Life 2 is still on for a September 30th ship". Sadly Valve’s presentation at ECTS was the same as the one shown at E3 earlier this year. Look forward to a few more of the E3 videos coming through Steam soon.

Hope they dont rush it and release it buggy just to make the 30 september date :x

[DrEvil]

woohoo!

[The Mullinator]

From what I can tell this is the first HL2 website that has posted this news.

[RadiuS]

weeeeee!!! great news! I was steadily beginning to lose my grip of belief in the release date!

[Cujo]

yeehaw!

and btw. way to go hl2.net. at last best hl2 site properly working.

[Apos]

Of course, we always scoop the other sites... :)

[Vormulac]

I've been keeping track of this for a while and a question just keep nagging at me. Assuming the September 30th date is met, is this a release date for the USA, Europe or global?

Vorm.

[Munro]

Global.

[Majestic XII]

I sure hope that we in europe will have the game on the same day as US will!

[Shamon Mofo]

Originally posted by Apos
Of course, we always scoop the other sites... :)

Yeees, but you did `scoop’ it almost word for word from www.eurogamer.net ;)

I’m not associated with the website at all btw, but as I said in an earlier post today, Credit where credit’s due!

[Beanhacker]

unnnnnghhh.......

:bounce:

[lonestar]

good.. better.. hl2 comes in september. :)

but it still isn't gold.. well, not be too happy.
waaah.. i'm going crazy! :D

[av2k]

im pretty happy for the announcement :bounce:

and the beginning of hl2.net site :)

[kurly]

$1,000 in upgrades have been justified!

[kurly]

Cujo, that's the most intense avatar I've seen. Kewl!

(sorry, All, for the off-topic)

[supangr]

"Halflife 2 is delayed, in fact, there is NO half-life 2, and even if there was, it'd be delayed." - PlanetHalflife's information minister.

[kohoyin]

i'm high. high on happiness

[The more on]

:cool: I never really (wanted to belive) belived that it was going to be delayed. There is a interview where Gabe said that because of the incredible amount of money they got from the first HL the were really independant now, so they could set their own goals and release dates, with nobody pushing them. So if they delay it i think it would be just a bad math on their part, making them feel a little...dumbey.:dork: ;)

[himself]

mhh good news :)

but i still need a new pc :|

[Dready]

i just can say: :DDDDDDDD :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Burning Fish]

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: YEEEEEEEEY!!!!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[The hotdog man]

WOOOHOOOOOOO PARTY ON DUDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PaRaNoId]

Yipeee!!!!! cant belive it in about 1 month we could! have our hands on Half Life 2 can't wait. But I dont remember a game that came out on a Tuesday but I supose theres nothing wrong with that.

[SilentKilla]

Ya im homeschooled, so i do my work at night, ill be up at the mall tuesday before the store even opens

[uncle_rudy]

So how long do you all think that it will take gamespot to update their site and say that is Sept. 30 and not Q4 2003?

[bx|ch3f_0z]

Faith

[kilword]

w00t~!

[Dready]

;o.. i live in israel, i must preorder or somthing O:, or to wait week after game get out :O~

[Agent4054]

Well it definitely does look like sept. 30th is still it. I pre-ordered halflife2 from gamestop and they're saying its the 30th. So, WOOHOO!

[lonestar]

i wait until it's gold, cetainly 15th of september or so :bounce: and then i will pre order this.. divine game (i hope so). :)

[FoxHunter]

Yes, gold-date is september, 15th, that's been confirmed ago :)

[Feath]

Originally posted by FoxHunter
Yes, gold-date is september, 15th, that's been confirmed ago :)

Where?

The only Gold date I've seen was in Gamestar and that was for the 13th of September, and I don't think it's been confirmed.

Anyway, Valve doesn't HAVE to go Gold on a certain date, they could fesibly go gold a few dates late and still get the game out on time.

There was never a gold date confirmation

[Kalakov]

good news :)

[Pi Mu Rho]

You never have a "gold date". Whenever the game is deemed to be finished, it's gold.

[Xtasy0]

a going gold date cant be confirmed, WTF? it goes gold when its done and when they're happy with it, theres no way to confirm it until the time it goes gold.

[anticonscience]

If I remember correctly didn't Half Life 1 come out on September 30th?

And boy I cannot wait.

BTW, yeah I'm newly reg'd but that doesn't mean i'm a n00b. :flame:

[Kurt B]

I still read items here and there that suggest december. Too bad. i've been waiting for this game for a while. Been playing lots of BF 1942 online and it's a wonderful game, but a good single player game like HL is needed.

I won't believe it til it's out.

[Black-Falcon]

Arg dont get me started on BF1942 and Desert Combat and how badly they screwed .39k

[kilword]

Originally posted by anticonscience
If I remember correctly didn't Half Life 1 come out on September 30th?

And boy I cannot wait.

BTW, yeah I'm newly reg'd but that doesn't mean i'm a n00b. :flame:


November 11th 1998

[Frank]

I was just told (in an EB Games store) it won't release until Oct. 3rd in Denmark...that sucks!

[TAZ]

Oct 3rd? OMG , that's alot better then Nov 15th like some other outlets... Just be glad you will get it before them :D

[ag3nt187]

Gawd, I've heard so many different release dates for hl2 is mad.

I went in to pre-order it at local gamestop yesterday, and the clerk said according to their system the release date is February, 2004. I sighed, walked away in denial that it would take them 5 more months to complete.

Although gamestop.com still said the release date was sept.30th, i signed up for their "e-mail me if the date changes" option. the next day I got an email telling me:


Dear Customer,

You have signed up to receive release date changes for:

Half-Life 2

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=645118&affid=1

Old Release Date - 9/30/2003
New Release Date - 11/19/2003



sigh.


:(


~ag3nt~

[The hotdog man]

Well you never know dude, I personally only belive the official stuff from Valve.

[Feath]

Originally posted by kilword
November 11th 1998

Did Half Life really come out on this day? I ask because it only went gold on the 7th of November.

[Maskirovka]

I got that email from gamestop too. I wonder if it's just their policy to change their expected release date if a game hasn't gone gold a certain amount of time before their current projected release date?

It's much safer for them that way...they don't have to worry about pissed off customers emailing them about how they promised to keep a release date that wasn't under their control :P

anyway, Doug Lombardi was just quoted only a few days ago saying "There is no change in the date. The date of September 30 is worldwide. Including in France and England.

I know things can happen...but he sounded pretty firm about it.

[kilword]

i was at gamestop earilier today and the dude was like yeah it says its comin out either Feb 3rd or 4th i was like WTF LOL!

[Blud Stane]

gamespot sucks man, those guys there just sit around and talk about anime and act like they know good games. I bet they only rely on their newsletters, and then guess release dates.

[Maskirovka]

well apparently most major game news websites don't consider this a major thing...

none of the ones i usually go to (bluesnews, avault, 3dgamers, etc.) have any news posts about a delay...i'd still bet on the 30th...or even early october...i doubt it'll fall until november :P

[scribblehead]

Originally posted by Frank
I was just told (in an EB Games store) it won't release until Oct. 3rd in Denmark...that sucks!

just use steam, then you'll sure to get it on the 30th :D....duh!

Anyways i think some countries have this inept stupid idea that movies, game releases and stuff like that should be release on a friday....damn if i like the movie, game i won't base my goddamn purchase on which weekday it is...:flame:

[alehm]

I work at gamestop. We use the Magic Eight Ball to decide when the release dates are. It's ok, I asked the eight ball if I could tell you guys our secret and it said Yes.

[tHEmaCHInE]

Originally posted by scribblehead
just use steam, then you'll sure to get it on the 30th :D....duh!




umm I don't think your getting it. If its not going to be released in stores untill november then steam wont have it untill november.

[Blud Stane]

lmao alehm :) ok a real gaming fan that works there... hehe, if HL2 is releasing on the 30th of this month then it should go GOLD within a week or two!

[scribblehead]

Originally posted by tHEmaCHInE
umm I don't think your getting it. If its not going to be released in stores untill november then steam wont have it untill november.

hahaha thats funny....NOT!

I meant if the game is dealyed in for example europe or a given country (or its held back until the given day where media is supposed to release) then you can just grab it from steam, is that so hard to understand??? i guess so...

[forn1x]

umm I don't think your getting it. If its not going to be released in stores untill november then steam wont have it untill november.

Well it's coming out sept30th so it will be on steam sept30th. Stop with this retarded and insignificant november+ release date banter.

[cod56]

I'm not sure if anyone has realised, but the first time a rumour came out that HL2 was going to be delayed Valve jumped on it within 2 days and said it’s still going to be 30th September.

Game UK has publicly said there is a delay and now have a TBA on the release date for HL2.

If its not delayed why have Valve not Jumped on this rumour as they did the previous one. Is it because they can't?

Sorry to be so negative but I think no news might be BAD news in this case (I really hope I'm wrong).

[scribblehead]

Originally posted by cod56
I'm not sure if anyone has realised, but the first time a rumour came out that HL2 was going to be delayed Valve jumped on it within 2 days and said it’s still going to be 30th September.

Game UK has publicly said there is a delay and now have a TBA on the release date for HL2.

If its not delayed why have Valve not Jumped on this rumour as they did the previous one. Is it because they can't?

Sorry to be so negative but I think no news might be BAD news in this case (I really hope I'm wrong).

You're an ass, simply put...

Take a look around the forum, there's like a hundreds threads that can answer your question.....moron

[JimJimBinks]

You're an ass, simply put...

Take a look around the forum, there's like a hundreds threads that can answer your question.....moron
Jesus. The guy points out that there's a chance that the game might still be delayed and you bash him like he stabbed your grandmother. He's not just trying to be the bearer of bad news. He even said he hopes he's wrong. This does not make him an ass, OR a moron.
Dude, he's probably right, the game might be delayed.

Because of you, on some level I hope it is delayed, and when the announcement is made, I hope someone video tapes you crying so I can post the video on the internet and pleasure myself while watching it all day.

-Jim Corbin

[cod56]

Originally posted by JimJimBinks
Jesus. The guy points out that there's a chance that the game might still be delayed and you bash him like he stabbed your grandmother. He's not just trying to be the bearer of bad news. He even said he hopes he's wrong. This does not make him an ass, OR a moron.
Dude, he's probably right, the game might be delayed.

Because of you, on some level I hope it is delayed, and when the announcement is made, I hope someone video tapes you crying so I can post the video on the internet and pleasure myself while watching it all day.

-Jim Corbin

Thanks Jim. But I really hope its not delayed, even though that video would be fun to watch!!!

[JimJimBinks]

No problem :afro::bounce: :cheese:

I also seriously hope it's not delayed.
I mean, I just bought a new video card (GeForceFX 5900 Ultra) and upgraded to an Athlon XP 3000+ JUST FOR HALF LIFE 2.
So I've already invested about $800 (The video card alone was $500) in order to have a great experience playing the game. Having it come out on time would be nice.

[scribblehead]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

[forn1x]

like everyone has said before, they said it would be sept 30th and it's way too late to say "well were going to delay it", I mean technically they could, but it would make them look like total douchebags

[Feath]

Originally posted by cod56
I'm not sure if anyone has realised, but the first time a rumour came out that HL2 was going to be delayed Valve jumped on it within 2 days and said it’s still going to be 30th September.

Game UK has publicly said there is a delay and now have a TBA on the release date for HL2.

If its not delayed why have Valve not Jumped on this rumour as they did the previous one. Is it because they can't?

Sorry to be so negative but I think no news might be BAD news in this case (I really hope I'm wrong).

Erm, actually you are making stuff up.

Vivendi said that the delay thing was a miscommunication after 2 days. Valve didn't say anything about it until ECTS.

[ThePuppetMaster]

I really doubt it will be out on Sept30'03.

[nils]

A man wrotte in a french's board that he has information from Vivendi-Universal :
HL2 will be on store next november the 7th, cause Vivendi and Universal will be 2 "different" companies, and Vivendi wants to have more and more money with HL2's licence.

It s about all in Europe; France, UK, Germany etc.

IS IT RIGHT ?? :flame:


I copy you the A*******'s translation cause my english is poor :

"Sierra, Blizzard, Sierra and other developers belong to Vivendi-Universal (Vivendi to make shorter). As you know it, Vivendi will be restructured. They thus will sell divisions, of which that of the video plays. The goal of Vivendi is to be made a max of money, therefore to sell the division of the video plays at the price most extremely. If Half Life 2 fact left the batch, the price will assemble a max because this play has a very large potential of sale, they thus sell division video plays much expensive than if HL² were not inside. Considering the reorganization will take place at the end of October, Vivendi must keep HL² at the time of the resale of division video play. Result, Vivendi will be made a max of money, that the play is sold well or not, and one can only await us and this to satisfy with the videos. Here, I rather clearly hope to have been in my explanations."

And that VALVe ll use justice against V-U if they sell the game later.

There are many jokes now, but many french preople are hungy/injured about this news.
Somebody know about it ?
thx

[DiSTuRbEd]

If Sierra is sold that is good, because they will be going with VALVe somewhere probably better :)

[nolan]

Originally posted by nils
A man wrotte in a french's board that he has information from Vivendi-Universal :
HL2 will be on store next november the 7th, cause Vivendi and Universal will be 2 "different" companies, and Vivendi wants to have more and more money with HL2's licence.

It s about all in Europe; France, UK, Germany etc.

IS IT RIGHT ?? :flame:


I copy you the A*******'s translation cause my english is poor :

"Sierra, Blizzard, Sierra and other developers belong to Vivendi-Universal (Vivendi to make shorter). As you know it, Vivendi will be restructured. They thus will sell divisions, of which that of the video plays. The goal of Vivendi is to be made a max of money, therefore to sell the division of the video plays at the price most extremely. If Half Life 2 fact left the batch, the price will assemble a max because this play has a very large potential of sale, they thus sell division video plays much expensive than if HL² were not inside. Considering the reorganization will take place at the end of October, Vivendi must keep HL² at the time of the resale of division video play. Result, Vivendi will be made a max of money, that the play is sold well or not, and one can only await us and this to satisfy with the videos. Here, I rather clearly hope to have been in my explanations."

And that VALVe ll use justice against V-U if they sell the game later.

There are many jokes now, but many french preople are hungy/injured about this news.
Somebody know about it ?
thx

could you please post your sources?

i'm fluent in french (en fait je suis belge et c'est ma langue natale)

[nils]

sure

http://forum.hardware.fr/forum2.php3?post=58775&cat=5&config=&interface=&page=119&cache=cache&sondage=&owntopic=&p=1&trash=&subcat=

[Fredo]

Don't think that makes a lot of sence. IF they would want to sell the Video gaming division of Vivendi and Universal, that would take some time before everything is in place, has been signed and has been agreed upon (I mean really multiple months). This is not something you buy like a video game or a hamburger, this is a *piep*ing* company.
I read somewhere that they will begin the restructuring at the end of October so this would mean that they would start the negociations then. Then it would take another certain amount of time before the deal has been closed so I think they could delay Halflife untill early next year if they would like to maximize their selling value.

Another thing: if they sell it before or after halflife has been published doesn't make that much difference as the buying company also knows what they have to pay for such a company. If Halflife would not yet been pubished they would pay more for it, but would also get more out of it, so it's not that Videndi would make way more cash just by delaying Halflife.

According to me this has to be one of the better reasons I came across why Halflife has been delayed.

[cod56]

Originally posted by Feath
Erm, actually you are making stuff up.

Vivendi said that the delay thing was a miscommunication after 2 days. Valve didn't say anything about it until ECTS.

Both Game UK and PCZone made this comment on or around 3rd September, after the miscommunication incident and as a matter of fact after ECTS had finished, so Its unlikely Valve could have commented on this particular rumour at the show.

From PCZone Website

Wednesday 3rd September 2003
EXCLUSIVE: RETAIL CONFIRMS HALF-LIFE 2 SLIP!

Valve assurances looking shaky as UK retail informs of a late October release

19:28 Information received via e-mail from UK retailer GAME by customers who have pre-ordered Half-Life 2 at its online store has thrown a rather large spanner into the HL2 release date works, we can reveal.
Despite Valve Software's Doug Lombardi insisting: "The release date is unchanged" when we questioned last week whether Half-Life 2 would hit its original September 30 deadline, GAME has recently told its customers that the title will not arrive until November.

The email notice to customers reads:

"As you may already be aware, the UK release date for 'Half-Life 2' has changed to Nov-2003.

"Please don't worry, your order is still 'live' and will be despatched to you on the day prior to the revised release date, via your chosen method of shipping, unless you advise us to the contrary."

Speaking to us this morning, a spokesperson for GAME said: "The latest date we have for Half-Life 2 is late October, and that was the information we got through yesterday, but obviously the date could change again."

When we asked if GAME received the information from publisher Vivendi, we were told: "It comes direct from the publisher."

The GAME spokesperson went on to point out that customers had received the November date via e-mail because: "That [the e-mail] most likely went out to customers before we received this updated release date.

"We expect to have an exact release date at then end of the month, maybe," they said.

So what does Half-Life 2 publisher Vivendi have to say about this? Talking to the publisher's UK arm, we were told that the official line on Half-Life 2's release date is: "To be confirmed."

Just when the September 30 date looked safe, along comes this. Crunch time will be around the middle of the month, when many expect Half-Life 2 to go Gold, if it's to hit its original date. Unless, of course, Valve plans to release the game over its broadband delivery system Steam first...

Oh the tension. It's almost too much. We'll keep you fully updated on all developments.


Also, if you look at the Game website http://shop.game.net// you will see no release date confirmed.

I wish I was making stuff up.

[forn1x]

So why is your post any more relavant than "WELL EB GAMES TOLD ME NOV20" ?

[cod56]

I am not saying it is any more or less relevant than any of the posts on this forum. All I am saying is that Valve responded to the first rumour quickly and have not to this one if it is in fact a different rumour.

This may have all stemmed from the same "miscommunication", it may not have done. Until Valve/Vivendi make an announcement or we reach September 30th none of us will no for sure if it will be in stores.

I hope it is because I do not have broadband, so a steam download could take a while.

[uncle_rudy]

The only real date that we all need to wait for is the date that HL2 goes gold. That is the only date that I need to know, and that is the date that will dictate when the game comes out, not what any store employee says or game site releases on itself.

[forn1x]

Personally I think that it is very close to going gold in fact, because the benchmarks were released today, and they would not benchmark it unless the code and everything was done and optimized to it's full capacity. Really it could still in fact not be done but they are able to benchmark it, but I believe it is very close to goldness.

[alco]

I'm gonna say what I said before, because it has more relevance now than ever.

We have two and a half weeks left till the 30th. Valve confirmed the date not too long ago. The benchmark numbers have been released. It would just be illogical to announce a delay now.

[Dingus]

so... uhhh guys, when's the Half Life 2 gonna be released?








flambe`

[JimJimBinks]

It's quite possible that the game has gone gold and the announcement just hasn't been made, which would mean the game could be on store shelves on the 30th.

But seriously, if that's not the case then there's no way the game could be released to manufacturing, have the millions of CD's pressed, put in boxes, AND shipped to be in stores on Sept. 30th.

Another possibility though (and this might not even be possible. I don't know enough about Steam, or vivendi's manufacturing process to know if it can be done) is that the game will "Go gold" on Sept. 30th, and be available through Steam that same day, and on store shelves weeks later.

Like I said though, unless the game is gold and the announcment was never made, there's no way the game could be on Store shelves Sept 30th.

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by JimJimBinks
It's quite possible that the game has gone gold and the announcement just hasn't been made, which would mean the game could be on store shelves on the 30th.

But seriously, if that's not the case then there's no way the game could be released to manufacturing, have the millions of CD's pressed, put in boxes, AND shipped to be in stores on Sept. 30th.

Another possibility though (and this might not even be possible. I don't know enough about Steam, or vivendi's manufacturing process to know if it can be done) is that the game will "Go gold" on Sept. 30th, and be available through Steam that same day, and on store shelves weeks later.

Like I said though, unless the game is gold and the announcment was never made, there's no way the game could be on Store shelves Sept 30th.

Actually, if they went gold on the 15th of this month they would have enough time to get it to the shelves. IE. UT2K3 went gold 10 days before it was suppose to be released, and what happened? It was on shelves on the day it was suppose to be released. It probably is right now basically "gold" but they may still be play testing to find any other little bugs there might be, but IMHO(in my honest opinion) the game is basically done, and should make the September 30th release date!

[scribblehead]

i could'nt agree more with you disturbed, i also strongly believe we have all the proof that the game is 99.99% done.

Some proof would be that (these are not in any certain order)
1. Vavle has always kept 30th as the release date, despite numoures rumours.

2. The build shown at E3 2003 was basically playable, all through the game (since all content was almost already done)

3. Steam has gone "gold" therefor paving the way for distribution of HL2 over steam.

4. Increasingly number of info flowing from valve, like interview---previews, and so on.

5. Valve BenchMark announcement, benchmark released to the largest hardware test/review/news sites.

6. New benchmark video, and still atleast 2 more videos coming.

7. were 18 days from the release date, any delay announcement would've come certainly atleast a month or two in advance---here the vivendi statement does'nt really count since it was labeled a 'miscommunication' by both valve and vivendi.

8. Valve's gabe newell has stated that they are playtesting, and that statement is about 14 days old, so any bugs or showstoppers, are probably eliminated by now.

9....yes there are many more reasons, and that why i'm confident, we'll get a GOLD announcement in the 2 coming weeks, or maybe even this weekend.

[DENNIS79]

Originally posted by scribblehead
i could'nt agree more with you disturbed, i also strongly believe we have all the proof that the game is 99.99% done.


This was written on this board earlier this week by scribblehead trying to flame me...

Originally posted by scribblehead
30%...Hahaha omg you believe in something in percentages??11 HAHAHA thats rich dude...oh well then i only believe about 45% that there's a god and an afterlife. Jeeeez dude.


Needless to say more or do I, scribblehead... you're weird!

[scribblehead]

Originally posted by DENNIS79
This was written on this board earlier this week by scribblehead trying to flame me...



Needless to say more or do I, scribblehead... you're weird!

LOOOOOL...maybe i did it on purpose, ever wonder about that, asshat?....jeeeez

[Immacolata]

Hmm, overall nice chap that scribblehead....

[JimJimBinks]

8. Valve's gabe newell has stated that they are playtesting, and that statement is about 14 days old, so any bugs or showstoppers, are probably eliminated by now.

Let's hope they've been playtesting for more than 14 days or we're probably gonna have a buggy as hell game here. I hope you guys are right though. Hope it comes out on the 30th.

[scribblehead]

i'm just posting the facts :) jimjim

[Amsterdam]

Originally posted by Agent4054
Well it definitely does look like sept. 30th is still it. I pre-ordered halflife2 from gamestop and they're saying its the 30th. So, WOOHOO!

What are you talking about?

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=645118

[JimJimBinks]

Wow, Gamestop's game keeps moving back. It was November a few days ago, now Febuary.
I wonder if they know something we don't.

Oh and scribblehead, unfortunately you weren't posting just facts...


2. The build shown at E3 2003 was basically playable, all through the game (since all content was almost already done)
There's no proof that this was the case. The E3 thing was more of a tech demo.

4. Increasingly number of info flowing from valve, like interview---previews, and so on.
In these later previews and interviews they haven't mentioned the release date at all. This actually makes me nervous.


6. New benchmark video, and still atleast 2 more videos coming.
This has nothing to do with Half-Life 2 going gold.

7. were 18 days from the release date, any delay announcement would've come certainly atleast a month or two in advance---here the vivendi statement does'nt really count since it was labeled a 'miscommunication' by both valve and vivendi.
We're 18 days from the release date, which really means there should've been an announcement by now that the game has gone gold. They don't have to announce a delay 'till Sept. 30th. They really don't have to announce a delay at all.

8. Valve's gabe newell has stated that they are playtesting, and that statement is about 14 days old, so any bugs or showstoppers, are probably eliminated by now.
As I stated before, as a Game tester for another company, I know it takes more than 14 days to playtest a game. The game has probably been in test for months. Bugs, and showstoppers can still be found up 'till the day the game ships.

I'm not confident in the Sept. 30th release date but I can still hope for it.

[scribblehead]

There's no proof that this was the case. The E3 thing was more of a tech demo.

I'll try and find a source for you then...and if i can't, then well i clearly made a mistake.

In these later previews and interviews they haven't mentioned the release date at all. This actually makes me nervous.

Err what about the ects interview with greg coomber and doug lombardi??

This has nothing to do with Half-Life 2 going gold.

i did'nt say, i just posted this as a fact, that they're on track.

We're 18 days from the release date, which really means there should've been an announcement by now that the game has gone gold

Err no, HL went gold the 7th november and came out the 11th, so there's lots of time for the team to announce that the game gone gold...there's is'nt a minimum time limit in which the game HAS to go gold.

As I stated before, as a Game tester for another company, I know it takes more than 14 days to playtest a game. The game has probably been in test for months. Bugs, and showstoppers can still be found up 'till the day the game ships.

As i said i just based this one of gabe's emails....it could meant they've been playtesting for 14 days or it could mean they've been playtesting since E3....

I'm not confident in the Sept. 30th release date but I can still hope for it.

Well you're certainly entitled to your own oppinion.

[JimJimBinks]

Well you're certainly entitled to your own oppinion.
I hope it doesn't seem like I'm trying to push my opinion down anyones throat.
Seriously, I want the game to be released on the 30th just as much as everyone else. I just don't have as much faith as everyone else that the date will be met.

[DENNIS79]

Originally posted by scribblehead
LOOOOOL...maybe i did it on purpose, ever wonder about that, asshat?....jeeeez

You're full of it...
Fact is you're not contributing at all and only try to push your own opinions through and not caring about others...

[scribblehead]

talk to the hand bitch....(you're really getting on my nerves n00b)

[DENNIS79]

Originally posted by scribblehead
talk to the hand bitch....(you're really getting on my nerves n00b)
lol

[Feath]

Originally posted by JimJimBinks

As I stated before, as a Game tester for another company, I know it takes more than 14 days to playtest a game. The game has probably been in test for months. Bugs, and showstoppers can still be found up 'till the day the game ships.


Erm, right, you'd think that Valve will just wait to finish the entire content THEN playtest it? Could they not play test the levels while making the game? Oh wait, that's why they did.

I refer you to the Gamespy preview:

So how close is Half-Life 2 to release? As mentioned earlier, Valve isn't giving out some mealy-mouthed "when it's done" crap -- they've drawn a line in the sand and announced a ship date of September 30, 2003. Will they actually make that date? It's hard to say, as we've yet to see any of the actual levels in motion, only the dozen or so technical demonstrations we've seen thus far. According to Newell, they're still building content -- they're not yet at the stage where they can play through the game from start to finish -- but they are playtesting other areas for balancing purposes.


They've been play testing since May.

[JimJimBinks]

Erm, right, you'd think that Valve will just wait to finish the entire content THEN playtest it? Could they not play test the levels while making the game? Oh wait, that's why they did.

That's exactly what I said they were doing. I said they've been playtesting the game for months. NOT JUST FOR 14 DAYS!

[Feath]

Originally posted by JimJimBinks
That's exactly what I said they were doing. I said they've been playtesting the game for months. NOT JUST FOR 14 DAYS!

Sorry, I skim read the post.

Shouldn't have done that. My fault.

[JimJimBinks]

Sorry, I skim read the post.

Shouldn't have done that. My fault.

S'okay. Sorry if I sounded pissy in my response. I was just confused.

[ThePuppetMaster]

Bla bla bla! This game isn't coming out on the 30th so stop getting your hopes up.

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by ThePuppetMaster
Bla bla bla! This game isn't coming out on the 30th so stop getting your hopes up.

Ok fanboy.

[KingKooPah]

Eaven thou Avaults release list .. says that the latest release date is Oct 19? or maybie they got it wrong....

[ThePuppetMaster]

Originally posted by DiSTuRbEd
Ok fanboy.

Do you know what a fanboy is you dumb noob.

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by ThePuppetMaster
Do you know what a fanboy is you dumb noob.

So did you have to get permission from your parents to register on this forum?

[scribblehead]

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!! :D

BITCH FIGHT !

[Frank]

I want to see blood!! BLOOOOOOOD!!

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by Digital.dk
BITCH FIGHT !

:cheese:

[ThePuppetMaster]

Originally posted by DiSTuRbEd
So did you have to get permission from your parents to register on this forum?


Don't answer a question with a question you disturbed child.

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by ThePuppetMaster
Don't answer a question with a question you disturbed child.

Ok sweety.

[alehm]

Could we please get this thread back on topic or at least lock it?

[JimJimBinks]

Could we please get this thread back on topic or at least lock it?
k.

Half-Life 2, still on for Sept. 30th. Discuss...

[Rambo]

I dont think hl2 will make it.

[CyberSh33p]

I have faith. In gabe we trust.

Also, I think they might not even announce a gold date. Gabe seems to have been messin with us since E3 with all these vagues comments about stuff etc. I think torturing us is how he gets his kicks :P

So yeah, If I never see a gold date and it comes out on the 30th, I wouldn't be surprised a bit. Also, I think gabe is smart enough to know that if he doesn't announce the delay as soon as they know its gonna happen, he'll be lynched by angry fans, so If they knew about adelay at this point, they would have announced it :)

He seems to be pretty open about bad things that are happening etc, he's just secretive about anything that would relieve our tension and suspense and give us a feeling of comfort.

[JohnnyBeverage]

Bottom line, not one of us knows what is going on. When it comes out it will come out. Nothing said makes a bit of difference. That said please be the 30th.

[RickCain]

I think we won't see HL2 until mid/late November since that's when we will see the 9800Pro XT. Sad.....

[CyberSh33p]

but it is bait for the teeming masses to pounce on to feed their insatiable hunger for activity until half life 2 comes out.

[Nuclear_Gerber]

we knew it all along. :)

[Blud Stane]

man you guys are beatin the shit outta this thread

Guess we'll just have to wait 2 weeks and see?

[.5c0ut-WHoR3.]

Why would they wait to so close to the release date and then suddenly change?

And ive heard that hl2 will come out on steam on the 30th and that retail and steam will come out the same time, go figure :p

[DaveKap]

I can really see it now.

September 29th, still no announcement from Valve, and anyone who hasn't asked a local store or checked a retail site, is in the dark to what's about to happen. The clock strikes midnight, September 30th is here! Steam begins to update for some strange reason, and low and behold, A GREYED OUT TITLE: "Half-Life 2" is to be seen on the list of games!
You double click in a flurry of fast finger action, the window pops up asking for a credit card! You quickly get yours out and punch down the number, hit submit, and W00T!

...

...

It's still sending the CC information....
.........
still sending.....

*2 hours later*

"In the latest news, LA and NY are simultaneously the victims to mass looting and rioting. Many sources are telling us that the main cause is a broken delivery service from a video game company known as Valve. Apparently, they were supposed to release the next big game of the decade, but due to some failures in the system, people were forced to wait in upwards of 2 hours to get their game. Diana Warhawk, News channel 7"

[The hotdog man]

I bet you a tirllion dollars that's exactly what's gonna happen.

[mouse]

my game store will get it about 4 days early if its not there 3 days in advance its not coming out (general rule of thumb)

[alco]

Yeah, I can see it now.

"Yeah, so we're playtesting it right now. But just for the hell of it, we'll wait until February to release it." :rolleyes:

[alco]

Originally posted by mouse
my game store will get it about 4 days early if its not there 3 days in advance its not coming out (general rule of thumb)

??? Videogames are infamous for arriving at stores late, after their release dates.

dunno what you're talking about, man.

[CyberSh33p]

maybe its some uber store.

ugh, I'm tired, just ignore me.

[P4boy]

Originally posted by cod56
Thanks Jim. But I really hope its not delayed, even though that video would be fun to watch!!!

looks like $800 you've just wasted
havent you read that the geforce is the worst card ever for HL2

If I were you I would take the card back pronto and get a radeon

And Im not a noob - I was the first to post the AA problem after dicussions with Valve if you check the sticky in these forums

nvidia suxs at the moment - if you want HL2 in all its glory get a 256mb radeon - thats official from Valve

[X.a.n.d.e.r]

Originally posted by mouse
my game store will get it about 4 days early if its not there 3 days in advance its not coming out (general rule of thumb)

you must have one organised store then, cause when i used to work at comet, a chain of electronic stores in the uk, we nearly always used to get the games either the day of release or the next day.

[lonestar]

Originally posted by DaveKap
I can really see it now.

September 29th, still no announcement from Valve, and anyone who hasn't asked a local store or checked a retail site, is in the dark to what's about to happen. The clock strikes midnight, September 30th is here! Steam begins to update for some strange reason, and low and behold, A GREYED OUT TITLE: "Half-Life 2" is to be seen on the list of games!
You double click in a flurry of fast finger action, the window pops up asking for a credit card! You quickly get yours out and punch down the number, hit submit, and W00T!
channel 7"[/i]

that won't happen because gabe said they will announce the gold status.
i think he mentioned it when he had a meeting with spitcodefry. :)

[He@t!]

Oh man... I'm leaving for Italy on Oct 8th i juss hope it will be released before i leave!!Install it in my laptop and im good to go!!

[Eekhoorn]

Originally posted by P4boy
looks like $800 you've just wasted
havent you read that the geforce is the worst card ever for HL2

If I were you I would take the card back pronto and get a radeon

And Im not a noob - I was the first to post the AA problem after dicussions with Valve if you check the sticky in these forums

nvidia suxs at the moment - if you want HL2 in all its glory get a 256mb radeon - thats official from Valve

That's right, this is why i switched my Geforce 4 Ti 4800 SE for a radeon 9600 Pro 128mb.
whats you being not a noob got to do with anything? :cheers:

[HIM]

Just ran across this today. Dont know if it's a solid date or not.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006I02Z/qid=1064173767/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-8229779-9152835?v=glance&s=videogames

I sure Steam release would be earlier.

Just FYI

[zippO^]

hope its not... i want my copy of half life 2 on september the 30th period :flame:

[mutt]

what December 1st! :( that not fair, hope they are wrong

[DiSTuRbEd]

They are, mutt.

[HIM]

I hope it's wrong too.
A little better news,the Nov. issue of PCGamer (page 50) has the
release date of 11/19.

[KiLL-JuiCe]

they had 5 freakin yrs to make this game.i would think at least half of the game was done when they were showing that demo at e3.and also even if it is a little buggy theres always things called patches. :dork:

[Hugo the Clown]

A month or two late is fine with me if that happens. eather way is all good. As long as they are honest with us about the relese date, It wont realy matter much except making the game even more sweeter to play. :thumbs:

[Freecode]

Umm how come on most of the sites where i preorder games it says HL2 will ship in Dec 1?

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by Freecode
Umm how come on most of the sites where i preorder games it says HL2 will ship in Dec 1?

They are guessing since they have no official release date. ;(

[alehm]

Originally posted by Freecode
Umm how come on most of the sites where i preorder games it says HL2 will ship in Dec 1?

Dont forget the ones that say Oct.. and November.. and January... and February... the fact that all sites have different dates and/or changing dates should confirm to you that they are mearly making this stuff up. if Valve was telling the gaming stores when the game was really available they would all have the same date, wouldn't they?

[Benza]

Valve must have told Amazon that it wont be released 30th sept cos none of the sites have that date!! Also it would be impossible for valve to ship out 500,000 copies of HL2 worldwide in 7 days. Valve have probably told copanies like Amazon that it will be delayed but they are unsure of a release date...so everyone is making a date up!!

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by Benza
Valve must have told Amazon that it wont be released 30th sept cos none of the sites have that date!! Also it would be impossible for valve to ship out 500,000 copies of HL2 worldwide in 7 days. Valve have probably told copanies like Amazon that it will be delayed but they are unsure of a release date...so everyone is making a date up!!

Oh its damn possible!

[richmond9800]

Check out Amazon.co.uk. They still have the date as 30th September. What does that tell you? Maybe we in the UK will be getting it before everyone else :cheese: (I wish)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009ATWC/ref=sr_aps_videogames_1_1/026-5569980-7586837

[Hugo the Clown]

Check out Amazon.co.uk. They still have the date as 30th September. What does that tell you? Maybe we in the UK will be getting it before everyone else (I wish).

Buy Half-Life 2 (PC) with Doom III today! ...WTF!!!

That site is all Hype. They list these things so suckers like us will preorder.

[HIM]

A VERY interesting scenario from http://www.gonegold.com/
Scroll down a little to "Mondays News"

IF this is the way it pans out , can Steam handle all the orders?
Will the people the ordered from various site (amazon..etc) have to wait for the retail box? Or will their orders somehow be tied to Steam?

Of course the only people that truly know arent saying..Yet

[JimJimBinks]

...jerking our chain and the game is indeed delayed until the end of the year. 9800 XT's are launched at the end of September with white slips of paper in them good for a copy of Half-Life 2.

I completely disagree with this statement. If anything the slips of paper would be orange, with black font.

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

i actually might be aggreeing with that statement, but ya know, i dont give a shit what happens, jsut want HL2 as soon as possible!

[JimJimBinks]

I'm buying the game over steam. Hoping it comes out soooooooon.

And I just put my GeForce FX 5900 Ultra on Ebay. Gonna use the money to get a Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB

[w33dmuffin]

Just got off planethalflife.net and they say Hl2 has been DELAYED.

Great, more confusion.

[Benza]

I read somewhere that a game company cannot delay a game 6 days before the release date that they had said....well since they valve have said nothing i hope that means its 30th September :P

[Immacolata]

Benza, cannot? What do you mean by that? Is there a law of nature that prevents them from that?

[H2HSnake]

it just doesn't make sense.Spidcodfry was on a trip and even then it was well known that Release date is Sept 30.Why TF they was talking about Sept 30 a week before the release if they were thinking about delaying this game even about 10 days.It's just don't make sense.Besides Gabe Newell should make an official statement for this.I think that they are sitting in their offices,just watching the whole action on the net and HL2 messageboards and laughing loud.I think that if the game was really delayed there should be something about this on the official Steam site.Someone is toying with us.Maybe Steam release is delayed.If I'll not see official statement I'll not believe this Shit.They don't comment anything officially so it's bullshit.Some freak or a few had a great idea to make such joke to see our reactions, and piss us off.Valve does not comment anything,so it has to be a stupid joke.

[H2HSnake]

But it's not ;( :flame:

-----Original Message-----
From: Sebastian Rybaczek [mailto:abrams@s-mail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:08 PM
To: GabeN@valvesoftware.com
Subject: Stupid joke right?


HL2 Delay is some stupid joke right? cause if it was true You would make an
official statement(not an e-mail to shacknews)...that's how responsible
people do,and i think You're one of them.(we 're all pissed off !!! but
well still buy this game)

answer:
A press release went out. I'm not sure how much more official we can get.

[Owskie]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by H2HSnake
[B]But it's not ;( :flame:


IS TOOOOOOOOO

[24Gamer]

guess u were wrong... ;(

[Lecram25]

Yep, I don't see it anywhere either...;(