Half-Life 2 in November!!!!????!!!!

[Sparrow]

This REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SUCKS!!!:mad:
I thought for once a game would actually get released on-time!
Did I mention this sucks?:confused:
EB says: Nov. 11th
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/235059.asp

Best buy says between the 3rd and 12th!
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056899605282&type=product

Why do they always have to do this? Can't they ever get a game out the door on-time. I'm sure they'll officially announce the delay on the 29th... (like always)

[soupnazi]

What would you rather have, a buggy game or a polished game?;)

[Sparrow]

A good game that was released on-time for once...

[oozle1]

given the economics of product development your wish will go unfulfilled until u find another way around the publisher/developer r/ship...........

[SaturnBeat]

11th, 12th, 13th, even 30th is still good for me. What matters is, just as soupnazi and oozle1 the actual game. I would prefer it late, but the best possible.

[ryandinan]

Relax -
There was a thread about this already. According to Valve, the game is still scheduled for a Sept 30th release.

-Ryan

[DeadSanta]

LOL! It's not THAT big of a delay. I'm sure they're under a lot of pressure. Leave 'em alone. lol

[PointlesS]

there was an editoral on planet half-life about how it'll be pushed back and it was all opinion...then on the phl forums there was someone who brought up some very concrete evidence saying that the release date is still sept 30th...while on the other side that says it'll be pushed back there's no evidence that suggests that...

http://www.forumplanet.com/planethalflife/topic.asp?fid=2348&tid=1156811&p=2
it's the 24th post

[ryandinan]

Like I said....There's been no official statement by Valve that it's been delayed. And until that happens, I'm still looking forward to Sept 30th.

-Ryan

[speedyaxon]

OMG!!! i just saw the clips for the first time that valve has released on half life 2. i was BLOWN AWAY. I didn't even expect the game to look this good and have that much interaction with the environment. I can't wait to play this!!!:eek: :eek: :D

[ryandinan]

Originally posted by speedyaxon
OMG!!! i just saw the clips for the first time that valve has released on half life 2. i was BLOWN AWAY. I didn't even expect the game to look this good and have that much interaction with the environment. I can't wait to play this!!!:eek: :eek: :D

Hence, all the hype ;)

I'm looking forward to the characters - they look and react very realistically....Mmmmm...

-Ryan

[DeadSanta]

Originally posted by speedyaxon
OMG!!! i just saw the clips for the first time that valve has released on half life 2. i was BLOWN AWAY. I didn't even expect the game to look this good and have that much interaction with the environment. I can't wait to play this!!!:eek: :eek: :D
OMG!! GET OUT OF THE CAVE BIN LADEN!!! ;) :p :D

[soupnazi]

Originally posted by DeadSanta
OMG!! GET OUT OF THE CAVE BIN LADEN!!! ;) :p :D

He wasn't in a cave, he was under a ROCK! j/k

[speedyaxon]

or i just didn't have the internet at home and now i'm experiencing the joys of college internet...;)

[bfore13]

Originally posted by ryandinan
Like I said....There's been no official statement by Valve that it's been delayed. And until that happens, I'm still looking forward to Sept 30th.

-Ryan

Unfortunately, Valve is the developer and not the publisher which is Vivendi. It was someone from Vivendi who originally announced the delay. Other retailers including Amazon, Gamestop & CompUSA list a release date of late October / early November. It can't be coincidence that they're all in a 2 week window 4-6 weeks later than originally expected. It's likely that they have all have received word from someone at Vivendi about the delay. Valve has little to no control over this.

[Funkatronic]

If you wanna blame anyone for the xdelays, blame nVidia

[soupnazi]

Originally posted by Funkatronic
If you wanna blame anyone for the xdelays, blame nVidia

Don't blame nVidia, blame Canada.;)

Why should we blame nVidia? (need details)

[Nabby]

Originally posted by soupnazi
Don't blame nVidia, blame Canada.;)

Why should we blame nVidia? (need details)

Because its fun :D . Anyways everything I have seen/heard points to a Sept. 30th release. I'm gonna buy it no matter when it comes out.

[flutie98]

acctually gamestop has its eta now at feb 2004 somthin :[

i doubt its right

[Stryker5]

Originally posted by Sparrow
This REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SUCKS!!!:mad:
I thought for once a game would actually get released on-time!
Did I mention this sucks?:confused:
EB says: Nov. 11th
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/235059.asp

Best buy says between the 3rd and 12th!
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056899605282&type=product

Why do they always have to do this? Can't they ever get a game out the door on-time. I'm sure they'll officially announce the delay on the 29th... (like always)

LOL...looks like HL2 is gonna be no different than CS:CZ delay wise. Vivendi just needs to die already.

[Remington]

Valve could always go back to sierra. Anyway we should blame nvidia, optimizing for their gpu took something like 3 months. I COULD BE PLAYING HL2 NOW IF IT WERENT FOR THAT :eek:

[Stryker5]

Originally posted by Remington
Valve could always go back to sierra. Anyway we should blame nvidia, optimizing for their gpu took something like 3 months. I COULD BE PLAYING HL2 NOW IF IT WERENT FOR THAT :eek:

That wouldn't be to bad if Vivendi wasn't the owner of Sierra Studios. Vivendi is already starting it's downfall. They spent too much money buying out other companies like the USA network(USA, Scifi channel), Sierra, Blizzard, etc. and they didn't get the returns they expected. In 2001 alone they lost 13.6 billion euros(they are a french company).

[flutie98]

Originally posted by Remington
Valve could always go back to sierra. Anyway we should blame nvidia, optimizing for their gpu took something like 3 months. I COULD BE PLAYING HL2 NOW IF IT WERENT FOR THAT :eek:

true but it would not have been econamicaly sound to release a game that basically doesnt play on the majority of copmuters since 60% some odd have nvidia gfx cards in there computers

[Terry]

Hmm, maybe if they haven't put those man hours in they could bundle HL2 with a coupon for some amount off an ATI card.

Easy on the developers, easy on gamers.

Still think it's not gonna be delayed.

[PointlesS]

Originally posted by Terry
Still think it's not gonna be delayed.
there is no "I think" or "It might"...IT WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPT 30TH...

[Sol]

Maybe they will release it on STEAM only on the 30th... lol doesn't matter because once you get it downloaded and running it will be 2004 either way ;)

Just be patient. :)

[soupnazi]

Originally posted by PointlesS
there is no "I think" or "It might"...IT WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPT 30TH...

I HOPE so.:D

[PointlesS]

Originally posted by Sol
Just be patient. :)
never!

Originally posted by soupnazi
I HOPE so. :D
nooooooooo there will be no hoping either!

[Kamakazie]

As long as I get the game this year, I'll be happy.

[VtC]

Originally posted by PointlesS
there is no "I think" or "It might"...IT WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPT 30TH...
If it were being released Sept 30, wouldn't it be Gold by now? :confused:

[rhettro]

Originally posted by VtC
If it were being released Sept 30, wouldn't it be Gold by now? :confused:

Beat me to it. ;)

[Beretta]

One should have known you cant keep promises on a game with that much hype. It has to be perfect or there will be no strong Half-Life 3, we dont want another Tribes 2 do we? I can hardly wait myself. Gives me time to upgrade more RAM, get a new CPU/MOBO and a new video card. Its only 2 more months, hopefully :).

[Terry]

They should be working on HL3 already.
I remember reading that in PC GAMER.

And on to note the Gold date:
Facturies are going to dedicate their machiens to this I bet :)
So it probably won't take as long as other games.

[JD7]

As long as its out before the end of the year I'll be happy.

[Terry]

Kinda wish they release it the day after final exams.
Then it will be a MERRY Christmas. :D

But then again, earlier the better

[Dude]

Vivendi supposedly said they wouldn't be announcing when it goes gold.
But I believe Valve said they would.

[Beretta]

Originally posted by Terry
They should be working on HL3 already.
I remember reading that in PC GAMER.


Dont EVER say HL3 again or I might hug you to death :). I can barely wait for HL2 and you have to bring up HL3 didnt you?

[lonewolfroger]

I guess they desided to hold off on its release so that it would be released at the same time the 9800XT with it bundled will be released.

[PointlesS]

Originally posted by lonewolfroger
I guess they desided to hold off on its release so that it would be released at the same time the 9800XT with it bundled will be released.
the xt is comming out on the 30th as well I thought

[Alientank]

I bet on the 30th we get the benchmark along with a notice it's gone gold.

[soupnazi]

Originally posted by Alientank
I bet on the 30th we get the benchmark along with a notice it's gone gold.

I concur.:(

[Alientank]

Originally posted by soupnazi
I concur.:(

I don't allow myself to get hyped up about these things. That's what's nice, when D3 is released they will just release a notice. They won't set a date and try to get there while we all bite our nails about it, they are expected to just say "hey its done so you can have it in 2 weeks". I can wait the two extra weeks. I don't doubt the game is not finished yet, it probably is, they are just getting everything ready for launch and I'm sure the plants that make the games for valve are trying to get geared up.

[CannibalCorpse]

Last time I heard it was going to be released Feb 2004. No one belived me of course, now there...

[Terry]

Originally posted by CannibalCorpse
Last time I heard it was going to be released Feb 2004. No one belived me of course, now there...

Now that's just talking crazy! :eek:
Latest is the holiday gift rush.
I can bet $ on that.

[Beretta]

We've managed to get an official statement from Valve Software on the release date of Half-Life 2 being pushed back. Here is word that I got directly from Doug Lombardi of Valve Software. Valve seems to have been having some mail issues so you may not see this on other sites, however we can confirm with absolute certainty that this is valid:

The previously announced September 30th release date for Half-Life 2 is being pushed back. We are currently targeting a holiday release, but do not have a specific "in-store" date to share at this time. We will release that information as soon as we have confirmed a new date.


http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/28497

[lonewolfroger]

Who, thinks it might be released on Black Friday, at a discount in limited quantities.

[soupnazi]

Originally posted by lonewolfroger
Who, thinks it might be released on Black Friday, at a discount in limited quantities.

In the bargain bin?;)

[MantaRay]

"That wouldn't be to bad if Vivendi wasn't the owner of Sierra Studios. Vivendi is already starting it's downfall. They spent too much money buying out other companies like the USA network(USA, Scifi channel), Sierra, Blizzard, etc. and they didn't get the returns they expected. In 2001 alone they lost 13.6 billion euros(they are a french company)."

Great, my 2 favorite software companies, Blizz and Sierra, get bought by the same co. that is have'n $ probs and might ride them into the ground. That figures. :( Thinks happy thoughts, thinks happy thoughts.

[Donnie]

http://gamespydaily.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=5349

/sniffle

[ryandinan]

Hmmm....They didn't say which holliday though..
Maybe Thanksgiving? ;)

-Ryan

[Donnie]

i hope so )

[Colossus]

More HL2 info...

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/news_6076241.html

[ryandinan]

[Cartman voice] "But moooom....When is the benchmark coming ouut!"
{/Cartman voice]

Holiday(s).... Hmmm...
For some reason, I think that means the Christmas season, unfortunately (since that holliday is more "worldly". Thanksgiving is only in the US - and Holloween isn't really a holliday in the classical sense....
Piss...

-Ryan

[Colossus]

Originally posted by ryandinan
[Cartman voice] "But moooom....When is the benchmark coming ouut!"
{/Cartman voice]

Holiday(s).... Hmmm...
For some reason, I think that means the Christmas season, unfortunately (since that holliday is more "worldly". Thanksgiving is only in the US - and Holloween isn't really a holliday in the classical sense....
Piss...

-Ryan

Yeah I know what you mean :( I watched the video.. I didnt know he was one large man :D

But I am rather upset it wont be out until the Holidays, and they dont even tell you wish so I assume its Xmas too...

Sigh.. I wanted a few more months between HL2 and Doom3 :D

[PointlesS]

Originally posted by Colossus
Yeah I know what you mean :( I watched the video.. I didnt know he was one large man :D
you should've seen him like 5-6 years ago...you wouldn't of recognized him...when I first saw him I thought "who the hell is this fat guy"

[proxemo666]

Originally posted by SoupNazi
What would you rather have, a buggy game or a polished game?

i wish i could say this to my teacher about turning in a research paper late. the holidays they are talking about is probably 4th of july. one question, how early do companies usually announce that a game has gone gold before the "real" release date? a month? cause if so i think they would have done so by now. none of this "probably during the holiday season bull$hit"

[rhettro]

I read over at VoodooExtreme, Gabe said Holidays 2003. So I guest that's better than a generic "Holidays" release. Based on the observation that developers almost always take the latest possible time for their vague forcast, I think mid-December is a good guest. I realise a lot of retailers are guesting mid-November. But I get the feeling there is a lot more to fix than Valve originally expected.

[Terry]

Originally posted by ryandinan
[Cartman voice] "But moooom....When is the benchmark coming ouut!"
{/Cartman voice]

Holiday(s).... Hmmm...
For some reason, I think that means the Christmas season, unfortunately (since that holliday is more "worldly". Thanksgiving is only in the US - and Holloween isn't really a holliday in the classical sense....
Piss...

-Ryan

Thanksgiving is also in Canada.
And much earlier too!

Hope they are talking about the canadian date (unlikely :o) so I can play the game over the long weekend.

I can always dream can't I?

[CannibalCorpse]

Could you provide a direct link to the Alcatraz Video? None of the ones I tried worked for me.

Including this "Official" one (very unprofessional for ATi's Marketing Devision to screw something like this)

http://www.ati.com/gitg/promotions/launch/index.html

Thanks in advance.

[ryandinan]

Originally posted by Terry
Thanksgiving is also in Canada.
And much earlier too!


Ahh, I did not know that :o .
Yeah, now that the source code has been leaked, Valve probably has more to "fix" before releasing the game :(. Now I'm *hoping* that the game gets released within the next 6 months.....
I have this funny feeling that December will come and go like Sept. 30th....

:mad:

-Ryan

[lonewolfroger]

Is it possible that Doom 3 will be released before HL2, now that this has happened?

[ryandinan]

Originally posted by lonewolfroger
Is it possible that Doom 3 will be released before HL2, now that this has happened?

Well, for both games sake, I hope their release dates are far enough apart that they don't compete directly with one another - kinda like two big blockbuster movies...
I wouldn't doubt the possibility that Doom3 ships first.... :(
I'm not knocking Doom3 (I think it'll be really good), but I think HL2 will be more fun overall. I just don't like to crap in my jockeys, and I think Doom 3 will make me do just that...
I may have to play in diapers... :p

-Ryan

[lonewolfroger]

Originally posted by ryandinan
Well, for both games sake, I hope their release dates are far enough apart that they don't compete directly with one another - kinda like two big blockbuster movies...
I wouldn't doubt the possibility that Doom3 ships first.... :(
I'm not knocking Doom3 (I think it'll be really good), but I think HL2 will be more fun overall. I just don't like to crap in my jockeys, and I think Doom 3 will make me do just that...
I may have to play in diapers... :p

-Ryan This should not effect the SP version, if not why don`t they go ahead and ship it, then I can already be playing it(I don`t play online games). I just bought a new video card and I want to be playing it now ;)

[ryandinan]

Originally posted by lonewolfroger
This should not effect the SP version, if not why don`t they go ahead and ship it, then I can already be playing it(I don`t play online games). I just bought a new video card and I want to be playing it now ;)

But they're not going to ship each version at different times...

-Ryan

[lonewolfroger]

Originally posted by ryandinan
But they're not going to ship each version at different times...

-Ryan O`well, it would have been nice if they did.:)

[The Critic]

I dont understand why people become so suprised when they hear that a games gets delayed. Its a business strategy to do this, they fell to get people more anticipated for the game.

And for the Source Code leak , i believe its another busness strategy/publicity stunt, especially how they put it on the msnbc news, like there is a big percentage in the world that cares about that game or even know what source code is. and why in the world would they have ther computers with the halfife 2 source content in them connected to the internet anyway? they hould have a line of computers for the internet and another line for their software. sound bizarre to me.

[rhettro]

Originally posted by ryandinan
But they're not going to ship each version at different times...

-Ryan

If the April 2004 date becomes "official", then I think it would be in Valve's interest to so. I would be quite happy to play the SP missions before Christmas, and download the MP patch in the Spring. I think that would raise Valve's image amoung the fans.

[lonewolfroger]

If it don`t come out until april, don`t that mean, they broke their bundled game contract with ATI.

[darnimsexy]

Not really...they sold the bundle rights, but I don't know of them giving a specific date upon which the bundle would start. I've also heard that now the card comes with a voucher to recieve the game at a later date.