Half-Life 2 Cover Art

[CSN NewsBot]

ShackNews posted some nice cover art from everyone's favorite magazine, PC Gamer. The cover features the popular character Gordon along with a female counterpart. This female has also appeared on the cover of PC Gameplay posing alongside Mr. Freeman. Who is this mysterious woman? Perhaps we'll find out more info on our woman at E3.

PC Gamer's Half-Life 2 Cover

This issue of PC Gamer will be hitting shelves on May 8th, so be sure to rush to your local supermarket as soon as it's out. I'd like to take a moment to apologize for the deletion of an earlier screenshot posted by our own rizzuh. We saw other sites pulling their screenies and we removed the picture as well. Apologies to those who were confused by the abduction.



Update: BBC is running an article on their site about the upcoming HL2. There aren't all that many interesting bits but I'm sure anyone that's interested will view it anyway. The article suggests a little competition between Doom III and HL2. Could Half-Life 2 seriously challenge Doom III as the next best thing? If history repeats itself, which it does, HL2 is sure to be a big hit. The question is, however, how big? Read the whole article here.

[FLeK0]

She's name is Gina!

[Blankster]

Psh, $4.99 for a mag on HL2? im not wasting my money on that

[Simplex]

Have you ever read PCG? If you are into games and reading (and pictures!), that's the magazine to get. CS-Nation is also about games, reading, and pictures, so get the hell out of dodge.

[cHic0!]

Yeah PCG is awesome. Although I'd rather subcribe to EGM (console magazine) because I can get my fill of PC news and demos from the internet.

[MikeJ]

Blankster wrote..

Psh, $4.99 for a mag on HL2? im not wasting my money on that

way to rage against the machine, roffle pwned valve

[Blankster]

YO, IN HALF LIFE ONE, IN GORDONS LOCKER, THERES A PICTURE OF A BABY, IS THAT PERSON HIS WIFE??

[Thinge]

You're making this game sound like a soap opera,Blankster.

[DirtyDevil]

wow blank u think way to much about littl things :)

[Blankster]

Dont touch the wang, keep it where it is, how it is, and gimmie the god damn game for free

[Delta|Cpt.Terran]

Blankster wrote..

YO, IN HALF LIFE ONE, IN GORDONS LOCKER, THERES A PICTURE OF A BABY, IS THAT PERSON HIS WIFE??

yea, in Half-Life 2, you have to fuck his wife really fast by moving ur mouse up and down really fast to make an army of little Gordons to save the world from aliens. Hehe, hope they don't censory anything .

[Blankster]

Well it is rated M so who knows.. im posting here way to much..

[Kream]

Bleh, I didn't see screenshot, LAME.. :\

[Blankster]

your computer <COUGH> SUXOR <COUGH> oh im sorry try clicking on it

[Jason X]

Planet halflife posted this tidbit:

Half-Life 2 is scheduled for a September 30th release.

Yes, you're still Gordon Freeman, and yes, the story assumes you went to work for the G-Man.

Half-Life 2 takes place in a European city called "City 17."

Headcrabs will be back! Although some of the Xen aliens will be your friends?

Barney is back. And so is Half-Life's original writer, Marc Laidlaw.

While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended.

The girl in the promo art is named Alyx, a daughter of a scientist who factors into the story somehow. She's not playable.

Scripted Sequences will be more interactive.

Half-Life 3 is planned, so expect another cliffhanger ending.