Half-Life 2 will begin preloading tonight according to a post by Gabe Newell on the Half-Life 2 Fallout forums. Slated to begin at 6 PM PDT, the preload will likely require user confirmation. Contained in this preload will be data like textures and sounds that are unlikely to change during the remaining weeks (or months) of Half-Life 2's development cycle. The preload will only benefit users who plan on purchasing Half-Life 2 through Steam, Valve's content delivery system.
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Awesome... You beat me by like 30 seconds. :P
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Zips wrote..
I agree, nothing like the nostalgia of a boxed game sitting on ure shelve at home :]
I'll be buying this game in a box package I believe, so I'll probably hold off on the preload.Comment
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DaRk-AnGeL wrote..
Not only that, but I'm bandwidth limited here in college. So downloading a game isn't the brightest of ideas unless I want to get kicked down to 14.4 speeds
I agree, nothing like the nostalgia of a boxed game sitting on ure shelve at home :]
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I'm probably gunna buy it through steam and pre order a collectors edition ^_^Comment
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OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG!!! CAN IT BE TRUE?!?!?! j/k...
but glad that they're finally going to release HL2 soon... very soon, but I do find d/ling a whole game a little.. wierd.. considering how much time/bandwith I'll need... but I see that they're releasing parts by part.
btw.. did they annnounce when is it going to be fully loaded and when will it be unlocked?Comment
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ziggie216 wrote..
Not yet.
btw.. did they annnounce when is it going to be fully loaded and when will it be unlocked?Comment
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ziggie216 wrote..
No.
btw.. did they annnounce when is it going to be fully loaded and when will it be unlocked?Comment
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DaRk-AnGeL wrote..
Same for me.
I agree, nothing like the nostalgia of a boxed game sitting on ure shelve at home :]Comment
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Sm[o][o]th wrote..
Why?
I'm probably gunna buy it through steam and pre order a collectors edition ^_^Comment
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"OGM OGM OGM"Comment
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entRo wrote..
More money than sense.
Why?
I will probably get it earlier through Steam, but I still want the game itself.Comment
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im going to get the cd. what if in a few years were waiting for HL3 but theres no more steam? OMG!! I LOsT TeH pRLOADS!!Comment
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wolf8218 wrote..
By HL3, Steam will be uber, so you'd be stupid :P
im going to get the cd. what if in a few years were waiting for HL3 but theres no more steam? OMG!! I LOsT TeH pRLOADS!!
I'll probably pre-load it, but buy the boxed
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Holy cow Batman!
So if HL2 preloads tonight...
I wonder how close we are to the actual HL2 release...?
I went to a Gamestop, I asked for the release date, the store clerk laughed for a minute, then he told me the date they gave him was November.
And screw buying HL2 on Steam. I'd rather have a nice shiny tin or whatever they plan for the collector's edition.Comment
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