Half Life 2 Beta leaked?

[Shado]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Vivendi are the only ones saying the game has been delayed till April. There hasn't been any official word from Valve yet other than what was said on www.halflifesource.com.

Edit: halflifesource.com just recently updated saying they recieved a email they believe is from a Vivendi representative who says the delay is not confirmed.

ya right unfortunatly Vivendi are are law unto themselves whether Valve like it or not ....this whole charade is far from over, its gonna be interesting to see wht the next move is from the company.

[newsgeek]

Cool screenshots. I will hopefully view the video when I get off work! :D

[Statikk]

statikmat.. Vivendi is the publisher, so what they say goes. i'm not saying the delay is true or not, i'm just letting you know that what valve says doesn't matter. if vivendi says we're not shipping until xxxx, then thats what happens

It just doesn't seem like Vivendi and Valve communicate much. I'm sure if Valve said, "Hey it's done! Here's the gold lets get it out!" Vivendi isn't going to say, "Nah lets sit on it a few months." I think Vivendi is just trying to keep themselves from looking bad if the release date is not met. And Valve always has the somewhat functional Steam...

[KeR]

where is the video?

[Dazzla Veteran]

Front page.

[Statikk]

Yay we're back! I kept getting all those dirty mySQL errors and I thought we broke Neowin!

[KeR]

Front page.

I still don't see it.

[sinatosk]

171 User(s) are reading this topic (132 Guests and 1 Anonymous Users) 38 Members

Geez, you guys know how to draw a crowd...

In that case, welcome to all those guests reading the thread. I would recommend registering on the forums, as we're running a contest with free stuff on the main page ;)

how comes we don't get to see that ???

[Timan Veteran]

edit : ack nm link removed from news

[Dominik]

Yay we're back!  I kept getting all those dirty mySQL errors and I thought we broke Neowin!

same here... slow server :devil:

none of this please - timdorr

[KeR]

ok does anyone have a link to the video?

[QuarterSwede]

Great, too many people on the server. I love the news on Neowin but it times like these that makes me wish Neowin wasn't so popular.

[sgtLENIN]

Im so freakin' tired of Hl2.

[nodgie]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11984

apparently there`s going to be no delay in the release of HL2.

[rezza Veteran]

times like these that makes me wish Neowin wasn't so popular.

..hell yeah! I wish Neowin was crap, too!

;)

[altermind]

this blows..... this is one game I wanna get properly.... I'd be a hypocrit if I did'nt...... :)

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

statikmat.. Vivendi is the publisher, so what they say goes. i'm not saying the delay is true or not, i'm just letting you know that what valve says doesn't matter. if vivendi says we're not shipping until xxxx, then thats what happens

Actually, that would only be the case if Vivendi was paying for HL2's development. However, the entire funcing of HL2 has been by Valve themselves. They are essentially using Vivendi to outsource the distrobution of the game. Valve is the one that says when it is released, no one else.

[Spyder Veteran]

and who's going to get the boxes in stores? vivendi as they're the publisher. they have the power unfortunately.

[QuarterSwede]

Actually, that would only be the case if Vivendi was paying for HL2's development. However, the entire funcing of HL2 has been by Valve themselves. They are essentially using Vivendi to outsource the distrobution of the game. Valve is the one that says when it is released, no one else.

and who's going to get the boxes in stores? vivendi as they're the publisher. they have the power unfortunately.

It all depends on what their agreement (like a contract between publisher and company) says.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

Valve has Steam, so they can entirely circumvent the publisher. And if Valve handed them a GM cd today, do you think Vivendi would sit on it until April? ;)

[tomwarren Veteran]

It's generally the author (valve) have the legal power to decide when and how their work is released, the publisher merely has to wait until it's done. That's what happens with movies/studios and books anyway.

[-=SD=-]

this blows..... this is one game I wanna get properly.... I'd be a hypocrit if I did'nt...... :)

Yup, this is actually going to be my first pc game bought on this pc (my old pc I bought simcity 3000 lol) and now it may or may not get delayed to 04 :(

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

It all depends on what their agreement (like a contract between publisher and company) says.

Gabe has stated in interviews on of their freedoms due to in-house capital is to develop the game at their own pace. There is no pressure to complete it according to someone else's sales charts or deadlines.

[QuarterSwede]

It's generally the author (valve) have the legal power to decide when and how their work is released, the publisher merely has to wait until it's done. That's what happens with movies/studios and books anyway.

Generally that is true, but ultimatly is depends on what is stated in the publisher agreement, that is all I am saying.

[tomwarren Veteran]

Yea of course it all depends on what kind of agreements they have made etc.