Half-Life 2 has gone gold.


Recommended Posts

and if the pi?ata just fell into the ground?

the article don't says that "a person" broke the pi?ata...

:laugh:h:EDiT:b>

Back in November 1998 when the Half-Life release candidate had been approved by Sierra Studios and had gone gold, the guys and girls at Valve celebrated by smashing open a large pi?ata shaped like a headcrab.

31.jpg

This time around however, thanks to our friends over at Half Rules, we can now reveal that the pi?ata is shaped like a scanner and is hanging in the lobby of Valve's Headquarters in Bellevue.

Attention... this picture is about Half-1 and 2<;)> ;)

Um, well if the game just went gold it most likely won't be seen in stores till around that time anyway.

584747213[/snapback]

Thnx for confirming that :s ha! No but i mean cause everyone here is getting all worked up etc and yet....

If were gonna poo our pants over this then what you all gonna do when Valve release an official statement.

All Im saying is "Calm Down" for now anyways....

technically, 15 days... i hate these waits. my bet is that it's gonna leak before nov 1st.

though this thread didn't give me a heart attack... i had it when i read "Half Life 2 Leaked....." only to read it back later on and notice it was "Halo 2 leaked....."

hope :p

jeeze the amount of times i have heard the name Half Life 2.... just annoys me now. :|

the game better be good.

584747332[/snapback]

itll probably be like doom3.. everyones all in anticipation and it will be warezed days before its release.. then everyone will play for 4 hours and call it boring.. then it will fade away in anticipation for another game that requires even better hardware ;)

Well, this is a perfect advertising campaign from them. I mean keep people guessing when it's going to release so much it's the most talked about thing around.. my hats off to them.

584749087[/snapback]

Don't forget your tin foil hat! The leak was one big stunt too I guess, as far as you're concerned...

Don't forget your tin foil hat! The leak was one big stunt too I guess, as far as you're concerned...

584749101[/snapback]

lmao. I wanted to make a tin foil hat for my teacher... but that's another story.

I hope there's an official statement regarding this sometime next week... if not, I'll dismiss this as another shinanigan.

With the 1st of November rumours, I was just about to get annoyed cause i'd need to fork out ?35 for HL2 when it came out.. problem being that I am planning on getting a PSTwo on the day of release too, which is the same day.

Then I remebered I already bought HL2 and CS: Source on Steam... hoooray:DD:))

i'm really expecting lots of immersion from this game. it looks like it's going to be way more fun than doom3. doom3 was graphical goodness (it was fun too. but it's biggest point was graphics). i think hl2 is going to be playability goodness :D

i really wish the best for this one. hope it's not a let down like doom3 (i really did expect a bit more from doom3)

Don't forget your tin foil hat! The leak was one big stunt too I guess, as far as you're concerned...

584749101[/snapback]

Your to young to know better.. I'll let it go. But this has been done by lots of companys. It's not far fetched, so be naive if you want :p

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Or anything online that requires an anti-cheat
    • Gf needed a new Surface and was looking at a Surface Laptop because of the Snapdragon. Seeing as it was a two year old chip she just decided to get a Lenovo Yoga 2 in 1 instead. Personally this Surface Ultra Cassis reminds me a bit of Razor. It would be interesting if it could handle proper gaming and be 17 inch.
    • No idea, frankly, I'm not into minimum requirements gaming, but it would be an interesting test to find out. Also, I just have to point out that it wasn't my intention to downplay the performance of DXVK on Linux or Linux gaming in general (despite my own experience being a bit of a mixed bag). I just thought it would be good to point out that DXVK is not Linux exclusive and that you can benefit from using it even in Windows.
    • Fastfetch 2.64 released bringing new logos and other improvements by David Uzondu Fastfetch, the popular command-line system information tool that developers created as a fast alternative to the classic Neofetch utility, has updated its codebase to version 2.64, bringing experimental scripting power, streamlined compilation options, a smarter logo renderer, and Codec module support. As noted earlier, Fastfetch can now detect hardware-accelerated video codecs across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android through this new Codec module. On Linux and BSD, the utility uses VA-API by default, with a fallback to VDPAU on Nvidia hardware if compiled with libva and libvdpau. Windows users get D3D12VA on Windows 11 or D3D11VA with Media Foundation Transforms on older systems, while macOS relies on VideoToolbox and Android utilizes AMediaCodec. You can manually toggle Vulkan Video via the config file, and the program will report both encoders and decoders unless configured otherwise. Logo support for Quasar, Origami, Origami_small, NixOS2, and BerserkArch also landed in this release. BerserkArch, if you have never heard of it, is a specialized Arch Linux derivative that targets security researchers and power users. This distro comes with an offensive security tool manager, simply called berserk, which allows users to install complex hacking toolkits with single terminal commands. Moving on, Fastfetch now has experimental scripting options for custom formats using Lua or QuickJS. The Lua integration supports versions 5.3 through 5.5, sharing a single interpreter instance across all modules so you can store variables globally. T Alternatively, if you prefer JavaScript, you can use QuickJS-ng version 0.15.0 or newer to evaluate your custom formats with the qjs: prefix. Other changes that version 2.64 brings include native CMake compilation flags to disable specific modules to shrink the final binary size. Users can delete unwanted ASCII logo files directly from the source directory before building to save additional space. The format engine now boasts ANSI-escape awareness, meaning you can center text with the new vertical bar specifier without breaking colored outputs. Haiku users receive preliminary support for boot manager, window manager theme, screen brightness, and other basic properties. Finally, the Linux edition now extracts desktop wallpaper and theme details from the modern COSMIC desktop environment.
    • That's a good number until the game you want to play is not in that list. 
  • Recent Achievements

    • Apprentice
      fernan99 went up a rank
      Apprentice
    • One Month Later
      nothanks earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Month Later
      B2Proxy earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Year In
      MadMung0 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Week One Done
      jefred earned a badge
      Week One Done
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      474
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      246
    3. 3
      Skyfrog
      79
    4. 4
      FloatingFatMan
      78
    5. 5
      Michael Scrip
      59
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!