Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again....

aAv7 · 09-05-04, 01:26 PM

Remember when Lombardi said they would have a RC for Vivendi by mid august, then later said by the "end" of august? Well- Gamespot just did a rumor control about HL2...now it looks to be pushed back to 9/15....valve and dates go together like Newell and Jenny Craig.

RUMOR #1: Half-Life 2 will ship in November.

Source: A Wedbush Morgan report issued earlier this week.

The official story: "No comment." – a VU Games spokesperson.

What we heard: Analyst Michael Pachter's report states it clear as day: "…we also expect three PC games to break the million-unit threshold in 2004, including… November's Vivendi-Universal (V-Not Rated) release Half-Life 2."

Before asking Vivendi for confirmation, we went to marketing rep Doug Lombardi at Valve. "We're currently planning to send release candidates to Vivendi by September 15th," he told us. The timing's right. "However," he adds before we can get our hopes up, "VUG hasn't given us a ship date yet. Might be best for you to ask them directly. Let me know what you hear."

Bogus or not bogus?: GameSpot to Doug: They said "No comment." Seriously, if they're not telling you, you figure they'd tell us, right? Right? GameSpot to readers: In any case: Not bogus. Happy Thanksgiving.

So last year @ E3 when they said 9/30...t'was a lie....this year when they said "this summer" t'was a lie. I assume the unofficial November wont even see a release. :: rubs hands:: My $50 dollar bet of it not coming till next year is looking good. How many think come November they'll still be talking about getting a RC done?

LiquidX · 09-05-04, 01:45 PM

Do we need to keep doing this? I say way forget about HL2 and concentrate on the other great games are coming and deserve the attention until we get a clear date on HL2 which shouldnt surprise anyone if it is released around November or January.

aAv7 · 09-05-04, 01:59 PM

I need to keep doing this to call valve on their b.s =) Not much else coming my way that i'm interested in. Medal Of Honor pacific assualt, and lord of the rings battle for middle earth.....everything is in 05...BF2, stalker, HL2, f.e.a.r, pariah...

holmes · 09-05-04, 02:25 PM

eh, no big deal.. I got MOH:PA, COD:UO, BFME to tide me over well into 2005...

BioHazZarD · 09-05-04, 02:49 PM

nothing is confirmed.

**Ninjaman09** · 09-05-04, 03:34 PM

**** Half-Life 2 and **** Valve. There are other, better games coming out soon, like World of Warcraft, which will be a million times better than Half-Life 2 could ever hope to be.

aAv7 · 09-05-04, 08:24 PM

that open beta stress test still going for wow?

therapture · 09-07-04, 12:09 AM

HL2 > DNF ????

theultimo · 09-07-04, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by therapture

HL2 > DNF ????

At Least DNF had started in 1997...

|JuiceZ| · 09-07-04, 08:08 AM

HL2 is quickly becoming the next DNF. Life goes on though and there will be much better games released in the coming months.

Seoulstriker · 09-07-04, 11:18 AM

Doom 3 > HL2 imo.

Nv40 · 09-07-04, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holmes

eh, no big deal.. I got MOH:PA, COD:UO, BFME to tide me over well into 2005...

i have been saying it.. early in the year.. but people never listened..

i told last year back in Sep30 leak that if that was everything VAlve have done for the game.. it will not be released earlier than aug/Sept 2004 .. not only because the game was ~50% unfinished ,but because of the leak make things more dificult since they also need to modify things already finished ..specially the ones that deals with Steam accounts/cd keys etc/game cheats etc,,... my first guess was august/SEtp in the best case.. with ATI employees themselves helping in the development.

but seems now that it will be a november retail release with probably an online release 1-2 weeks earlier. if the game dont ships this year i will be very much surprised...

but still is not impossible.. because many times nasty Bugs appears very late in the development when people dont expect them. Hl2 huge DEV team ~70.. can not only be an advantage ,but a disadvantage too.. if too many people place their hands in the game code.. it is far more dificult to find Bugs made by others than those made by you.

there shoud be at least 3-4 weeks before the game is released a [GOLD announcement.] so the better guide is to not miss any changes made in the .. www.ebworld.com for HL2 dates.. in the incoming 1-2 weeks. if they are not 100% accurate they will be changed by what the publisher vivendi says to them.

right know they have Nov/1/2004 as their final date.

09-05-04, 01:45 PM	#2
LiquidX xxxxxxx Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: xxxxxxxx Posts: 2,113	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... Do we need to keep doing this? I say way forget about HL2 and concentrate on the other great games are coming and deserve the attention until we get a clear date on HL2 which shouldnt surprise anyone if it is released around November or January.

09-05-04, 01:59 PM	#3
aAv7 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: chicago Posts: 2,250	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... I need to keep doing this to call valve on their b.s =) Not much else coming my way that i'm interested in. Medal Of Honor pacific assualt, and lord of the rings battle for middle earth.....everything is in 05...BF2, stalker, HL2, f.e.a.r, pariah... __________________ [SIZE="1"][B]CPU:[/B] AMD64 3200+ Winchester @ 2.2 [B]RAM:[/B] 2GB Kingston Dual Channel DDR 400 [B]Motherboard:[/B] Gigabyte K8 Triton nForce4 [B]VideoCard:[/B] eVGA GeForce 7800GTX 512MB [B]Hard Drive:[/B] WD 250GB Sata [B]OS:[/B] Dual boot, Windows XP Home/Windows Professional x64 Edition Retail[B] Audio:[/B] X-Fi Xtreme Music [B]Mouse:[/B] Logitech MX 310 [B]PSU:[/B] 500W Ultra Connect (34A on the 12V+)[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"][B]Xbox 360:[/B] w/ Intercooler @ 1280x1024 , Dynasty Warriors 5, Fight Night Round 3, Kameo, NBA 2K6, Perfect Dark Zero CE, and PGR 3[SIZE="1"][/SIZE][/SIZE]

09-05-04, 02:25 PM	#4
holmes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 692	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... eh, no big deal.. I got MOH:PA, COD:UO, BFME to tide me over well into 2005... __________________ The Rig ASRock 970 Extreme3 AM3+ AMD Athlon II x2 260 DDR3-1600 (2x2GB) Kingston HyperX Western Digital caviar 1TB ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX case Corsair 750W PSU

09-05-04, 02:49 PM	#5
BioHazZarD USCM Marine Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,369	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... nothing is confirmed. __________________ Chieftec Miditower /w 5 case fans \| Corsair 620W HX PSU \| Asus M4N98TD EVO SLI \| AMD Athlon2 X2 260 3,2GHz \| Corsair 3GB PC3-10666 \| eVGA Geforce GTX 460 1GB (336shader) \| Samsung Spinpoint x2 250GB HD +SATA 320GB \| SB Audigy 4 @ 2.1 \| Samsung Syncmaster BX2331 TFT 23" running 1920x1080@60hz \| Windows XP PRO SP2 \| \|

09-05-04, 03:34 PM	#6
Ninjaman09 Takin 'er easy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jowjah Posts: 6,687	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... ** Half-Life 2 and ** Valve. There are other, better games coming out soon, like World of Warcraft, which will be a million times better than Half-Life 2 could ever hope to be. __________________ Core i7 920 @ 3.2 \| ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 6GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 RAM eVGA GTX 570 SC \| Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX Dell U2410

09-05-04, 01:26 PM	#1
aAv7 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: chicago Posts: 2,250	Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... Remember when Lombardi said they would have a RC for Vivendi by mid august, then later said by the "end" of august? Well- Gamespot just did a rumor control about HL2...now it looks to be pushed back to 9/15....valve and dates go together like Newell and Jenny Craig. RUMOR #1: Half-Life 2 will ship in November. Source: A Wedbush Morgan report issued earlier this week. The official story: "No comment." – a VU Games spokesperson. What we heard: Analyst Michael Pachter's report states it clear as day: "…we also expect three PC games to break the million-unit threshold in 2004, including… November's Vivendi-Universal (V-Not Rated) release Half-Life 2." Before asking Vivendi for confirmation, we went to marketing rep Doug Lombardi at Valve. "We're currently planning to send release candidates to Vivendi by September 15th," he told us. The timing's right. "However," he adds before we can get our hopes up, "VUG hasn't given us a ship date yet. Might be best for you to ask them directly. Let me know what you hear." Bogus or not bogus?: GameSpot to Doug: They said "No comment." Seriously, if they're not telling you, you figure they'd tell us, right? Right? GameSpot to readers: In any case: Not bogus. Happy Thanksgiving. So last year @ E3 when they said 9/30...t'was a lie....this year when they said "this summer" t'was a lie. I assume the unofficial November wont even see a release. :: rubs hands:: My $50 dollar bet of it not coming till next year is looking good. How many think come November they'll still be talking about getting a RC done? __________________ [SIZE="1"][B]CPU:[/B] AMD64 3200+ Winchester @ 2.2 [B]RAM:[/B] 2GB Kingston Dual Channel DDR 400 [B]Motherboard:[/B] Gigabyte K8 Triton nForce4 [B]VideoCard:[/B] eVGA GeForce 7800GTX 512MB [B]Hard Drive:[/B] WD 250GB Sata [B]OS:[/B] Dual boot, Windows XP Home/Windows Professional x64 Edition Retail[B] Audio:[/B] X-Fi Xtreme Music [B]Mouse:[/B] Logitech MX 310 [B]PSU:[/B] 500W Ultra Connect (34A on the 12V+)[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"][B]Xbox 360:[/B] w/ Intercooler @ 1280x1024 , Dynasty Warriors 5, Fight Night Round 3, Kameo, NBA 2K6, Perfect Dark Zero CE, and PGR 3[SIZE="1"][/SIZE][/SIZE]

09-05-04, 08:24 PM	#7
aAv7 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: chicago Posts: 2,250	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... that open beta stress test still going for wow? __________________ [SIZE="1"][B]CPU:[/B] AMD64 3200+ Winchester @ 2.2 [B]RAM:[/B] 2GB Kingston Dual Channel DDR 400 [B]Motherboard:[/B] Gigabyte K8 Triton nForce4 [B]VideoCard:[/B] eVGA GeForce 7800GTX 512MB [B]Hard Drive:[/B] WD 250GB Sata [B]OS:[/B] Dual boot, Windows XP Home/Windows Professional x64 Edition Retail[B] Audio:[/B] X-Fi Xtreme Music [B]Mouse:[/B] Logitech MX 310 [B]PSU:[/B] 500W Ultra Connect (34A on the 12V+)[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"][B]Xbox 360:[/B] w/ Intercooler @ 1280x1024 , Dynasty Warriors 5, Fight Night Round 3, Kameo, NBA 2K6, Perfect Dark Zero CE, and PGR 3[SIZE="1"][/SIZE][/SIZE]

09-07-04, 12:09 AM	#8
therapture Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 226	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... HL2 > DNF ???? __________________ - Westinghouse LVM-37WSE 37", Core2 Duo E6750 @3200mhz, Gigabyte GA-965-DS3 rev 3.3, Tt Big Typhoon, 8gb G-Skill DDR-2 1000, BFG GTX260-OC, 630gb total SATA, Sony DVD-RW SATA, Thermaltake Tsunami, Logitech G11 and MX518, Vista64 Ultimate

09-07-04, 08:08 AM	#10
\|JuiceZ\| Registered User Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 3,285	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... HL2 is quickly becoming the next DNF. Life goes on though and there will be much better games released in the coming months. __________________ primary MBP Core i5 2010 \| HR \| OCZ 120GB SSD gaming Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz w/ CM Hyper212+ \| MSI N560GTX-Ti TF II/OC \| MSI P67A-GD55 \| Silverstone FT02 \| X360 250GB \| Kinect htpc IONITX-A-U \| 2GB \| M350 \| XBMC Linux \| SABnzbd, sickbeard, couchpotato \| NAS Synology DS411J \| 4TB hometheater KURO PDP-5020 \| HK AVR2600 \| Definitive BP2006TL(2) & CLR2300 \| Polk R50(2) \| Sony S470 \| HarmonyOne

09-07-04, 11:18 AM	#11
Seoulstriker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 281	Re: Half Life 2 RC pushed back ....again.... Doom 3 > HL2 imo.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
GPU memory consumption, back buffer, Quadro	tdsussman	NVIDIA Linux	5	08-14-12 09:14 PM
Legit Half Life 3 concept arts leaked	AthlonXP1800	Gaming Central	5	06-29-12 03:27 AM
Far Cry 3 release pushed back to December	News	Latest Tech And Game Headlines	0	06-26-12 11:40 AM
New DLC Available: Jagged Alliance - Back in Action: Point Blank DLC	News	Gaming Headlines	0	06-13-12 06:30 PM
Aliens: Colonial Marines release date pushed back to February 12	News	Latest Tech And Game Headlines	0	05-21-12 10:10 AM