HL2 preload begins Aug 17

by **Dakana** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:15 am

Only owners of Condition Zero will be able to download?

Sounds like Valve is apologizing for CZ - they should be!

by **Wally[EGG]** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:37 pm

Check this, at the end of the beta, your not allowed to keep the cs: source, so you could have it for say, 2 weeks and they can say ok it needs a ton more work, so we will delay until next year lol

by **Buliwyf** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:39 pm

hmm from voodooextreme news editor, who is owned by IGN

Valve's Gabe Newell posted on the HL2 Fallout forums the pecking order of dates that folks can download Counter-Strike: Source from Steam (still no word on a public beta, however). The interesting part of the post is the Half Life 2 pre-load date that starts in one week. Can we expect a Half-Life 2 gone gold announcement soon? If they're starting the pre-load in 7 days I sure hope so...
8/11 the Cafe's turn on (tomorrow). 8/16 CZ/ATI users pre-load. 8/18 CZ/ATI turns on. 8/17 HL-2 pre-load starts (textures, audio and other stuff that doesn't change).

source: ve3d.com

by **Evan** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:02 pm

Originally posted by Buliwyf
hmm from voodooextreme news editor, who is owned by IGN

Valve's Gabe Newell posted on the HL2 Fallout forums the pecking order of dates that folks can download Counter-Strike: Source from Steam (still no word on a public beta, however). The interesting part of the post is the Half Life 2 pre-load date that starts in one week. Can we expect a Half-Life 2 gone gold announcement soon? If they're starting the pre-load in 7 days I sure hope so...
8/11 the Cafe's turn on (tomorrow). 8/16 CZ/ATI users pre-load. 8/18 CZ/ATI turns on. 8/17 HL-2 pre-load starts (textures, audio and other stuff that doesn't change).

source: ve3d.com

Nope.

by **Colonel Ingus** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:21 pm

Question for you fine knowledgable gentlemen.

This past winter I bought an ATI card with a free coupon for Halflife 2.

Now I understand I can send in for the disk but I should be able to download it when its released. Will that require me to sign up for that pile O'crap Source service? Or will i be able to access it for my free download?

Thanks in advance.

by **JimmyTango** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:27 pm

The only way to DL it woudl be through steam.

by **Mighty Mazz** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:57 pm

EBgames has it coming out the first of next month but then again it's EBgames.

Is CS:Source still going to be a free mod or are they charging for it? I was under the impression that it came with the game free of charge.

by **Evan** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:58 pm

HL2 will be on Steam and in stores. With the coupon you can get it through Steam or through Valve as a boxed set if you mail them the coupon or something like that.

CS:Source comes with HL2 and it is HL2's multiplayer.