Half-Life 2 close to being released

[JohnnyCNote]

Valve officials confirm that the long-delayed shooter is close to gold status.

After years of missed launch dates and release mishaps, the Half-Life 2 saga is entering its final chapter. Doug Lombardi, Valve's director of marketing, confirmed to GameSpot today that the release candidate for the game has been sent to its publisher, VU Games, for approval. "Yes, the release candidate went to VUG yesterday," he said.

Word of the submission first came via a forum post from Valve CEO Gabe Newell. "The RC went to VU yesterday," read Newell's one-line post on the hl2fallout.com forums. In light of the recent false postings on the site, shacknews.com attempted to confirm the post's authenticity. "Yes. Getting close," Newell responded.

Submission of a release candidate to the publisher is the final step in a game's development. If VU approves the candidate, Half-Life 2 will "go gold" and be sent to the factory for production. No official release date has been set for the game, although online vendors have given it a speculative November ship date.

[marvel2020]

Well lets hope it's better than DOOM3, cause it was SH*T.

[JohnnyCNote]

Same here. Other disappointments, for me and man others, were the Matrix sequels. The original was great, but each successive one got worse. The original Half Life was really good, so I really hope this one is a worthy successor....

[spiderman2k1]

Hlaf life to me was the best first person shooter

[Capmaster]

Hlaf life to me was the best first person shooter

I still think Doom was (I'm sentimental ) but I've logged many an hour playing HL. I like it because it involves problem solving and not just running into a room and strafing all the bad guys

[JohnnyCNote]

HL seemed to really draw people into its world. It's the only game I've really liked in years....

[Brent212]

One word: Reaction Quake.

Okay, two words. Best game ever.

although I've never played half life... but I can't imagine a game more fun than Reaction Quake, at least for multiplayer games (it's only multiplayer). It's the shizzle.

[d_unbeliever]

i hope i have the money to buy the latest video card by then

i like Halo(waiting for Halo2 PC), Project IGI 2, and Splinter Cell...

Half life 1 is also good, those nasty big boss