Half Life Has GONE GOLD! No, really this time

[SpaceLord]

http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/101804_hl2gold.x


Shelf/Steam date of Nov. 16th

Weee!

And lo, the trumpets did sound, and the Seventh Seal was open, and All Hell did breaketh loose.  

[AgtFox]

Well, we already have a few of these threads in Road to Gold, so this one shall join those

[Biyobi]

Half Life went Gold in 1998, didn't it?

[SpaceLord]

Half Life went Gold in 1998, didn't it?

Gah! Not only do I post it in the wrong forum, I get the game wrong too! I had a bad day. :/

[bluefugue]

Had a stressful time Lording it over Space, did we?  

[CeeKay]

Well there is so much space to be lorded over I can see how it would be stressfull.  Hey, maybe he was so far out in space he stumbled across a radio signal announcing HL1 had gone gold, and thus the mistake  :wink:

[Scoop20906]

I just saw some of the early reviews. They are really talking this game up.

To get this or any really recent games to run, I need to buy a new computer.

Heres my question to my fellow CGers.

Can I buy a computer that will running Half-Life 2 well for under $1000? If so, links to companies would be appreciated. No Monitor needed, and I am not adverse to buying my own graphics card and installing myself.

Thanks in advance!

[Beaker]

VU Games will also release a Half Life 2 Collector’s Edition that will include Half-Life 2 in DVD-ROM format, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life: Source, a free limited edition t-shirt, and a Half-Life 2 Prima strategy guide book.

Call me confused, but does "Counter-strike: Source and Half-Life: Source" mean that I got those games as well?

Half-life 2 on DVD would almost be worth the cost of the CE alone

[JayG]

Yes, you get all 3 games with the special edition. Although in Europe, we are getting Half Life 2 on DVD anyway, so I think I'll just get the basic version. I'm seriously thinking about getting a new PC in the next few weeks.

[Space Herpes]

Scoop20906,

I got all my components from newegg.com.  I was able to get a new case, power supply, motherboard, processor, 1 gig memory, 160 GB HD, graphics card, DVD drive and Win XP for under $1000.  I also got a new monitor, but it was from a surplus store.  The only things I scavenged from my old system were the zip and floppy drives.

Are you comfortable putting together your own computer?  At the time, I couldn't find a pre-assembled computer as powerful as mine for the price I paid.

If you do put your own computer together, remember to connect the 12v power connector.  I didn't realize there were two power connectors at first and couldn't figure out why the computer wouldn't boot up  :oops:  Once I figured it out, everything went without a hitch.

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[Jeff]

Can I buy a computer that will running Half-Life 2 well for under $1000? If so, links to companies would be appreciated. No Monitor needed, and I am not adverse to buying my own graphics card and installing myself.

Thanks in advance!

You definitely can! Post this question over in Hardware Hell, and some of us will happily guide you along the right path to HL2 gaming goodness.

I love spending other people's money!

[Scoop20906]

You definitely can! Post this question over in Hardware Hell, and some of us will happily guide you along the right path to HL2 gaming goodness.

Thanks Jeff. I'm headed over right now.