Half-Life 2, anyone?

I’ve sort of fallen by the wayside as far as gaming news sites and gossip mills go, since there hasn’t been a game which really caught my interest in ages, so I was quite taken aback by news of Half-Life 2 even being in development, let alone nearing completion.

That must mean Teamfortress 2 is due out shortly, yes? No? Okay, well, moving along.

Has anyone heard anything on the topic of HL2 release dates, and related speculation on whether Valve can pull this off and actually hit that date?

After seeing those videos a few months ago, my juices are still flowing.

His juices?

Flowin’.

Sept 30th in stores. Gabe has confirmed this date.

Rumours of it going gold Sept 18th.

Hopefully they will maintain these dates, but this is the gaming industry after all… so don’t hold your breath.

Has anyone heard anything on the topic of HL2 release dates, and related speculation on whether Valve can pull this off and actually hit that date?

Well, I for one hasn’t heard any speculation regarding HL2 release date. I assume it is not a major issue with the gaming community.

They’re making a Half Life 2?!?

I’ve also heard rumours that Doom III might be in development!!!

Holy god, you mean there was a Doom II?

Try the www.halflife2.net forums and you’ll find more release date discussion than you would have thought possible. Along with with endless video easter egg discussions and possibly nude Alyx wallpaper.

Do they have a picture of her where she doesn’t have that creepy grin on her face?

Didn’t you see the facial tech demo? Valve’s licensed research scientist narrowed down all facial expressions to their 3 basic components : “creepy smile”, “eye rolling” and “uh-oh”.

Blatantly obvious or not…I really liked the bugbait demo. That looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun to try.

A friend of mine just preordered HL2 at EB Games and they’re saying Nov. 20. Anyone have any new info?

They’re also saying that Metal Gear Solid 3 is out this year and they still have Armada 2 for the Cube being released in September (it was cancelled months ago). EB is a pretty bad place to get accurate release date info. Sometimes I don’t think they know any more than we do. Or, at least in these cases, they know less.

shit shit shit…I thought Armada 2 had come back! I loved Armada. Are you sure it was cancelled for good? I could have sworn it came back up for an XBox release. Damnit damnit damnit. [insert more curses]

Oh yeah it’s still coming for the XBox and PS2. The Cube version was cancelled, though.

Is this a “funny”? If not, this is the first I have heard of a PS2 version.

HL2 for PS2? oh yippee… I wonder how well it’ll run… actually probably not that bad with optimisation and all but still… not the platform I’d rush out and buy it for.

PC all the way!
(vive le resistance!)

::I could delete my orignal post… but I’m going to show that I’m an honest dumbarse… just read up a bit… not HL2 for PS2… some other game that I don’t care about :-P … oh well.::

Is this a “funny”? If not, this is the first I have heard of a PS2 version.[/quote]

Mike is talking about Armada 2, not HL2 here. Context…And thanks Mike…you just saved my life.