Bilbo Baggins
23rd April 2003, 22:05
Just gleamed these from Planethalflife:
Valve's Doug Lombardi sent along the following:
Half-Life 2 will be shown at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
So all these wacky rumors should be cleared up by May 14th.
UPDATE: Gamer.nl has publicly leaked two bits of information: the first is that the magazine embargo ends on April 28th, so magazines can publish their Half-Life 2 articles after this date. It's already been shown to certain members of the press.
They also leaked the big news we hinted at before: Half-Life 2 will be released this year.
It should also be noted that this is pretty much the first official mention of Half-Life 2's existence from Valve.
More Half-Life 2 info continues to leak out, here's some of the highlights:
* Half-Life 2 is scheduled for a September 30th release.
* Yes, you're still Gordon Freeman, and yes, the story assumes you went to work for the G-Man.
* Half-Life 2 takes place in a European city called "City 17."
* Headcrabs will be back! Although some of the Xen aliens will be your friends?
* Barney is back. And so is Half-Life's original writer, Marc Laidlaw.
* While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended.
* The girl in the promo art is named Alyx, a daughter of a scientist who factors into the story somehow. She's not playable.
* Scripted Sequences will be more interactive.
* Half-Life 3 is planned, so expect another cliffhanger ending.
Fuck the Matrix, this is going to make my decade.
Valve's Doug Lombardi sent along the following:
Half-Life 2 will be shown at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
So all these wacky rumors should be cleared up by May 14th.
UPDATE: Gamer.nl has publicly leaked two bits of information: the first is that the magazine embargo ends on April 28th, so magazines can publish their Half-Life 2 articles after this date. It's already been shown to certain members of the press.
They also leaked the big news we hinted at before: Half-Life 2 will be released this year.
It should also be noted that this is pretty much the first official mention of Half-Life 2's existence from Valve.
More Half-Life 2 info continues to leak out, here's some of the highlights:
* Half-Life 2 is scheduled for a September 30th release.
* Yes, you're still Gordon Freeman, and yes, the story assumes you went to work for the G-Man.
* Half-Life 2 takes place in a European city called "City 17."
* Headcrabs will be back! Although some of the Xen aliens will be your friends?
* Barney is back. And so is Half-Life's original writer, Marc Laidlaw.
* While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended.
* The girl in the promo art is named Alyx, a daughter of a scientist who factors into the story somehow. She's not playable.
* Scripted Sequences will be more interactive.
* Half-Life 3 is planned, so expect another cliffhanger ending.
Fuck the Matrix, this is going to make my decade.