Posted September 5, 200321 yr "Half-Life 2 Purchasing Methods ---------------------------------------------------------- Big news from the world of VALVe; Gabe Newell has spilled the beans to all us gamers on how we are going to acquire the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life. Over at Planet Half-Life a confirmed Gabe Newell e-mail was posted revealing Half-Life 2's different pricing plans and purchasing methods. For those of you concerned about the pay to play rumor, fear not! You can purchase the game normally as a boxed unit from a retailer or through Steam with a one time payment. This will allow you to enjoy the mods, multiplayer, and of course single-player content of Half-Life 2. However there is a catch; when new content is released by VALVe, such as expansion packs, Team Fortress 2 or Counter-Strike 2, you will have to pay separately for those games. Gabe Newell also went on to talk about the Steam subscription service which does allow you to receive new content as soon as it's released with no additional charge. So if you purchase Half-Life 2 as a game subscription via Steam there will be a monthly charge, most likely around $9.95/month, but you will get free access to any additional content such as the afore mentioned games. Another thing to note for all you gamers out there stuck in the dark ages is you can purchase a cheap single-player only copy of Half-Life 2 from a retail store which has no mod or multiplayer support. And if that doesn't do it for you there will be a collector's edition package with "cool bonus stuff for people who like cool bonus stuff." Update: In another e-mail correspondence, this time carried out by GNS Project, Gabe Newell confirmed that those who purchase the cheaper single-player only package of Half-Life 2 can upgrade to the full multiplayer/mod-supported version later using Steam. More info on that as well as Gabe's two cents on the whole fiasco here."
September 5, 200321 yr fuck halflife 2 i'm not getting it. Fucking valve are now officially fat fucking cats. You'd think they would be satisified with all the money them made with hl1 and still making more, but NOOOOO.
September 5, 200321 yr fuck that just download it, if im gonna pay to play a fucking game online i'd rather get a sex change and kill myself because if one has to pay to play a fucking game they bought is fucking rediculous. play the SP and delete it.
September 5, 200321 yr ---------------------------------------------------------- For those of you concerned about the pay to play rumor, fear not! You can purchase the game normally as a boxed unit from a retailer or through Steam with a ONE TIME payment So you don't have to pay a monthly fee to play online multiplayer right? It says ONE TIME payment. This will allow you to enjoy the mods' date=' multiplayer, and of course single-player content of Half-Life 2. However there is a catch; when new content is released by VALVe, such as expansion packs, Team Fortress 2 or Counter-Strike 2, you will have to pay separately for those games.[/quote'] Allow me to enjoy MODS for free? Aren't CS2 and TFC2 MOD's ??? It says you have to pay for TFC2 and CS2....WTF!! So if you purchase Half-Life 2 as a game subscription via Steam there will be a monthly charge' date=' most likely around $9.95/month, but you will get free access to any additional content such as the afore mentioned games.[/quote'] STEAM??? What the hell is this atrocity!!! PAY a monthly discharge of vaginal bullshite for a gay HL2 subscription??? FUCK YOU!!
September 5, 200321 yr you dont actually have to pay to play online. just get the game and away you go. you have to pay for valve made mods though, updates are still free. you will probably be able to get the mods free from somewhere if you looked anyway, so its not as bad as it sounds. user made mods are also free i would think.
September 5, 200321 yr it doesn't sound bad at all, and if it does its cause you can't afford it. and if you can, stop being a cheap ass. you would do the same thing if you were directing valve, try to make as much money as possible. maybe it'll be worth it, maybe not. i'm getting it. i can find ten bucks between the couch cushions every month.
September 5, 200321 yr Author do u get all ur news shit from ircspy.com...? cuz most of this is on that nah i get hl/cs news from csnation
September 6, 200321 yr like the winamp alpha 5 was on there 2... and the kid that did the blaster worm... and yea oh well
September 9, 200321 yr i sure warez versions will come out besides the best mods are consumer made so there will be clones of the mods avaible for free and if people got to pay for counter-stike and shit most people i know i would play the mod in sead of the "add on"
