Phase 5 of Preload

[Naigel]

Taken from Steampowered.com (http://www.steampowered.com)

Half-Life 2 Pre-Loading Phase 5
September 29, 2004, 6:12 pm · valve

The fifth phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today. This will allow users to download the Counter-Strike: Source maps in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased the game via Steam will be ready to start playing.

In addition, an update to the Counter-Strike: Source beta has just been released. Steam will update itself automatically when you restart. Here is a list of the change:


COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA CHANGE:

Fixed voice comm not working on certain servers

[maDDin]

Ill buy the HL2 Collectors Edition because then i can hold it in my hands. I have paid 4 HL2 and i can touch it. The ppl who buy it over Steam cant throw it against a wall. I can do it when i got it. :)

[SK]

maDDIn, if its like CS:CZ you can download it via Steam and when you get your copy of HL2 through the post you just need the CDKEY off the box to activate HL2 in Steam. Means the 6 CD's dont even need to come out of the box :)

Thats what im doing anyway.

[Jon]

man SIX CDs :O wowzers

[Bas]

man SIX CDs :O wowzers
Or 1 DVD in the CE edition.