Half-Life 2 Invades Earth
Available for official download now!
Hacked, resource heavy, and over a year late. And yet, with the arrival of Half Life 2, the negative aspects of the run up to the game's release dissolve into nothing.
Six years after bespectacled Gordon Freeman first put crowbar to alien face, Valve has officially released Half-Life 2 to the world.
Amid a flurry of reports about high profile games being hacked and released early, Valve has carefully co-ordinated the release of Half-Life 2.
Despite some stores in the US breaking the street date last week already, Valve waited till Tuesday to turn on the authentication servers, allowing everyone to take to the game's world on an even footing.
Half-Life 2 is available for download from Valve's retail site and in stores right now.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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