Well, we all knew it was coming, it just took its sweet time. Shacknews posted the following moments ago:

The previously announced September 30th release date for Half-Life 2 is being pushed back. We are currently targeting a holiday release, but do not have a specific "in-store" date to share at this time. We will release that information as soon as we have confirmed a new date.

Here is the story. promoted (and slightly edited) forum item

doh!

BOOOO!

/shakes fist.

Maybe they want to be more like 3D-bloody-Realms.

it was indeed expected

They must have known for quite some time it was going to be delayed, why didn't they tell people sooner!

Why do they do anything, they are Valve.

cause the techies told the managers yonks ago that no way in hell could they make that date, but the managers didn't believe 'em, and told the marketing guys it was a-okay. Then the poor techies worked their asses off, slept under their desks for weeks... and lo and behold! they didn't make it. So the managers run around telling the marketing guys how the techies have screwed up, when in reality it's poor management advertising unreasonable delivery dates...

oh wait... that sounds like my day.

It was all too damn good to be true!

I knew it!
I knew it!
I knew it!
I knew it!

The bastards...

/me shakes fist

ok, holidays? what holidays? Christmas?

*sigh*

the y3k holidays

Next release date: Unknown

"we will tell you when we know about it"

haha couldnt see that comming.. thse days its law to push back a set release date.

i thuink they mean the easter holidays

EASTER!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

{pimped from another forum}
On Sept 24th a sound could be heard.
Listen closely to the wail of the nerd.
For Half-Life 2 will no longer appear.
The most horrible fate a gamer could fear.



Hey guys where is Valve based?
/me cleans scope

/me hands codebasher hollow-point rounds.

BUT HALO FOR THE PC IS STILL COMING OUT.. IT WILL ROOOOOL.... :(

spose it was bound to happen, once id pushed back doom3, it gave valve a bit less pressure to actually get the game out...They've got a bit of breathing time now, plus they're prolly gonna fix steam up a bit

Halo for the PC is going to suck ass! No co-op, what a load of s***.

funny if Doom is really ready, and they just pretended to be not ready, until this happened then they release and steal hl's thunder

wowowo

yes that would be bloody funny if hl2 got released after doom3...the slaw would begin

Yeah wouldn't it be funny if everyone spent their money on HL2 got into the multiplayer aspect of it and then cbf buying Doom3 :P

well that sucks the wang :(

so much for the suspense

Does this effect the release of those new Radeon XTs that are supposed to be bundled with HL2?

I think and am hoping that the 'holidays' they are referring to is the Thanksgiving Holiday they have in November. You have to remember in the US they consider a long weekend 'holidays'

fingers crossed...still I suppose it give ATI and Nvidia time to get new hardware and newer drivers out the door.

But poo, I was so looking forward to playing this in October.

:(

that sucks ass :(


ET

-=guitar*man=- as the great an wise philosopher Homer once said while watching stand up comedian Krusty the Clown at Moes "hahaha it's funny cause its true hahah"...

i would buy doom 3 over hl2 any day. this delay has no impact on me whatsoever.

many of us may wallow in disapointment, self-pity and disbelief

This is the result of CS, say no more.

I would like to confirm that there is no wallowing happening over here

Can we have a lan for all the people that are wallowing, then cut the power and laugh at them as they sit there in the dark, and wallow?

I'm not wallowing, I'm skipping. Skipping in despair... la la la la la sob sob la la la ...

Didn't really expect it to be out at the end of september anyway. And I'd much rather get a game that doesn't need a 150MB patch within the first two weeks of release - especially if the only way to get said patch is via friggin Steam... >:(

http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/delaymovie/hl2delay.swf

http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/delaymovie/hl2delay.swf

I was gonna say... why bother... but then there was the guy who reminded me of Hunter, which made it all worth it.

ahahahaha the g-man is watching ahahaha

that flash owned

typical Valve, everything they do gets delayed, oh well, never mind, my wallet will be happy that the release isn't on 30th of September.

More time to save for a new graphics card!

$100!! Do you know how much candy you can buy for $100 - HL2 be damned, candy ahoy!

I told ya!!! if its not on vivendi's release list its not coming out!!

no one listened to me! spooon is just a raving lunatic

100 bucks damn, i want that money.

honestly.. who cares

Chrome is out.. and Chrome is my temporary video game of choice

I heard the reason for the delay was that Valve considered the game too cutting edge, which might frighten a lot of the HL players, so they are holding it back for around about 5 years.

People still play HL? Lots of mods for it, but I doubt they would hold it for such a small userbase, as those who still dabble in it's DM.

They must have known for quite some time it was going to be delayed, why didn't they tell people sooner!

cos they can do what ever the hell they want, usually when they delay a game its for a good reason some times just to perfect the game before it goes out... much like what blizzard did with war 3 how many delays happend there but the end product was exceptional

Hey look, its gone gold

http://www.gamershell.com/news_BHalf-Life2BGold.shtml

probably a hoax hehe

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/gpahl/hl.jpg

Usually a company isn't arrogant (or stupid enough) to point at a set date months in advance and say "we'll be done THEN".

It must put heinous pressure on the development team. Not to mention the local hospitality industry - the longer that game is delayed, the more of a workout Gabe Newell is giving local fast food outlets with all that ATI cash.

Sooo Team Fortess 2 in 2004 anyone? Has it reached the half decade late stage yet? It's knocked off Daikatana and Duke Nukem Forever as most vaporous game, ever.

Yes, has anyone heard about ATI's reaction to this? Whats going on with the new Radeons?

ALSO is getting a new RADEON 9800PRO 128 for $368 a good deal?

Love it Rev, good one

HA HA HA HA ..

I'd rather wait longer for a game thats finished.

It's not like you dont automatically add a month or 4 to all release dates anyway.

Hell even ATI thought it was close! Check out the flash they have on thier site.

:)

I GOT IT!!!
I f***EN GOT IT!!!

Those crawly things like in the flash thingy above that are in HL2, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

SCRABS
http://www.oddworld.com/universe/wildlife/characters/scrab_assets/prod_assets/scroll_prod03.jpg

Saw this comment over at VE;

Does anyone remember way back when Half-Life 2 was first announced? I remember them saying there'd be a small bit of Zen in the game. Then, the other day, I read an interview with Doug Lombardi in PC Zone UK, and he said that there was no Zen in the game... Could this be part of the reason for the delay?

Maybe they did have to pull a chunk out of the game late in the dev and it is the reason for the release slipping? All I know is that a three line email saying its been released is a bit piss poor to the fans, he (Lombardi) could have at least given some inkling of the reasons.

Those crawly things like in the flash thingy above that are in HL2, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Good pick!

No on was REALLY expecting it to be out on sept 30th now were they?

OMG a major title delayed, im shocked, never saw that one coming

Ya'll lead very sad lives if all you do is sit around waiting for a video game to be released. You'll all have to keep playing CS for the time bring.. Boo Hoo.. Play Battlefield Instead.

Tiger J.K., it seems as though you were trying to make your post (if you can call it that) have mindless dribble in it. I am confused...

your all talking alot about hl2 and doom 3 but theres another awsome game coming out using the bump mapping and 3d shaders and physics engine and the best ragdoll ive ever seen stalker get some trailers ausgamers prob has some i no game arena dose and u dont need a new gfx card 2 play hl2 if u have a gforce 4 ti 4200 128 mb or higher u will be able to play high gfx detail no lag thnx to bump maping and the 3d shaders w00t cya w00t oh and i fkn hate steam its bs*** man steam is gay y dosnt valve just let us have the normal thing i dont want no bs program running my games for me w00t

That part.

http://www.auspantheon.com/rechl2art/carmack.jpg

Punctuation - your friend and ours!

We've already raved about Stalker because it does indeed look awesome, as does Far Cry, Chrome and a couple other titles. The difference is Stalker wasn't slated for a Sept 30 release...

Trog please exert that nuking button of yours... Certain of the posts in this thread are making my brain hurt. ;)

Here, for the sake of other readers sanity read and learn.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-10-11&res=l

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-07-07&res=l

Has this still not been confirmed... jeez. I cant imagine that it is true if valve wont even confirm it.

Odd of them not to deny it either. Guess they are just riding it to create more suspense or maybe they are scared mobs of angry nerds will attack because they didnt get the game shipped in time.

Good call Tepid, he's really F'ing annoying. BTW stalker looks s***, if you wanna see a decent game other than HL2 and Doom III then take a look at Far Cry, now thats cool. Yay for Valve.... well no not really, gay bastards delayed HL2.... i sense some sort of pattern between valve and blizzard. Maybe it's the fact they're the leading businesses for an entire genre/style of pc gaming!

what the hell u guys ? my shift keys work and i have capslock man what r u talking about lol is it teally hard to understand its easy just dont think slow think quick coz its all typed there as quick s*** lol u prob cant even understand that omg w00t nah seriously u guys are just some of the few that either are just slow or stupid w00t kidding chill lol

StAlKeR wIlL bE aN aWsOmE gAmE!

LOL that post is hilarious, you guys bait way too easy Im thinking.

Has metal patient returned in a diffrent character?

:)

no, its valve that has driven us all mad.

I knew it would be delayed but I guess it helps remove bugs.

Oh and for Tiger I will make it easier for you to read..

w00t i mean dmmnit i knew this woulder be delayed woot but i guess this helpe$s rem0ve bugsz0rz w00t.

damn.

Meh, all the big games "suffer" some delay. Pretty good marketing ploy, force people to anticipate it

I would never have thought this would happen, they have never misslead us in the past

Is there a solid date for the release for HL2 from what i have heard i think not that is why valve gets the thumbs down from me first delaying the game which i can understand but by then not giving a solid date for its return is really annoying

LOL... i lub that flash..

what the hell u guys ? my shift keys work and i have capslock man what r u talking about lol is it teally hard to understand its easy just dont think slow think quick coz its all typed there as quick s*** lol u prob cant even understand that omg w00t nah seriously u guys are just some of the few that either are just slow or stupid w00t kidding chill lol

my eyes!!

Dude what most of the guys here are saying, i THINK. Is that its hard to read your posts because its all strung together!

Similartosomethinglikethisasyouseeitshardtoread.

Slow down, use punctuation and paragraphs :)