A questo link Gabe Newell ha svelato tutte le versioni in cui verrà venduto Half Life 2.
Nei negozi troveremo:
Retail Boxes
Standard Edition — includes HL2 and CS:Source. Ships on six CDs, in one of three box-art packages (Gordon, Alyx or the G-Man).
Collector's Edition — includes Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source, a Half-Life 2 T-shirt and a Prima book sampler. Ships on a single DVD.
Mentre da Steam saranno disponibili le seguenti versioni:
Steam Packages
Bronze — HL2* and CS:Source.
Silver — HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam.
Gold — HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam, Complete Strategy Guide from Prima Games, 3 different Half-Life 2 posters, Half-Life 2 hat, Half-Life 2 postcard, Half-Life 2 stickers, Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD, Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).
*To be made available upon product's release.
Un'altra notizia di rilievo è che dalla prossima settimana CS:Source dovrebbe essere disponibile interamente su Steam:
Also revealed, the full version of CS:Source will be available to Steam purchasers next week!
NDT: La notizia dovrebbe essere attendibile, ma si sa, in questi tempi su Half Life 2 si è detto di tutto e di più!
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