Best Buy made the decision of selling Half Life 2 on Friday night (Nov. 12th) and they are
available for sale at Best Buy retail stores now. A news item on the Best Buy Employee
Toolkit says "Please begin selling Half-Life 2 as the street date has been removed. Again,
please begin stocking and selling Half-Life 2 immediately."
*However*, once
installed, it requires to be authorized through Steam to activate the game. This does not
happen until Tuesday, November 16th, which is the official release date.
Here is a
statement released today by Valve:
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Half-Life 2 For Sale?
November 13,
2004, 4:57 pm · valve
If you have purchased a copy of Half-Life 2, we are sorry you
are still waiting to play. This is not Valve's choice. Vivendi is insisting that the game
has not yet been released, and has threatened that Valve would be in violation of its
contract if we activate the Half-Life 2 Steam authentication servers at this
time.
Thanks for your patience and we will update you when we have more news to
share.
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