Half-Life 2 Package Details Revealed - 29.9.04

Hlfallout.net received the details from Valve CEO Gabe Newell.

The Steam packages will be available next week (minus the asterisked* products until their release), and Counter-Strike Source will be playable immediately:

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

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.

HalfLife2.net also has an exclusive interview with PC Gamer's Chuck Osborn who reviewed the game for the world exclusive first review, out in October.
When asked about the multiplayer aspect of HL2, Osborn said:

Counter-Strike: Source is the multiplayer game.
[no deathmatch]...Only CS:S

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