Half-life 2 Pre-load Phase 4 - 28.9.04

The fourth phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.

This will allow users to download the majority of Counter-Strike: Source in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased the game via Steam will be ready to start playing.

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Three days ago, a large file download through Steam was confirmed as the encrypted files containing CS-Source, it's unclear if this announcement is just a late report by Valve to their news page or another, separate batch of files.

Valve appear to be geared up for a very near future release, but as reported on IGNIQ recently, there could be a delay depending on the decision of the publisher, Vivendi Universal Gaming.
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