HL2:EP2 - Box or Download?

[DaveyD]

Are the release dates the same? Steam's on the 9th, no? Box looks like the 19th.

10th, 12:01 PST via Steam, it'll be out 11th or 12th in the UK boxed I think.

 

[Marky]

10th, 12:01 PST via Steam, it'll be out 11th or 12th in the UK boxed I think.

But is that for UK and US?

 

[UKTopGun]

-Cheaper.
-Uses less bandwidth (some people have quite restrictive allowances).
-Reduces the need to back things up / easier to file away.

I don't have a problem with systems like STEAM, it's just that they need to be a bit more competitive on price.

Works out at £25.85 once VAT is included. Plus has given the chance to play TF2 for how many weeks. With the cheapest price I can find in the shops being £24.99 plus if you do get the box you have to wait until 19th October to play (9 days after the download version), plus not being able to play the TF2 beta for however long its been, I'd say the steam pricing is pretty good on this occasion.

 

[Matmulder]

On the Steam forums, although Valve have officially stated a boxed release date of the 12th in Europe, both EA and all distributors have the release date as the 19th.

Ergo, I've swapped my boxed copy for a steam copy....Peggle and early TF2 ***! (Especially Peggle, its infuriatingly good)

 

[Marky]

Will the beta go on until the release? Im very close to purchasing

 

[Steedie]

I really want to wait for the boxed edition as I prefer having physical copies of games and a nice dvd case to show for it for the collection

But I'm not sure I can wait a week longer to play it

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Download, im not waiting till the 19th while those who get it via steam can play it on the 10th.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Download

Why?

As I had a voucher for it

 

[muon]

I bought the game on steqam, yet recieved no gifts i can give? I have HL2 and HL:E1 from before.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I bought the game on steqam, yet recieved no gifts i can give? I have HL2 and HL:E1 from before.

Have a read of this...

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi...TEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1naWZ0&p_li=&p_topview=1

 

[muon]

Have a read of this...

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi...TEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1naWZ0&p_li=&p_topview=1

Thats just it. Its nowhere to be found. But nvm. i read in the steam forums that ill recieve them on the 10th.

 

[Nymins]

I was pretty sure that the Steam version is out on the 10th and the retail versions are out the next week sometime.

EDIT: 12th for Europe in the shops according to the Steam forums. And around 8.00am on Wednesday morning for us Steam users.

EDIT2: There is a lot of discussion on the Steam boards about the shop release dates. Many are around the 18th-19th October. Still no confirmation however.

 

[DaveyD]

But is that for UK and US?

The time? 12:01 PST, so that's pacific time.

 

[bledd]

def download

steam is awesome (now)

 

[smithy83]

w00t been downloading at 5kbs for the past day and a bit now geting 200kbs scary if it carrys on i may get to play it this weekend

 

[HangTime]

So can anyone confirm if UK users will get this available (ready to play) via STEAM on the 10th?

 

[<Dubz>]

downloaded, currently all preloaded and ready to go.

Doing my bit for the Enviroment by not wasting pagaging :>

 

[Hyper]

Just wasting electric instead

 

[deadsquirrel]

Has CS: source changed at all?

 

[Nymins]

So can anyone confirm if UK users will get this available (ready to play) via STEAM on the 10th?

Well its unlocked Worldwide at 12.01am PST on Wednesday morning. So it will be around 8.01am our time on Wednesday when we can play since its -8 hours.