HL2-more than source was stolen

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Playable version of Half-Life 2 stolen
Theft of game's source code was just the beginning.
October 7, 2003: 3:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - When hackers broke into the computing system of Valve Software, they stole more than just the source code to Half-Life 2. They also stole enough game maps and other components to put together a playable build of the game. Today, five days after the first leak, they have released that build.

Message boards and chat rooms were buzzing Tuesday morning with word of the leaked game. Some fan-based and hacker sites were even displaying in-game images. It is unclear whether the leaked version features the entire game or a limited number of levels. Also unclear is how current the assets used to create the game are.
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http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/halflife2/


On one hand the effort by the hackers shows tenacity and creativity, on the other hand this means i won`t be playing the game on christhmas, so if anyone knows of ways to find them or places that have the source and the compiled stuff please help Valve

For any information related to this, please send it to helpvalve@valvesoftware.com, or you can always send to gaben@valvesoftware.com as well.
 
Shouldn't this be in the News forum even though it's not Fallout related?
 
I don`t think so, it`s not Fallout, Fallout community or post-apoc related, maybe if we had a Gaming forum it could be sent there, maybe one day
 
Holy crap... that sucks.... Well... for Valve.... hmm... *opens kazaa*..... ;-D


Thats nice to know, but god that must suck...
 
Will this affect the release date in any way? I thought the release was to be around Christmas time (but, then again, the release date has been changed so many times). I wonder whether the source code and map builds is enough to conflict with the actual official game and thus necessitate change.

In a week, I predict markets in Hong Kong to be flooded with illegal Half-Life 2 copies for retail prices.
 
Interesting screenshots.

I hate hackers...they always ruin things. It's really not a cool thing.

I hope Valve deals with this.

-Malky
 
"Hackers damage and ravage public and privately owned computer systems, stealing things for there own ends, these people, they're criminals."

Who said it, in what movie?
 
They really crossed the line, this time. It's the first time I have witnessed such *I hate to use the word* CHUTZPAH. I would care more but my computer can't run HL 2 and I am pretty pissed at Valve because of Steam.
 
PIPBoy2000 said:
"Hackers damage and ravage public and privately owned computer systems, stealing things for there own ends, these people, they're criminals."

Who said it, in what movie?
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Some guy from the movie "Hackers"?
 
*Kicks everyone calling these people hackers*

Yes, I know it's TECHNICALLY correct to call those people hackers, however:

http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/H/hacker.html

That is the original meaning of the word hacker in realtion to computers.

http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/cracker.html
That is how the media, and everyone else, has used it, and pretty much incorrectly. Sadly, people have actually adopted it, and it's in the dictionary. Bah.

As for people stealing source, bastards. It's the work of Valve, and their property, stealing it is just plain wrong. Not only that, but releasing it is much worse. If they had stolen it to show security leaks, I might've said "Okay".

Bah, and what is it with people having PCs with critical builds and such in contact with th einternet/outside world? THat's not really smart if it isn't going to be used.
 
Sander, stop saying those Dutch things.

And stop trying to get people to use incorrect English. I don't care for the fact that "metal" was originally used in reference to what we now call "classic rock", I still call the Stones "classic rock" and NOT "metal".
 
Stop trying to make me stop saying things Kharn! Yeah! ;)
 
The Stones are definately not metal. Anyone who calls them metal is dumb. Yeah.

-Malk
 
Well, these hackers did a bad, bad thing, but then on the other hand, wow, you gotta admire their l337 h4xXx0R $k1llz! How l337 do you have to be to get hold of the code of the most anticipated game on the planet? And then again, how dumb do you have to be to lose the most anticipated game on the planet? :D
 
I don't know who, but someone in my school has a copy... grr. They were playing it the other night.
 
As much as I hate stuff like this, you gotta wonder why the hell Valve had the computers with all the HL2 code on them hooked up to the internet, and why they were left alone for a long enough period of time for someone to download the whole thing. That's just pretty idiotic.
 
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