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From LANclub.com General Gaming News ***UPDATE*** Valve still has not officially released any information on the current status of Half-Life 2. There are rumors on the wind that they will have a full press release of their plans for it by the end of the week. -K Reported by CNN, a copy of the source code with game resources has been released for half-life 2 making it playable. Snippit from CNN: 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. .... Today's release of a playable version of the game brings Vivendi's comments from earlier today into question. Ramboz told Reuters "a third of the source code was stolen". However, with the stolen game now out, it's possible a more complete version of the source code was taken. While it's possible to make a playable version of a game without its complete source code, doing so without a strong knowledge of game development is extraordinarily challenging. There are additional fears that the thieves could distribute other aspects of the game, which have not yet been officially announced. Valve has been actively pursuing the thieves since the hacking came to light, which is a different approach than other developers have done in previous instances of code theft. Hollenshead said he understands where the drive to find who was responsible comes from, but questions its usefulness. Whole article here. © Copyright 2003 by LANclub.com |