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"Microsoft hails Half-Life 2" as stated in an article by Yahoo. They say Half-Life 2 will take advantage of the capabilities and features by Microsoft’s DirectX 9
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A news press from Doug Lomardi, on the VERC collective, informs us of a slight delay in the new Steam Client. If you want to know more about VALVe's content delivery system, head over to Steam’s website.

OdB Productions went to E3 2003 in Los Angeles in May for PC Gameplay. As well as the 'official' movies for the cd-rom/magazine, they also made their own "director's cut" which they have just released.

This short movie includes some game footage as well as a great interview with Valve's Gabe Newell although of course the information is a bit outdated. There are also some interesting scenes with EA's famous booth babes so it's well worth the download.

Downloads are available in two formats - high and a smaller low res version from fragland.

Planet Half-Life have got in contact with Valve's Marc Laidlaw, the talented guy who wrote the story for Half-Life and Half-Life 2. It's a very interesting read with Marc discussing the creative side of the storylines and how the original game ties in with the sequel. Head on down to Planet Half-Life and read it here.

In a thread on our very own forum, Gameplay.co.uk's sales supervisor informs us on what different versions of Half-Life 2 there will be in the United Kingdom and Europe. It seems that there will, in fact, be two versions, not three: He also goes on to explain how the Collectors Edition of the game has no set release date at the moment, but they will inform us as soon as they hear otherwise.