Well it seems Valve is giving hackers a piece of their own cake as not only did they, supposebly, leak a fake, non-working HL2 version, but now they have also banned over 20,000 people from Steam for attempting to pirate Half-Life 2 with the CD-Key 5J52E-FVKXV-882FQ-YJXRQ-DOD98. The forum thread also has word that Valve is working on a securROM fix for owners of the CD and DVD editions of the game who are unable to play due to overzealous copy-protection (thanks VE3D).
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Half-Life 2
Platform(s): PC, Xbox
Genre: Action
Publisher: Vivendi
Developer: Valve
Release Date: Nov. 16, 2004
Genre: Action
Publisher: Vivendi
Developer: Valve
Release Date: Nov. 16, 2004
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Valve Bans 20,000 Pirated 'Half-Life 2' Accounts
by Judy on Nov. 23, 2004 @ 4:14 a.m. PST
In Half-Life 2 you again pick up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling.blog comments powered by Disqus