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
Genre: Action
Publisher: Vivendi
Developer: Valve
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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 the player again picks 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. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people people he cares about are counting on him.blog comments powered by Disqus