Originally Posted by merkerguitars

Ok this is what I have heard from a source of mine about HL2 and it's release date...i'm not sure if this is 100% accurate so don't hold me to it...

The biggest problem with it's release is due to some legal battles between sierra and valve.....something about if it doesn't get finished in a certain time sierra has the right to let another company finish it. Right now the game is buggy as shit and crashes alot. So valve is gonna push for getting done for christmas time...but i guess during it's initial release date there will be a patch already for it (and many more to follow) and the game will ship without the multiplayer option.