C'est au tour de GameSpot de publier un article sur le très attendu mais surtout retardé Half-Life 2. Ils discutent notamment avec Gabe Newell. Les sujets sont variés, mais ce qui nous intéresse le plus est la date de sortie du jeu.

I hate release dates because no matter how hard we try, we screw them up. We held back talking about our release date going into September 30 because I wanted to have a much clearer idea of what day we were going to ship on.
Right now all we can say is holidays of this year, which to me feels really unfortunate. Our customers really want to know. They say, "Tell us what the date is going to be," and that's what they want to hear. They're fine with what the date is; they just want to know so they can plan accordingly.
Right now it's for the holidays. I wish we had a clearer date to give people at this time.

Conséquence, le jeu sortira le 30 septembre 2003... Oups, je dois dire une bêtise. En fait, il est prévu pour les vacances, aucune date de précisée. Allez Gabe Newell, fais pas le timide, mouille-toi un peu et donne-nous une date de sortie...