New Half-Life 2 Goodies!

This is indeed a grand day!

VALVe has just released an update on the Steam news page, where they state that an official Half-Life 2 deathmatch mode has been release! If that wasn't enough, the full Half-Life 2 SDK has also been release. It should contain everything you need to make mods based on the Source-engine.

One thing that bugs me a little is that VALVe consistantly said that there would be no official multiplayer mode in Half-Life 2 whatsoever, and that so such mode was planned for the future. While I'm happy that it wasn't true, I'm a little pissed that they would deliberately lie to the community after all the scandals that VALVe has been through. Even every review of Half-Life 2 so far as been made on the assumption that the only multiplayer mode was Counter-Strike: Source.

Oh well, enough of my complaining, go here to see the official notification: Steam News, "Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and SDK Update"