Basically you preorder hl2 over steam when the option is made available sometime next week and you get cs source dloaded to your harddrive after the preorder is completed.
[quote:896cc]The Half-Life 2 offers have been finalized.
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The Half-Life 2 offers have been finalized. Details are pasted below. The Steam offers will be available for purchase next week. Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be made available to purchasers upon their release.
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RETAIL BOXES:
Standard Edition — includes HL2 and CS:Source. Ships on six CDs, in one of three box-art packages (Gordon, Alyx or the G-Man),
Collector's Edition — includes Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source, a Half-Life 2 T-shirtand a Prima book sampler. Ships on a single DVD.
STEAM PACKAGES:
Bronze
— HL2*
— CS:Source
Silver
— HL2*
— Counter-Strike: Source
— Half-Life 1: Source*
— Day of Defeat: Source*
— Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam
Gold
— HL2*
— Counter-Strike: Source
— Half-Life 1: Source*
— Day of Defeat: Source*
— Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam
— Complete Strategy Guide from Prima Games
— 3 different Half-Life 2 posters
— Half-Life 2 hat
— Half-Life 2 postcard
— Half-Life 2 stickers
— Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD
— Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).
*To be made available upon product's release.
Also revealed, the full version of CS:Source will be available to Steam purchasers next week!
Source:
http://www.hlfallout.net/
No Half-Life 2 is NOT out next week. You will be able to purchase either the Bronze, Silver or Gold options (Detailed above) over Steam, ready for the release. This will mean you get to play Counter-Strike Source straight away, and then HL2 as soon as it is released to the general public.[/quote:896cc]