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Half-Life 2 Pre-Loading Phase 4:

For all of you folks out there who have the first three in the bag already, Phase 4 of the Half-Life 2 pre-load is available via Steam. Grab it now if you have Steam, if not…you really should think about getting Steam powered.

The fourth phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today. This will allow users to download the majority of Counter-Strike: Source in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game.