PtP
17-11-2004, 10:47 AM
THE WORLD has come crashing down around Half-Life 2 players today, as Steam's authentication servers in Europe have died.
Players who have rushed out to buy the game today and have tried to activate this afternoon have been greeted with the message that they cannot complete the authentication process and so can't play the game.
A technical support engineer at Vivendi said that it could be three hours or longer before the servers are fixed and games can be played.
Early birds up this morning activated the game at 8am with no problem. If this subsequent monumental crash is anything to go by, however, we can only expect all hell to break lose when the USA comes online in force. Retail players are being made to activate their copies of Half-Life 2 online with Valve's servers to prevent piracy and leakage.
Players who have rushed out to buy the game today and have tried to activate this afternoon have been greeted with the message that they cannot complete the authentication process and so can't play the game.
A technical support engineer at Vivendi said that it could be three hours or longer before the servers are fixed and games can be played.
Early birds up this morning activated the game at 8am with no problem. If this subsequent monumental crash is anything to go by, however, we can only expect all hell to break lose when the USA comes online in force. Retail players are being made to activate their copies of Half-Life 2 online with Valve's servers to prevent piracy and leakage.