Half Life 2 release problems

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/14/0511228
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/13/2010229
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/12/1539203
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/10/2127240

I hope it never gets unlocked in Steam....