For those of you who don't yet know (how could you not?), the release candidates for
Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life: Source were send to Valve's
publisher, Vivendi, on Sept 15. Vivendi will now test and look for show stopping bugs.
If all goes well, HL2 could go gold within a week or two. Once it goes gold then its
up to Vivendi to decide when it will be released.
Check the news here -> http://www.halflife2.net