Here is your Half-Life 2 thread for the night. The game is being unlocked on Steam for everyone who purchased retail as well as via Steam at midnight PST. That would be 2am CST which is what Shacknews follows or 3am EST (full list). If I didnt mention your time zone then that probably means you arent getting Half-Life 2. Sorry, come back tomorrow.

Oh, once the game is available NO SPOILERS UNLESS YOU USE THE SPOILER TAG BUCKO!