Valve's latest move to combat piracy

To help combat rampant piracy, Valve has implemented an online registration key, similar to the one Microsoft uses for XP. In order to activate Half-Life 2, players must register their copy online before they can play. The news must certainly burn those handful of gamers out there who have capable PCs, but no connection to the internet. Oh well, we suppose they won't hear the news until it's too late anyway. Look for Half-Life 2 sometime next month.