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| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54372 November 18, 2008]
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54372 November 18, 2008]
| Release of Left 4 Dead
| Release of Left 4 Dead
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| October 2nd
| [http://www.moddb.com/features/mods-get-steamd October 3rd]
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| [http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/bg_home_day4.jpg Monday]
| [http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/bg_home_day4.jpg Monday]
| [http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/bg_home_day5_temp.jpg Monday-ish]
| [http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/bg_home_day5_temp.jpg Monday-ish]
| Arena Mode announcement date on http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/ before going live late Monday night PST
| Arena Mode announcement date on http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/ before going live late Monday night PST
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| [http://www.mail-archive.com/hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com/msg51193.html Within about an hour]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/2252/ 5 hours later]
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| [http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2009-October/062534.html Couple of hours]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3017 7 hours later]
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| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2193 Later this week]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/2246/ In 3 weeks]
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| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2477 When we started working on TF2]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2477 When we started working on TF2]
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| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3085/ 5 days later]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3085/ 5 days later]
| Nov 9, 2009 Left 4 Dead update
| Nov 9, 2009 Left 4 Dead update
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| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1021431 Midnight]
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1021431 1AM]
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| [http://kotaku.com/5469905/left-4-dead-2s-the-passing-coming-march-followed-by-comic-more-l4d-dlc?skyline=true&s=i Late March]
| [http://kotaku.com/5469905/left-4-dead-2s-the-passing-coming-march-followed-by-comic-more-l4d-dlc?skyline=true&s=i Late March]
| [http://kotaku.com/5519235/left-4-dead-2s-the-passing-is-coming-next-week Late April]
| [http://kotaku.com/5519235/left-4-dead-2s-the-passing-is-coming-next-week Late April]
| Release of The Passing for L4D2
| Release of The Passing for L4D2
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/119/ 100]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3772&p=1 119]
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| Available for pre-order.
| Activated for play, months after the pre-order date.
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|-
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/ In April]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/ In April]
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| [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260632 Next coming year. February 9th, 2011]
| [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260632 Next coming year. February 9th, 2011]
| Portal 2 release date
| Portal 2 release date
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| June 14, during E3, at the Regal Theater
| June 15, during Sony's E3 conference
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| Six months from now
| Somewhere between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Episode_Two 16 Months from now] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(series)#Episode_Three Eventually]
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| July 12th
| July 12th

Revision as of 16:42, 5 October 2010

Valve Time Actual Time Item
"Soon" (1998), way before 2005 October 10, 2007 Release of Team Fortress 2
September 2003 November 16, 2004 Release of Half-Life 2
June 1, 2006 October 10, 2007 Release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Christmas of 2007 Coincident with the Wikipedia icon Rapture Release of Half-Life 2: Episode 3
Four days Two months and six days Availability of the Earbuds in TF2
Every 3 months Every few years Half-Life 2 Episodes
In the coming weeks In large updates starting in five months and continuing over the next two and a half years TF2 Class Achievements
Coming tomorrow at 11 AM Coming tomorrow at 2 PM Team Fortress 2 Update
Today Tonight at 11:49 PM, Pacific time Time TF2 beta went live
Q1 The third week of Q2
Coming "Soon" Coming in over two months Team Fortress 2, Engineer Update.
Beginning in (next month)... Beginning in the month after the stated one
Shortly In six months
We're finishing this feature up now We've just finished the concept and we'll start working on it in the coming weeks (see below) Steam Friends
"within the month" (Feb 1st) "just after" April 15th TF2 Gold Rush Update
"just after" April 15th "the week of April 20th" TF2 Gold Rush Update
"the week of April 20th" April 29th TF2 Gold Rush Update
January or maybe even March May 23 Day of Defeat Source Steamworks beta
Until the problem is fixed with an SDK update For the engine after the engine after this (where everything but our tools has changed)
Early 2008:

Late summer, 2008:

Early November, 2008

November 18, 2008 Release of Left 4 Dead
Monday Monday-ish Arena Mode announcement date on http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/ before going live late Monday night PST
When we started working on TF2 22 years ago (putting the date 11 years before the initial release of Team Fortress)
October 27, 1 PM, PST (8 PM, UTC) October 27, 11 PM PST (October 28, 6 AM, UTC) (Left 4 Dead 2 early access demo first delay)
October 27, 11 PM, PST (October 28, 6 AM, UTC) October 28, 1 PM, PST (8 PM, UTC) (Left 4 Dead 2 early access demo second delay)
October 28, 1 PM, PST (8 PM, UTC) October 28, 2 PM, PST (9 PM, UTC) (Left 4 Dead 2 early access demo third delay)
October 28, 2 PM, PST (9 PM, UTC) October 28, 3 PM, PST (10 PM, UTC) (Left 4 Dead 2 early access demo fourth delay)
October 28, 3 PM, PST (10 PM, UTC) October 28, 5:08 PM, PST (October 29, 0:08 AM, UTC) (Left 4 Dead 2 early access demo fifth delay)
...any minute now 5 days later Nov 9, 2009 Left 4 Dead update
Late March Late April Release of The Passing for L4D2
In April May 12th Steam for Mac
Each Wednesday for the next few weeks Each Wednesday for three weeks, then when we feel like it Release of new Mac games
This coming holiday season! 2010 Next coming year. February 9th, 2011 Portal 2 release date
July 12th July 15th TF2 Polycount Pack Contest winner selection
Later this Spring Fall Release of L4D on Mac
In one hour In two hours and 15 minutes The release of Alien Swarm
"Working with Developers" 8 years, 6 months 25 days Downloadable drivers via Steam
By the end of August or early September September 30th Release of Polycount update
"about a month" after the "March" release date of The Passing October 5, 2010 Release of "The Sacrifice"

Reverse Valve Time

Valve Time Actual Time Item
At 4PM pdt At 1:30 pdt (L4D2 50% off sale)
This week The next day May 19, 2010 Team Fortress 2 update
In a few days Within 24 hours December 11, 2008 TF2 update
We're wrapping things up... 2 Weeks Pyro update
"before the end of the summer" August 20th New Left 4 Dead DLC Announcement


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