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GameSpot is covering the release of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch via Valve’s Steam service. Many people were a bit disappointed that HL2 released with only CounterStrike: Source as a multiplayer component, complaining that they really want to use the gravity gun in a multiplayer game. Well, now they can, and it apparently allows players to throw everything, including the kitchen sink, at their opponents. Oh, I guess it's just a toilet.

[Can anyone who's played the game confirm that that's an undoctored screenshot? The bounce-light halo around the leftmost character, as well as the antialiasing (which could just be re-size manipulation of the shot) make me thing this is a press-release dealy.]

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