Apparently Vivendi ( the publisher) says that if no serious bugs are found in the next 72 hours, it will go gold. I found this on the halflife.net forums @ http://www.halflife2.net//forums/showthread.php?t=38118
This means that a gold announcement could be possible on Monday, but that is very unlikely since first Release Candidates rarely get the gold signal. Knowing Valve, they wouldn´t submit an RC without testing it rigorously first.
Cross your fingers, there´s a chance we might have this game in October...
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