Wireplay get exclusive rights to sell CS retail in the UK!

FFS. This is an email recieved today.

:: Wirenewsdirect Special Announcement ::
Retail Counter-Strike exclusively @ gameplay::

>> Retail Counter-Strike deal is Go! Go! Go!

Just in case you missed the big news this weekend - we've got the exclusive
rights to sell Counter-Strike retail in this country. Yep... you can own the
God of mods and a horde of others for just £17.99! Here's the lowdown:

Counter-Strike = £17.99 - Go get it:
http://www.gameplay.com/cgi-bin/prli...ecial&s=RM3816

Counter-Strike + Sidewinder Game Voice = £57.99 - Go get it:
http://www.gameplay.com/cgi-bin/prli...ecial&s=KT0305

Counter-Strike + Razor Boomslang 2000 = £79.99 - Go get it:
http://www.gameplay.com/cgi-bin/prli...ecial&s=KT0306

Counter-Strike retail is a full standalone product (i.e you won't need
Half-Life to run it) that includes the following multi-player game mods:

Counter-Strike
Team Fortress Classic
Half-Life Multiplayer
Opposing Force Multiplayer, including OpFor CTF
Wanted
Redemption
Firearms
Ricochet - a brand new multiplayer mod from Valve

Release date is as yet unknown but should be somewhere near the 15th of
December.

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thats shit.
why buy it, when i've already got it, and can download the patches for free. gooseman & co have talken a lot of my life, i aint payin em for it

It's a three month exclusive and apparently covers online as well as high-street sales.

Still, nice to see BW is actually *in* the manual (well, SAS's guide is )