You said it... it used to come in hard cover. But the one I got was one of those "Super Special Edition Deluxe Director's Cut Platinum Extreme" versions, which comes with HL and the two expansions, plus Counter Strike. There it does come in a paper one. Now that you mention it, Homeworld and all my Blizzard Games are some of the games that I still have the cd key for, and... surprise surprise... they DO come in a hard cd case. Hehe