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  • HL2 Gone GOLD!

    About fricken time!

    VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES ANNOUNCES PLANS TO LAUNCH

    THE MOST ANTICIPATED PC ACTION GAME OF 2004

    Half-Life® 2 to Ship to Retail Outlets Globally This Holiday Season



    LOS ANGELES (October 18, 2004) – Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced that Half-Life® 2, the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed PC titles in gaming history, will ship to retail outlets around the world in November. The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004. The countdown to the highly anticipated retail street date has begun around the world, as VU Games completes plans to ship localized versions of Half-Life 2 simultaneously in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese.



    “Half-Life 2 has surpassed our expectations in every sense – its high-quality graphics, ground-breaking physics and immersive first-person shooter gameplay set a new standard for PC action games,” said Bruce Hack, CEO of VU Games. “Half-Life 2 will go down as one of the best-selling PC titles, and we are thrilled to deliver this ground-breaking title to the worldwide gaming community this fall.”



    Hailed as “...the best game ever made” by PC Gamer, Half-Life 2 earned a top-rated review score of 98, the highest score bestowed by the magazine in more than six years. The game has received numerous accolades for its technical excellence, captivating story and addictive game play, including more than 10 awards and nominations at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo. In addition to being named “Best PC Game” by 1up.com (Ziff Davis) and Gamespy.com, the title also received a “Technological Excellence on PC” award from IGN.com. CNNMoney.com stated that “Half-Life 2 will redefine what gamers expect from their games visually – and the gameplay is a lot of fun as well.”



    The global anticipation for Half-Life 2 has reached unprecedented heights, as consumers around the world mark their calendars to buy the game at retail on November 16th. The Half-Life 2 product will include Counter-Strike: Source. VU Games will also release a Half Life 2 Collector’s Edition that will include Half-Life 2 in DVD-ROM format, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life: Source, a free limited edition t-shirt, and a Half-Life 2 Prima strategy guide book.



    The original Half-Life game was launched in 1998 under VU Games’ Sierra Entertainment publishing label. It earned more than 50 game-of-the-year awards and has been heralded as one of the best PC first-person shooter games of all-time.



    About Half-Life® and Half-Life® 2

    In 1998, Half-Life revolutionized the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve’s debut title was named “Best PC Game Ever” by PC Gamer and launched a franchise with more than eight million retails units sold worldwide. In 2004, Half-Life 2 will take the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original to new heights of realism and responsiveness. Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player’s presence affects everything around him, from the physical environments to the behaviors – even the emotions – of both friends and enemies. The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist, Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted and its population dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people – people he cares about – are counting on him. The intense, real-time gameplay of Half-Life 2 is made possible only by Source, Valve’s new proprietary engine technology. Source provides major enhancements in the advanced facial animation system, physics, graphics and AI. Half-Life 2 will be available for the PC.



    About Vivendi Universal Games

    Headquartered in Los Angeles, VU Games is a leading global developer, publisher and distributor of multi-platform interactive entertainment. Its development studios and publishing labels include Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, Fox Interactive and Massive Entertainment. VU Games’ library of over 700 titles features multi-million unit selling properties such as Warcraft®, StarCraft®, Diablo® and World of Warcraft® from Blizzard Entertainment®; Crash Bandicoot®, Spyro The Dragon™, Empire Earth®, Leisure Suit Larry™, Tribes® and Ground Control®.
    Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

  • #2
    Um... woot.
    Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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    • #3
      so it was about what..? 6.5 years in the making?
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      • #4
        Now we get to start bitching about when TF2 is going to get released.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by TnT
          Now we get to start bitching about when TF2 is going to get released.
          No kidding! That's what I play.
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          • #6
            Cool, this means 3D Realms can offically change their engine yet again and try Source!

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            • #7
              Big ****ing deal I have to wait another month till I can play it even though its taking up a couple of Gigs on my hard drive
              Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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              • #8
                when is bitboy's next gen card coming out?

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                • #9
                  It's coming out right after a high end Matrox gaming card.

                  :ducks:

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                  • #10
                    I hope it's 80% as good as the hype. IF it is 80% or more, I'll be happy. But then again, I'm easily amused
                    Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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                    • #11
                      bah! thread stealing monkey
                      The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by |Mehen|
                        so it was about what..? 6.5 years in the making?
                        Nah, that's Duke Nukem Forever

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                        • #13
                          They only announced HL2 a little more than a year ago, so what is the big deal?

                          I know they said it would come out a little more than a year ago, as well, but still, people act like it WAS Duke Nukem Forever

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Topha
                            They only announced HL2 a little more than a year ago, so what is the big deal?

                            I know they said it would come out a little more than a year ago, as well, but still, people act like it WAS Duke Nukem Forever
                            Well it was supposed to be out in the Spring

                            Anyway I think to much has been made of it....just hope it holds up to the hype.

                            I remember the first half-life...I didnt know anything about the game at the time and to this day it has to be the best game I've ever played on a PC. I think it came out right around November 5-6 years ago.
                            Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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                            • #15
                              It was supposed to be out over a year ago. Then they blamed the September->"after Christmas" slip on the code leak (bulls***).
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