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<span align="center">VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES ANNOUNCES PLANS TO LAUNCH
THE MOST ANTICIPATED PC ACTION GAME OF 2004​
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Half-Life® 2 to Ship to Retail Outlets Globally This Holiday Season</span>​
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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. [br]
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“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.”[br]
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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.” [br]
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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.[br]
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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. [br]
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About Half-Life® and Half-Life® 2[br]
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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.[br]
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About Vivendi Universal Games[br]
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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®.
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[br]It's finally within reach.[br]Join us at the IRC Party in #Halflife2 on Quakenet
 
W00T!
Awesome

Glad I came home for Lunch. :D
 
Haharr!

I've been beatng my fist against my dsk chanting since I heard it. Yeeees!
 
I've been waiting for that announcement for more than a year and it's finally here.

Must... resist... crying...
 
It's coming...

Finally...

After all this time...

It's COMING...

;)
 
AAH DAMN!! FINAlLY!!!

I'VE been waiting 6 years for this!! HAHA (so has everyone else i'm sure)
 
WOOOOOOOOOT, Finally we have a releasedate to look out for. And it's less than a month!
 
[/extreme joy] YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
*drop out of chair and do homer simpson swirls on the ground* :cool:
 
^Ben said:
Welcome to the fasted growing thread ever.
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Not quiet ;)

I think the dx9 video was one of the fastest :p

But still i can see this being pretty huge

And what the hell.... GOOOOOOOOOOLD!!! :D:D:D
 
Heh, i knew they wouldn't be making a european release days after the us release :)
 
OMFG!!!:.....
I can't believe it!....

I've been waiting it for sooooo long...... and now I don't even have the strength.... to cry!
 
Sweetness!!!

Sure, I've been watching here all day and when i go to class is when it goes gold. At least I was able to check on it during class.

Kick ass Half Life 2 is here everyone. ARE YOU READY?
I know I am.
 
Woot! it's coming! it'sacoming!

Now... where's the SDK?
 
Looks like they're really going all out with this simultaneous world-wide release (not just Europe). In light of that, I suppose the November 16th date is reasonable. Too bad November 16th isn't right now though :(.
 
Wow! Finally!

/me tries to hold in his excitement

/me fails, and pees his pants

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!

Gloglebag, SALUTE!

Thanks for letting us know, Icky. :thumbs:
 
Steam release date anyone? I hope it isn't Nov 16...probably a contractual obligation to make it that way, though...


aaaaaargh.

well, at least it is official. best game ever. i hope they're right.
 
bomb..the excitement is eating me up inside, one month sweet. gamestop here i come.
 
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