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Roland Deschain
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Old news and welcome to the forum, wait a couple of months before starting news threads, some people here are supernaturally fast with news 
vicefredav444
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damn, thanks for the link. The gamespot article showed alot from vivendi's side, now we get to finally hear from valve.
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bayaraa_us
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Just when you thought the game is around the corner...
From now on, we have to mentally prepare ourselves for March 2005 HL2 release.
From now on, we have to mentally prepare ourselves for March 2005 HL2 release.
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hmm...well we haven't really heard Valve's side of things fully yet despite that short interview Gamespy had with Doug Lombardi.
like i have said previous.. regardless of what happens and who is at fault, i hope Valve retains the rights to the HL series IP.. as they know best what to give the fans in terms of games
like i have said previous.. regardless of what happens and who is at fault, i hope Valve retains the rights to the HL series IP.. as they know best what to give the fans in terms of games
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I'm glad gamespy did this interview. Its a relief to know that valve is the owner of the Half-Life IP and that they funded themselves completely. I thought maybe VU gave them a little money and so they felt like they should own a percentage of the Half-Life IP.
Even tho VU is slowly fading away and I feel bad for them, I dont want them in anyway to ruin the end result of all that work valve put into hl2. Valve deserves to get back everything they put into the game and more.
Even tho VU is slowly fading away and I feel bad for them, I dont want them in anyway to ruin the end result of all that work valve put into hl2. Valve deserves to get back everything they put into the game and more.
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Wraith
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this bothers me
so here i think its saying that "the plans" will be in effect after "the outcome" of the trial. the plans in question are valves plans of selling hl2 through steam. and "the outcome" of the trial will be AFTER march 21, 2005.
so this suggests to me that half life 2 wont come out until after march 21, 2005. i really hope i am wrong. jesus christ i hope im dead wrong.
The Article said:
so here i think its saying that "the plans" will be in effect after "the outcome" of the trial. the plans in question are valves plans of selling hl2 through steam. and "the outcome" of the trial will be AFTER march 21, 2005.
so this suggests to me that half life 2 wont come out until after march 21, 2005. i really hope i am wrong. jesus christ i hope im dead wrong.
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Wraith
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Pi Mu Rho said:
oh thank you for destroying my logic, i was really hoping someone would do it. can we find out when the next hearing is? are there public records we can access? freedom of information act type stuff? anything? GOD I WANT THIS DAMNED GAME ARGHHHHHH
just for FYI, when shacknews emailed gabe, if it's really true that the rc has been sent to vivendi, he replied "yes, we're close"
then, keep in mind the review, no preview, which is coming soon. all the things happened lately, indicate that it's close.. damn close.
then, keep in mind the review, no preview, which is coming soon. all the things happened lately, indicate that it's close.. damn close.
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Now it's on the news page. Think before you start saying it's old news.
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Oh, yea, it's really new. Like 2002 new.
Quick, everyone - did you hear? We're going to invade Iraq!
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Quick, everyone - did you hear? We're going to invade Iraq!
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Xcellere said:
Saying that is so last year...
From Gamasutra:
Consumer news site GameSpot has uncovered details of a previously unreported legal action between Half-Life 2 developer Valve and publisher Vivendi Universal Games. The dispute has been ongoing for two years now, and centers around a lawsuit which Valve originally served against Sierra On-Line, a brand subsequently bought out by Vivendi. The complaint was that Sierra was placing copies of Valve games in Internet cafes across the globe – a practice that Valve claim was not covered by the publisher’s license.
Over two hundred documents and exhibits later, and Vivendi has inherited the lawsuit, which remains unresolved. On top of the original complaint, Valve has also claimed that Vivendi has refused to pay the developer royalties owed and unreasonably delayed Counter-Strike: Condition Zero so that it missed the Christmas 2003 retail period.
Around six months ago, Vivendi lawyers made a counter-claim that they hoped would invalidate their publishing agreement with Valve and grant them ownership of the Half-Life intellectual property. Both sides have now submitted motions for summary judgment on minor details, with a final court date not scheduled until March 2005 – which is expected to be long after Half-Life 2’s release date. Indeed, the delivery of source code to Vivendi, which was widely reported last week, may in fact have been timed to comply with a legal demand from the publisher.
With Vivendi also attempting to prevent Valve from distributing Half-Life 2 via its online delivery system Steam, it is a supreme irony they are also trying to force the developer into working with them on future projects. Whoever wins the varied legal battles, and the overall war, it is likely to have profound implications on future developer/publisher relations throughout the industry.
Consumer news site GameSpot has uncovered details of a previously unreported legal action between Half-Life 2 developer Valve and publisher Vivendi Universal Games. The dispute has been ongoing for two years now, and centers around a lawsuit which Valve originally served against Sierra On-Line, a brand subsequently bought out by Vivendi. The complaint was that Sierra was placing copies of Valve games in Internet cafes across the globe – a practice that Valve claim was not covered by the publisher’s license.
Over two hundred documents and exhibits later, and Vivendi has inherited the lawsuit, which remains unresolved. On top of the original complaint, Valve has also claimed that Vivendi has refused to pay the developer royalties owed and unreasonably delayed Counter-Strike: Condition Zero so that it missed the Christmas 2003 retail period.
Around six months ago, Vivendi lawyers made a counter-claim that they hoped would invalidate their publishing agreement with Valve and grant them ownership of the Half-Life intellectual property. Both sides have now submitted motions for summary judgment on minor details, with a final court date not scheduled until March 2005 – which is expected to be long after Half-Life 2’s release date. Indeed, the delivery of source code to Vivendi, which was widely reported last week, may in fact have been timed to comply with a legal demand from the publisher.
With Vivendi also attempting to prevent Valve from distributing Half-Life 2 via its online delivery system Steam, it is a supreme irony they are also trying to force the developer into working with them on future projects. Whoever wins the varied legal battles, and the overall war, it is likely to have profound implications on future developer/publisher relations throughout the industry.
