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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®.
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Nou wel hopen dat die idioten de Steam release wel eerder vrijgeven.

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anyway volgende week is ie er!!
 
Misschien eerder voor de Steam users.

De game zal unlocked worden op de 16e of op het moment dat HL2 uit is gelekt via of het internet, of distributeurs.

Vanavond zijn er screenshots geweest van mensen die hem aan het installen zijn! Dus met een beetje geluk op zeer korte termijn al voor mij!

*ruk, ruk
 
MrJ zei:
Misschien eerder voor de Steam users.

De game zal unlocked worden op de 16e of op het moment dat HL2 uit is gelekt via of het internet, of distributeurs.

Vanavond zijn er screenshots geweest van mensen die hem aan het installen zijn! Dus met een beetje geluk op zeer korte termijn al voor mij!

*ruk, ruk
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:banana: :eyebrow: for me 2!
 
Tot over een week!

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Pfff ziet r erg gelikt uit man!

Wanneer komt hij voor xbox uit...? :)
 
Geen idee wanneer de XBox versie uitkomt.

Hier nog een (compressed, dus ingame is mooier) screenshotje. 1024x768 @ High Details

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MrJ, als ge wilt stoefen moet je anti aliasing inschakelen :D en geen compressiie gebruiken :p

anyway, ik speel het spel nu ook al, is heel goed, een topper van een spel
 
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goodbye social life, alé toch voor een weekje of twee :D
 
SideShow zei:
MrJ, als ge wilt stoefen moet je anti aliasing inschakelen :D en geen compressiie gebruiken :p

anyway, ik speel het spel nu ook al, is heel goed, een topper van een spel
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AA staat aan lieverd, en de screenshots moest ik toch even resizen. :)
 
Ziet er echt goed uit...
 
Wooow ik vind het wel een geweldige game met ,ik speel het op 1600x1200 4xAA en 8xAF met mijn nieuwe X800pro @540/520:eyebrow: .
 
Cool man, ik wil hem ook hebben
 
De gravity gun is coooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumb:
 
Er zal nooit een 1st person shooter komen die het wapenarsenaal van unreal tournament zal overtreffen....

Maaruh, halflife 2 schijnt wel dicht in e buurt te komen :)
 
Potverdomme!

Startte zojuist iemand in het niet spoiler gedeelte van 't HalfLife2.net forum een topic met het einde in de topictitel. :mad:

De thread is nu gedelete maar ik zit dus nu de komende weken te spelen terwijl ik het einde al weet!

Ik hoop dat die teringhond iets heel naars over komt. Bah, wat lullig! Vieze stinkhufter...

t*ring wat baal ik nu zeg.
 
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