Gaming News - October 2004
Los Angeles, CA (October 18, 2004) - Vivendi Universal Games (VU
Games) today announced that Half-Life 2 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.
From VU Games:
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.”
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.
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