hl2 gone gold Created 20 years ago2004-10-18 14:27:13 UTC by [DDHLP]copper

oct 18 2004

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?

WTF DO YOU MEAN GONE GOLD; IT SAYS IN NOVEMBER!

Fucking idiot...

So what? It is to be in two months from now. Atleast the winter season will be interesting...

no no no buddy its gone gold now do u know what that means ithink not that means it has the ok to be published u ding dong will be released nov 16

now whos the fucking idiot

he is right Loffe

http://www.vugames.com/news_story.do?storyId=1963

It's indeed official.

Great..
added HL2 to Christmas present-list

LOL w00t! Your waiting all the way until christmas to get it? Im going to be at best buy at like 7am in the morning for that sucker. I have to check, but if the 16th is a school day I am going to skip. If best buy is closed that day I will hitch hike my ass 3 states over for it! If the worlds ending and there is no copy's left, I will shoot myself....

Does Hammer 5 (err or is it 4 i forget) - come with half life 2? or do i have to download it? and if I have to download it, is it going to be releaseed at the same time!?!??!

as i said in the shout box, wowzerz.

Excellent. Not sure when I'll get it (not immediately after its release, that's f'sure), but excellent all the same.

I found a mis-print:

THE MOST ANTICIPATED PC ACTION GAME OF 2004

I'm sure it was the most anticipated pc action game of 2003... if I'm not mistaken. They are just FINALLY releasing it in 2004.

How very true
Anyhow.... I'm pro'lly gonna get HL2 for Xmas or on New Year's eve.

i already bought two copies just waiting for release date to pick them up