Half Life 2 pushed back...again! - GoFuckYourself.com

candyflip · 10-07-2003, 11:12 AM

This time due to source code theft.

http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/07/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes

PARIS (Reuters) - The theft of part of its source code has delayed until April 2004 the launch of "Half Life II," the hotly anticipated alien-hunting game of Vivendi Universal Games, a company official said.

"A third of the source code was stolen," VU Games president of international operations Christophe Ramboz told daily Les Echos in its Tuesday edition. "It's serious because it forces us to delay the launch of the game by at least four months, that is to April 2004. Just the time to rewrite parts of the game."

According to Les Echos, a hacker broke into the e-mail of the game's developer, Gabe Newell, the founder of Valve Software, and planted a spying program.

The delay is bad news for VU Games, which suffered a 29 percent fall in revenue and an operating loss of 52 million ($61.36 million) in 2003's first half and was betting on swift holiday sales.

This is the second time the game's release has been postponed.

Last month, VU games postponed the release of "Half-Life II" from Sept. 30 to "an unspecified holiday release."

The game was keenly awaited after last May's games industry trade show, E3. Critics previewing it said it brought a new level of realism to characters and the virtual world in which they move.

The original "Half-Life," released in 1998, is still popular among PC gamers, and a modified version called "Counter-Strike" is widely used in gaming competitions.

"Half-Life II" stars Gordon Freeman, a scientist battling aliens from the planet Xen in a mysterious European locale known only as City 17.

Shares in Vivendi Universal (V: Research, Estimates), the parent company of VU Games, were down 1.2 percent at 16.11 ($19.01) in Paris, in line with the European media sector.

Sosa · 10-07-2003, 11:17 AM

That really sucks, I guess now we can expect later summer / early fall launch date since they won't meet April of course.

KaLi · 10-07-2003, 11:18 AM

Good.

10-07-2003, 11:20 AM

ahhh fuck

crockett · 10-07-2003, 11:42 AM

I hear the beta was leaked aswell

Project-Shadow · 10-07-2003, 11:48 AM

NetRodent · 10-07-2003, 11:51 AM

Why would people stealing the source code delay the release? It doesn't appear that the stolen code was lost, just copied. Seems like this is just a convienent excuse for other problems.

iroc409 · 10-07-2003, 11:51 AM

glad i'm not one of the thousands that pre-ordered that bitch.

JSA Matt · 10-07-2003, 11:53 AM

That's bullshit. No code was stolen.. this is just another excuse to push back the release. Valve is creative, huh?

candyflip · 10-07-2003, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by iroc409
glad i'm not one of the thousands that pre-ordered that bitch.

I'm one of those people.

maxjohan · 10-07-2003, 11:59 AM

I whould buy the stock soon..when they release HL 2 it will jump big bolaha

CAHEK · 10-07-2003, 01:35 PM

coming soon in 2005

iroc409 · 10-07-2003, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by candyflip

I'm one of those people.

one of my good friends is as well. that sucks. that's part of the reason i don't order pre-releases. at least, not for games. the companies behind them are not reliable enough to predict, unfortunately

arial · 10-08-2003, 01:53 PM

There's a playable beta out. Now it's pushed back tell April bastard hackers ruined it all for everyone.

SilverTab · 10-08-2003, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by crockett
I hear the beta was leaked aswell

I downloaded the fucking leaked beta...1.4 gigs and it doesn't worth shit...I loads forever and then crashes...ARGGHHH

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candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,064	Half Life 2 pushed back...again! This time due to source code theft. http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/07/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes PARIS (Reuters) - The theft of part of its source code has delayed until April 2004 the launch of "Half Life II," the hotly anticipated alien-hunting game of Vivendi Universal Games, a company official said. "A third of the source code was stolen," VU Games president of international operations Christophe Ramboz told daily Les Echos in its Tuesday edition. "It's serious because it forces us to delay the launch of the game by at least four months, that is to April 2004. Just the time to rewrite parts of the game." According to Les Echos, a hacker broke into the e-mail of the game's developer, Gabe Newell, the founder of Valve Software, and planted a spying program. The delay is bad news for VU Games, which suffered a 29 percent fall in revenue and an operating loss of 52 million ($61.36 million) in 2003's first half and was betting on swift holiday sales. This is the second time the game's release has been postponed. Last month, VU games postponed the release of "Half-Life II" from Sept. 30 to "an unspecified holiday release." The game was keenly awaited after last May's games industry trade show, E3. Critics previewing it said it brought a new level of realism to characters and the virtual world in which they move. The original "Half-Life," released in 1998, is still popular among PC gamers, and a modified version called "Counter-Strike" is widely used in gaming competitions. "Half-Life II" stars Gordon Freeman, a scientist battling aliens from the planet Xen in a mysterious European locale known only as City 17. Shares in Vivendi Universal (V: Research, Estimates), the parent company of VU Games, were down 1.2 percent at 16.11 ($19.01) in Paris, in line with the European media sector. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

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Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	That really sucks, I guess now we can expect later summer / early fall launch date since they won't meet April of course.

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