Half-Life 2 held hostage. will it ever be released?

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  • sltr
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2002
    • 3191

    #1

    Half-Life 2 held hostage. will it ever be released?

    the drama continues. . .

    Court filings show VU Games has the right to sit on finished Half-Life 2 code for up to six months.


    "Valve has announced that it will deliver a release candidate version of Half-Life 2 (HL2) (a game required under the 2001 SPA) to Sierra/VUG within the next few weeks. If Valve delivers a release candidate version that complies with the contract and is a Final Milestone, then VUG will have six months to release the product under the 2001 SPA. Valve is pressing VUG to release the product early within that six month window, and its representatives have made a number of public statements without our consent or concurrence that the product will be published and released to the general public in September of this year."

    The statement's implication is that VUG, angry with Valve's "public statements," could sit on Half-Life 2 for up to six months. But would VUG use this six-month window as leverage to force Valve to back down from demands contained in its original August 14, 2002 lawsuit?

    http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/09...s_6108100.html
  • Sosa
    In Tushy Land
    • Oct 2002
    • 40149

    #2
    Been waiting forever.....

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    • Fake Nick
      So Fucking Banned
      • Jul 2004
      • 7708

      #3

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      • CAHEK
        C.C.C.P.
        • Aug 2003
        • 7414

        #4
        its been almost 2 years
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        • Manowar
          jellyfish  
          • Dec 2003
          • 71528

          #5
          they need to stop fucking about and just release the game already, the more hype it gets the more of a let down it will be.

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          • liquidmoe
            Confirmed User
            • Mar 2002
            • 4994

            #6
            For those not in the know such as myself this is what a dispute between the coders and the game distributors over revenues owed on other titles and because of bad blood the distributor may delay the game 6 months as they are allowed to do according to their original contract?

            Take Luck!

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            • xclusive
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Apr 2004
              • 35218

              #7
              I also heard they are using the time to upgrade the graphics because of doom3 and Quake4 they just don't wanna look bad...

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              • Persius
                Tap into MOBILE!
                • Jul 2003
                • 11779

                #8
                im still buying it regardless but sux to keep waiting

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                • Plan9
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 1801

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Manowar
                  they need to stop fucking about and just release the game already, the more hype it gets the more of a let down it will be.
                  I stopped buying into hype on video games loooong ago.

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                  • sltr
                    Confirmed User
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 3191

                    #10
                    Originally posted by liquidmoe
                    For those not in the know such as myself this is what a dispute between the coders and the game distributors over revenues owed on other titles and because of bad blood the distributor may delay the game 6 months as they are allowed to do according to their original contract?
                    yes, that right

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