The_One Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 'Nuff said... 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®. 'Bout f**kin' time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupes. Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 FINALLY ! I can't wait to play this game ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 *crotchsplodes with joy* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 *Sits in silence while racking brain for a way to express what I'm thinking ight now* Oh well. I don't have a large enough vocabulary, so I'll just say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 November 16th? It's gonna be so hard choosing Halo 2 or Half life 2.. I'll have to put my TV near my PC so I can play both! Joking, I'll just spend around an hour on each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomie Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Is there a Demo for this thing? Cause, y'know, i'd like to try it out before I buy it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 No. I checked half-life.com, I searched Google. It appears there isn't one out yet. But I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by Doomie Is there a Demo for this thing? Cause, y'know, i'd like to try it out before I buy it... ... You don't need any demo for this game. Just buy it when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I might get it for my b-day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 YES!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawBag™ Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 New computer at the start of November + HL2 in the middle of November = Happy BawBag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 ME NEED A TEH NEW 9800 PRO FER CHRISTSAKES!!! TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by TiE 23 ME NEED A TEH NEW 9800 PRO FER CHRISTSAKES!!! TiE ? 9600Pro/5700 Ultra is supposed to handle HL2 nicely. I mean, even an FX5200 makes it look pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by Dave Grohl ? 9600Pro/5700 Ultra is supposed to handle HL2 nicely. I mean, even an FX5200 makes it look pretty damn good. Pul-leez! Clicky (Little more than 5600) *cries in corner* EDIT: Might be hope yet. (besides, I hate AA and AF and stuff) I think those other tests had full AA and stuff TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 PIMPIN! *Hugs his 9600 Pro* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by Dave Grohl PIMPIN! *Hugs his 9600 Pro* Yah? Whats the rest of your computer like? I probably have one of the highest comps here, but with a bad V-card TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Yea, I just got my Dec. issue of PC Gamer, so I got to bask in its glory I'm gonna get a vid card with HL2 on it, so that it'll be an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I say to Half-Life the same I say to Ep 3. NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by TiE 23 Yah? Whats the rest of your computer like? I probably have one of the highest comps here, but with a bad V-card TiE I know, cause you didn't pay for it. 684 mb of ram ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 1.8 ghz processor (eep) So you've got like double my speed. Oh well. @ Sam, good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by Dave Grohl I know, cause you didn't pay for it. 684 mb of ram ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 1.8 ghz processor (eep) And that makes it 10 times better 1024 mb of ram BFG FX5700LE OC 256mb 3.2 ghz Pentium 4 Im predicting 25-30 fps at medium settings for you. TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by TiE 23 BFG FX5700LE OC 256mb Someone didn't do their homework Originally posted by TiE 23 Im predicting 25-30 fps at medium settings for you. It doesn't matter, I don't know how to show FPS anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I have: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 2.81 GHz 1.00 GB of RAM Pentium 4 how much fps would I get with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADD>uB< Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Dave Grohl I know, cause you didn't pay for it. 684 mb of ram ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 1.8 ghz processor (eep) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by TiE 23 And that makes it 10 times better 1024 mb of ram BFG FX5700LE OC 256mb 3.2 ghz Pentium 4 Im predicting 25-30 fps at medium settings for you. TiE Meh, I'd say 1 1/2 times better. 10 times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 600 mgz Pentium 3. 127 Ram(I'm serious, it's one short, I get a stupid popup everytime I try to run JA "Are you sure you want to run this program, you are short of memory") 32 GB HD(dunno what this has to do with anything but it's pitiful) 6 year old default Intel Graphics Card. I get like 20 fps in JA with lowest settings. I don't think I can play this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacherous Mercenary Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I'll wait for the hype machine to say if this game is good or bad and my card won't be able to run it well to the fullest anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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