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Half-Life 2 Held Hostage?

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Half-Life 2 held hostage on GameSpot has more information from the ongoing legal battle between Valve and Sierra/Vivendi, indicating that it's possible that the release of Half-Life 2 could potentially be delayed by as much as six months as a result of the spat. The following was entered into the court records by VU Games' deputy general counsel Eric Roeder:

"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."

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Sep 27, 2004, 01:19

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"We're confident that DNF will be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, game of 1998. And this confidence is not misplaced." - Scott Miller, 1997 "Duke Nukem Forever is a 1999 game and we think that timeframe matches very well with what we have planned for the game." - George Broussard, 1998 "Trust us, Duke Nukem Forever will rock when it comes out next year." - Joe Siegler, 1999 "When it's done in 2001." - 2000 Christmas card "DNF will come out before Unreal 2." - George Broussard, 2001 "If DNF is not out in 2001, something's very wrong." - George Broussard, 2001 "DNF will come out before Doom 3." - George Broussard, 2002 Valve on the other hand doesn't even have the balls to make false promises.

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Comment [quote="Communist"Sep 27, 2004, 01:19]"We're confident that DNF will be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, game of 1998. And this confidence is not misplaced." - Scott Miller, 1997 "Duke Nukem Forever is a 1999 game and we think that timeframe matches very well with what we have planned for the game." - George Broussard, 1998 "Trust us, Duke Nukem Forever will rock when it comes out next year." - Joe Siegler, 1999 "When it's done in 2001." - 2000 Christmas card "DNF will come out before Unreal 2." - George Broussard, 2001 "If DNF is not out in 2001, something's very wrong." - George Broussard, 2001 "DNF will come out before Doom 3." - George Broussard, 2002 Valve on the other hand doesn't even have the balls to make false promises. [/quote]

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