valve sued vivendi !! wtf

more news of HL2.
1st of all:

valve sued vivendi, wtf, suing ur owner ?

<b>"Valve sued Vivendi for copyright infringement back in 2002 over their unauthorized distribution of our products to cyber cafes," Lombardi told GameSpot last Friday. "We later had to add breach of contract claims for, among other things, refusing to pay us royalties owed and delaying Condition Zero out of the holiday season."

That lawsuit became more complex when Sierra fought back with a counterclaim. "Almost a year and a half into the lawsuit," Lombardi continued, "Vivendi responded by making a number of claims in an attempt to invalidate our agreement and be awarded the ownership of the Half-Life intellectual property. We expect to prevail in this lawsuit."</b>

<A HREF="http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38593" target="_new">http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38593</A>
wtf is going on?

2] new banners and ads floating on the web.
<A HREF="http://steampowered.com/?area=getHalf-Life2" target="_new">http://steampowered.com/?area=getHalf-Life2</A>

3] No Half-Life 2 on Steam ?
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Yeah I saw that yesterday myself. I just hope I can play my HL2 on steam when it goes gold.

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Cant they all just GET ALONG? Release the damn game and be done with it. Start working on Half Life 3

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see the last 3-4 posts <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=413900#413900" target="_new">here</A>

If valve looses, we get no HL2 via steam, or maybe HL2 will be the last via steam. Court trial is in march 2005, so if there is a legal battle, game might get delayed till then.

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I've read up on those posts in the graphics card forum, cant read the hl2 forum link from here.

This thing about releasing in november and the lawsuit thing is not consistent with the preloading policy that valve is pursuing. If they really think people are going to let 3Gb of data taking up space for several months, then they're idiots. My guess is they still anticipate a timely release, at least via steam. Let's hope Valve will get their way on that.

If it does not work out, they could start a public betatest of the game for those that have already preordered and preloaded it via steam Would be worth looking into the legal issues surrounding that option, if they want to keep the peace with the waiting fan base. I would also be happy with some new maps for the CS:Source beta to play with.


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