EA & Valve Sign Publishing Agreement - briefly
(hx) 10:35 PM CEST - Jul,18 2005
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Electronic Arts and Valve today
announced that the two companies have entered a multi-year agreement to
deliver a collection of Valve games to players worldwide. The first two games to
be released under this agreement are Half-Life 2: Game of the Year and
Counter-Strike: Source for PC, both launching this fall. Half-Life 2: Game of
the Year is a special edition release that includes Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike:
Source, plus Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life: Source. Day of Defeat:
Source is included in the separate Counter-Strike: Source package. In addition,
Half-Life 2 for the Xbox, currently in development at Valve and targeted for
release in October, will be published and distributed worldwide by EA. All of
Valve's PC products will continues to be available for download and purchase via
their Steam service.
In related news, Valve's Doug Lombardi
confirmed to VE3D that Half-Life 2: Aftermath will indeed be published to
retail via EA at an undetermined point in the future. |
Updated:01:06 AM CEST Jun,06
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