Valve and Vivendi Universal Games Settle Lawsuit

**MIG-31** · Apr 29, 2005, 05:53 PM

Bellevue, WA and Los Angeles, CA - April 29, 2005 -- Valve and Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced the settlement of a pending federal court lawsuit filed by Valve in August 2002. The parties have resolved their differences, and the settlement provides for the dismissal of all claims and coaunterclaims. Under the settlement agreement, VU Games will cease distribution of retail packaged versions of Valve's games, including Half-Life®, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike™, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source, effective August 31, 2005.
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studbagel9 · Apr 29, 2005, 06:11 PM

I guess we will have to buy steam if we want to buy their games

pr0digal jenius · Apr 29, 2005, 06:23 PM

i can see not granting new licenses...btu voiding existing ones is really poor PR

Vikingod · Apr 29, 2005, 06:47 PM

terrible thing. I'll never buy a game through steam.

Dark Lord · Apr 29, 2005, 07:57 PM

i bought the hl2 silver package through steam and i honestly have no complaints about it at all. its a fast connection to the content server so the downloads are nice and quick, and i really havnt had any problems with steam.

El Kapitano · Apr 29, 2005, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

i can see not granting new licenses...btu voiding existing ones is really poor PR

Yes, but it's only cyber cafe licences that are affected, which are (IIRC) the crux of the problem with vivaldi and valve.

Ev!L-aLphA · Apr 29, 2005, 11:13 PM

they will get a diff publisher.. like activision.. did u guys see what they did with doom3?? they promoted the hell out of it.. what did vivendi do with hl2??? they didint do jack.

El Kapitano · Apr 29, 2005, 11:33 PM

I don't think HL2 really needed much promo, do you?

Dark Lord · Apr 30, 2005, 12:01 AM

neither did doom3, but they still promoted the hell out of it.

Apr 29, 2005, 05:53 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Valve and Vivendi Universal Games Settle Lawsuit Bellevue, WA and Los Angeles, CA - April 29, 2005 -- Valve and Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced the settlement of a pending federal court lawsuit filed by Valve in August 2002. The parties have resolved their differences, and the settlement provides for the dismissal of all claims and coaunterclaims. Under the settlement agreement, VU Games will cease distribution of retail packaged versions of Valve's games, including Half-Life®, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike™, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source, effective August 31, 2005. _______________ Read More: Steampowered.com __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Apr 29, 2005, 06:11 PM	#2
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I guess we will have to buy steam if we want to buy their games __________________

Apr 29, 2005, 11:13 PM	#7
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 0	they will get a diff publisher.. like activision.. did u guys see what they did with doom3?? they promoted the hell out of it.. what did vivendi do with hl2??? they didint do jack. __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Apr 29, 2005, 06:23 PM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	i can see not granting new licenses...btu voiding existing ones is really poor PR

Apr 29, 2005, 06:47 PM	#4
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	terrible thing. I'll never buy a game through steam.

Apr 29, 2005, 07:57 PM	#5
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i bought the hl2 silver package through steam and i honestly have no complaints about it at all. its a fast connection to the content server so the downloads are nice and quick, and i really havnt had any problems with steam.

Apr 29, 2005, 11:33 PM	#8
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	I don't think HL2 really needed much promo, do you?

Apr 30, 2005, 12:01 AM	#9
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	neither did doom3, but they still promoted the hell out of it.