PtP
24-05-2005, 11:44 AM
Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59354) has word from Valve Software on plans for a retail release of Half-Life 2: Aftermath, the upcoming expansion for their first-person shooter sequel.
The report says the add-on is due in September, and they are finalizing a deal with a new publisher for retail distribution. Last month it was announced that as part of a legal settlement, Vivendi Universal Games will cease distributing the retail versions of Valve's games as of August 31 of this year (story (http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=56565)), leaving open the possibility that the Aftermath add-on would only be available digitally via Steam (http://www.steampowered.com/).
Valve partnered with Activision for the retail release of Day of Defeat (story (http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=41079)) in what was termed at the time as a multi-title deal, but there isn't a clear indication who Valve is working with this at this point.
The report says the add-on is due in September, and they are finalizing a deal with a new publisher for retail distribution. Last month it was announced that as part of a legal settlement, Vivendi Universal Games will cease distributing the retail versions of Valve's games as of August 31 of this year (story (http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=56565)), leaving open the possibility that the Aftermath add-on would only be available digitally via Steam (http://www.steampowered.com/).
Valve partnered with Activision for the retail release of Day of Defeat (story (http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=41079)) in what was termed at the time as a multi-title deal, but there isn't a clear indication who Valve is working with this at this point.