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Valve and Vivendi split up

Posted on Monday, 2 May 2005 by Speed, source: IGN

After a lot of problems, developer Valve Studios and publisher Vivendi have decided to part and each go their own ways.
The court case between both companies had been dragging on for quite some time already but now that a verdict has fallen, they both feel it's better not to work together anymore as of August.

"Valve has not announced a new publishing partner, or whether the company will now solely rely on Steam for distribution. A new publishing agreement would almost certainly be needed for the Xbox version of Half-Life 2 scheduled for release later this summer."

Seeing that Valve has worked with Activision for some expansions already, it wouldn't surprise me if they would step over to the US publisher. That would also be a logical step seeing that Activision is somewhat the expert publisher when it comes to first person shooters...

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8 Comment(s)

DoubleD

I'd prefer if they would go to a smaller publisher who puts quality above profit. Granted, it would be a bold move... yet a brave one !

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Posted on 19:14, May 02nd 2005

Anonymous

They should just publish all their games through Steam.

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Posted on 20:03, May 02nd 2005

Anonymous

requiring an internet connection to purchase games lmits your market,steam was one of the MAJOR draw backs of HL2 and i see it almost as idiotic if they go a completely online route.

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Posted on 21:12, May 02nd 2005

Speed

They should just publish all their games through Steam.

Uhu, and they'll be publishing console games over Steam aswell ? Don't see that one happening anytime soon

[quote]They should just publish all their games through Steam.[/quote]Uhu, and they'll be publishing console games over Steam aswell ? Don't see that one happening anytime soon

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Posted on 21:18, May 02nd 2005