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Publisher Interplay has finally reported its results for the three months ended June 30th, as well as providing further details of the status of its franchises - including the sale of the Redneck Rampage property to Vivendi Universal.

Developer Valve Software has begun accepting purchases for forthcoming title Half-Life 2 on its Steam digital content delivery service, with Counter-Strike: Source being made available immediately to those who buy the game online.

Publisher Vivendi Universal Games has announced the sale of its educational games division, Knowledge Adventure, to a pair of Californian venture capital firms - but will continue to perform sales and distribution roles for its titles.

Vivendi Universal Games is expected to formally announce a November 26th release date for Half-Life 2 in Europe shortly, along with a US release three days earlier, after informing UK retail partners of the date this week.

An ongoing legal struggle between developer Valve and publisher Vivendi Universal Games, could lead to a further delay to Half-Life 2 as both companies sue one another in the US District Court.

Developer Valve Software has delivered a release candidate disc for Half-Life 2 to Vivendi Universal Games, and hopes to have a final release date for the hugely anticipated game in the near future.

The financial performance of Vivendi Universal Games continued to decline through the first half of 2004, according to the latest figures released by its giant parent company, with losses of 156 million Euro recorded for the period.

Vivendi Universal Games announced today that it has signed a global distribution agreement with HD Interactive to distribute Nexus - The Jupiter Incident, which will be launched next month.

Vivendi Universal Games and Konami have inked a deal which will see Konami acting as exclusive distributor of VUG's titles in Japan, with four new VUG titles to be launched in the territory by the end of the year.

Developer Valve is to send a release candidate for the eagerly awaited Half-Life 2 to publisher Vivendi Universal Games later this month - but new reports suggest that the game may not launch until November.

Perhaps inspired by EA's decision to develop product based on The Godfather, Vivendi-Universal Games has announced its intention to create a game based on Brian DePalma's epic Scarface film.

Vivendi Universal Games has announced its financial results for the second quarter and first half of the fiscal year, revealing that revenues slid significantly year on year despite the strong performance of key titles.

Publisher Vivendi Universal Games it is to continue its reorganisation by dividing into three distinct regional business units, each with its own president - while current international president Christophe Ramboz is set to leave the firm.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that development studio Swingin' Ape is to take over the completion of StarCraft: Ghost, following the end of original developer Nihilistic's involvement with the project last month.

Publishers Vivendi Universal Games and Novalogic have struck a deal which will see VUG distributing all of the smaller company's current and upcoming titles in North America, including Novalogic's latest, Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising.

Publisher Vivendi Universal Games has finally confirmed the existence of a PC version of its critically acclaimed Xbox first person shooter, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.

A programmer working for Vivendi Universal Games' Knowledge Adventure division, Neil Aitken, has filed a lawsuit against his employer - claiming that the publisher falsified timesheets to avoid paying overtime to him and his colleagues.