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Half-Life developer Valve has moved to reassure retailers that it will continue to distribute its products in boxed form despite the recent announcement of the end of its publishing deal with VU Games.

The recent settlement in the long-running legal spat between Valve and VU Games will see Valve's entire portfolio of boxed product being pulled from shelves in August - creating a potential loss of millions to UK retail alone.

A wide range of Hollywood talent has been announced for Vivendi Universal Games' forthcoming adaptation of gangster movie Scarface, with Al Pacino's likeness - although not his voice - set to be used for the iconic central character.

Developer Valve has revealed that it plans to launch an expansion pack for critically acclaimed PC title Half-Life 2 this summer, with the Steam download service being used to deliver the pack to customers.

Publisher Vivendi Universal Games has announced the acquisition of one of its closest partners, with Simpsons: Hit & Run and Scarface developer Radical Games becoming the company's latest internal development studio.

Valve's critically acclaimed first-person shooter Half-Life 2 has clocked up almost 1.7 million retail sales since its launch less than two months ago, according to the latest information from publisher Vivendi Universal Games.

The second part of GamesIndustry.biz' exclusive interview with Blizzard Entertainment creative director Chris Metzen and VP of business operations Paul Sams is now available on the site.

Leading game publishers Electronic Arts and Vivendi Universal Games have joined the standards battle over next-generation disc media by lending their support to the Blu-Ray format which will be used in PlayStation 3.

Publisher Vivendi Universal Games has flatly denied rumours that it is in negotiations with Ubisoft regarding a possible merger or takeover, quashing speculation which stemmed from a French newspaper report.

Half-Life 2 creator Valve Games has announced that a legal complaint filed against publisher Vivendi Universal Games in August 2002 has been upheld by a US court, but several other cases remain outstanding.

Media giant Vivendi Universal has announced its operating results for the three months ended September 30th, revealing that the VU Games division has finally begun to reduce its operating losses.

Publisher Vivendi Universal Games has announced its revenue figures for the quarter ended September 30th, revealing that sales declined by some 18 per cent year on year as this year's release schedule failed to impress in comparison to last year's.

A number of the industry's top publishers have been targeted in a lawsuit taken by Texas law firm McKool Smith, which alleges that 3D graphics display techniques used in their products infringe on a 1988 patent.

The end is finally in sight for one of the most reported-on game development processes ever, with publisher Vivendi Universal Games announcing that Valve's Half-Life 2 has gone gold and will ship on November 16th.