September 17, 2004

Valve submits Half-Life 2 candidate

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 submission of a release candidate means that Valve has finished the creative work on the title, and it now only remains for Vivendi Universal's QA department to approve the title, or bounce it back for some quick fixes if show-stopping bugs are found.

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By Rob Fahey, GamesIndustry.biz