On August 14, 2002, Valve served its then-publisher Sierra On-Line (now Sierra Entertainment, a Vivendi Universal Games brand) with a lawsuit in the US District Court of Washington, Western Division, alleging copyright infringement–the result of Sierra distributing Valve games in Internet cafés in the US and abroad. Vivendi accuses Valve of deliberately misleading them and had counterclaimed that Valve’s distribution of Half-Live with Steam had adversely affected its retail plans. Under their distribution agreement Vivendi can release Half-Life up to six months after the game goes gold. Valve says that Vivendi has not announced the date it will be released.
Sources: Gamespot | Yahoo! Games | EuroGamer
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