Bellevue, WA (August 30, 2000) - Sierra Studios(tm) and Valve L.L.C. today
announced the holiday 2000 release of Half-Life(r): Platinum, an incredible
collector's edition that includes all the single and multiplayer games in
the award-winning Half-Life franchise.
"Half-Life has proven to be much more than an action game," said Jim
Veevaert, vice president of marketing at Sierra Studios. "The success of the
original product combined with the success of its single and multiplayer
add-ons have established it as a movement in electronic entertainment.
Half-Life: Platinum represents both a collector's item and an easy point of
entry for new gamers wanting the complete set of games in this amazing
franchise."
Available on PC CD-ROM, Half-Life: Platinum contains the original Half-Life:
Team Fortress Classic, Half-Life: Opposing Force(R), the number one online
action game--Half-Life: Counter-Strike*, and a collection of top MODs (game
modifications) created by members of the Half-Life community.
Originally released in November 1998, Half-Life has sold over 2 million
copies worldwide, been named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, and
dubbed "The best PC game ever made," by PC Gamer magazine (November 1999).
Founded in 1996, Valve develops entertainment software. Half-Life is Valve's
debut title. Since its release in November 1998, Half-Life has won over 50
Game of the Year Awards from publications that include PC Gamer, Computer
Gaming World, and CNET's Gamecenter. More information about Valve is
available through the company's Web site at www.valvesoftware.com.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original
developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and
productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global
leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers
of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions,
Blizzard Entertainment(r), Coktel, Knowledge Adventure(tm), Sierra(tm) and
Flipside.com(tm) are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award
winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a
subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi
Communications.
