By Quinton Miles

Vivendi Universal Games announced today that [i]Half-Life 2[/i] has been shipped out to stores across the country and online through Steam. The sequel to a game that recieved numerous Game of The Year honors, [i]HL 2[/i] also launched worldwide simultaneously to happy gamers everywhere.

“Half-Life 2 has surpassed our expectations in every sense ? its high-quality graphics, ground-breaking physics and immersive first-person shooter gameplay set a new standard for PC action games,” said Bruce Hack, CEO of VU Games. “Half-Life 2 will go down as one of the best-selling PC titles, and we are thrilled to deliver this ground-breaking title to the worldwide gaming community this fall.”

Even though we’re pretty sure you knew this already, we just had to tell you again. Be on the lookout for our official review in the coming days.