Whole lot of biz for Half-Life 2: 250K copies sold in first week.(Videogames) From: Video Business | Date: November 29, 2004| Author: Chronis, George T. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Half-Life 2 is definitely living up to expectations in the computer-game category.

Released Nov. 16, Vivendi Universal Games shipped 1 million units to U.S. retailers, which have sold more than 250,000 copies of the action shooter in one week.

The highly anticipated title is the follow-up to one of the most popular computer games of all time, Half-Life, which launched in 1998 and has sold more than 8 million units worldwide since 1998.

VU Games pre...