CNN Money's Chris Morris interviewed Valve on the state of Half-Life 2 today. Valve gave some interesting comments, including an estimate on the release for the highly-anticipated sequel.

After the theft of source code an executive from publisher Vivendi Universal Games stated that the game would be delayed until April 2004. Valve and Vivendi have since refused all questions from the media about when the game would release. While still not stating an exact date, Doug Lombardi, Valve's director of marketing, stated he "is currently targeting this summer for the completion of Half-Life 2". Valve will not reveal any more info until this year's E3 trade show. At E3 the game will be shown again this year, in Los Angeles May 12-14.

Troika was also hit hard by the Half-Life 2 source-code theft. Valve licensed out the game's "Source" graphics engine to Troika for use in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Bloodlines is an upcoming PC RPG originally set to be released this year. It had to be delayed for security fixes just as Half-Life 2 did. Vampire does not yet have an updated release date, despite the previously stated target date of Spring 2005.

Vivendi Universal and Activision (publisher of Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines) stated that the games' dates might see a "bump" as their ship dates draw near. For the full interview click here.