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Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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27 Oct 2007
Orange Box 360 update released! (Again!) N4G
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PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Orange Box 360 update released! (Again!) "The second Orange Box 360 update has been released by Valve! This time, the focus is primarily on Team Fortress 2. What, exactly, have they changed?

- Reduced network bandwidth usage in multiplayer.
- Improved overall game performance.
- Arranged search results to favor preferred host conditions.
- Improved searching for ranked games.
- Addressed a possible false report of too little storage space on larger hard drives". - Gamernode
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2 Oct 2007
Half-Life 2: Episode Three Confirmed [Warning: Ep 2 spoilers] N4G
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PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Half-Life 2: Episode Three Confirmed [Warning: Ep 2 spoilers] Translated text; "Magazine PC Gamer of November confirms the development of Half-Life 2: Three episode and brings some information to us on the scenario of this new opus (Attention small spoiler on the end of Half-Life 2: Two Episode). ' A end of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Gordon and Alyx look at a video recorded by Judith Mossman, a scientist who works at the sides of Eli Vance and resistance. Mossman brings back the discovery of a lost cargo liner, Borealis, which is supposed to transport a new technology developed by a better known mysterious laboratory under the name of Aperture Science and large rival of Black Messa," writes Jeux-France.
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15 Jun 2007
Valve sets Episode Two launch date
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 will release on October 9th on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, Valve has reportedly confirmed. According to Shacknews, the developer's multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 and puzzle game Portal will launch alongside the second episode. PC gamers will be able to download the games via Steam of course, while Half-Life 2: The Orange Box will be made available at retail for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 thanks to EA. Orange Box contains the original Half-Life 2 and Episode One in addition ... » Read More
15 Jun 2007
Valve Confirms Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 & Portal Launch Dates N4G
PC News from N4G | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Valve Confirms Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 & Portal Launch Dates Last night, Valve representatives confirmed to Shacknews that the studio's upcoming trio of Source-powered games will ship for all announced platforms on October 9, 2007. The suite, sold at retail and through Valve's Steam download service, will consist of the shooter sequel Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the team-based multiplayer game Team Fortress 2, and the action/puzzle game Portal. Valve is handling development of the games on PC and Xbox 360, with EA UK's Chertsey, Surrey office bringing the titles to PlayStation 3.
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1 Jun 2007
Free Valve games for Radeon owners
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Valve Software is giving away free games to owners of ATI Radeon graphics cards. Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch are being offered through Steam, which will confirm the presence of ATI Radeon hardware in your PC "and then enable immediate access to full versions of the games free of charge," the developer has said. The official Steam website states that the free game offer is only open for a limited period of time, so get in ... » Read More
21 May 2007
Half-Life 2 Black Box canned
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2 Black Box, which contained Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, was intended for those who didn't want to shell out for Half-Life 2 and Episode One. Looks like they don't have a choice now. "The Black Box has been cancelled," Doug Lombardi, Valve's director of marketing, said to IGN. "We're going to have one package, The Orange Box, available on the PC ($49.99) as well as the 360 and PS3 ($59.99). In addition to the three new products - Portal, Team Fortress 2, and ... » Read More
5 May 2007
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 update with new concept images N4G
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PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Half-Life 2: Episode 2 update with new concept images The weekly Steam news post has an update on the development of Valve's first person shooter Half-Life 2: Episode 2 along with some concept artwork for the game:
"Right now, we're working hard on putting the final parts of Episode Two together. Early on during development we spent a lot of time working on concept art of key areas of the game, so that everyone on the team could share a vision of what the final game would look like. The three pieces below are some examples of that work. Once the game is released you'll be able to see how these concept pieces were eventually turned into the final product."
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12 Apr 2007
HL2: Episode 2 In September? N4G
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PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - HL2: Episode 2 In September? Chatting with IGN, Doug Lombardi and Robin Walker have said they're looking at a "September-ish" release date and, interestingly, that date might not be simultaneous across all platforms. If some versions are ready before others, they'll go out.
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14 Mar 2007
HALF-LIFE 2:Episode2 and Team Fortress 2 Getting DX10 Treatment? N4G
PC News from N4G | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - HALF-LIFE 2:Episode2 and Team Fortress 2 Getting DX10 Treatment? According to Game Informer:
For those who recently upgraded their PC video cards to support DX10, you'll be happy to know that both Episode Two and Team Fortress 2 will support the advanced technology of these cards, even if the PC is running Windows XP. On the low-end front, Valve still plans on supporting PCs that can only run DX8 applications. Valve's attempting to also support DX7, but couldn't confirm if it'd go back that far with technology.
Even though Lombardi wouldn't confirm a release date, the current schedule is to release all three versions of the packages in the Fall. Lombardi admitted it was a big undertaking to go multiplatform with this package, but the goal is to ship all three versions concurrently.
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9 Mar 2007
Valve plans longer Episode Two
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode Two "will be closer to eight hours of gameplay," Valve Software's Doug Lombardi has revealed, making it around two hours longer than Episode One. Reported by blog Fringe Drinking, Lombardi went to talk about how Valve is "trimming down" development time on the episodes. "Episode One took 18 months to complete and Episode Two will end up being about 13 to 14 months, so we're trimming it down. I think we'll get closer to a year and be on a 12 month cycle. We'll see how it ... » Read More
9 Mar 2007
Valve: Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Will Be Longer N4G
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PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Valve: Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Will Be Longer According to Doug Lombari, director of marketing at Valve, the next Half-Life 2 episode will be noticeably longer than the first. "Episode 1 was about six hours of gameplay, and Episode 2 will be closer to eight hours of gameplay," Lombardi said. Valve also said that despite the delay of Episode 2, the development cycle for the episodic content was getting shorter.
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7 Feb 2007
Half-Life 2: Episode Two delayed AGAIN N4G
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PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Half-Life 2: Episode Two delayed AGAIN Get the hankies ready folks - Half-Life 2: Episode Two has been delayed. Again. It was originally expected to be released this summer - a delay from a previously announced early 2007 date - but it's now due this winter.
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7 Feb 2007
Black/Orange Half-Life 2 boxes unveiled N4G
PC News from N4G | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
PC - Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Black/Orange Half-Life 2 boxes unveiled Electronic Arts and Valve have announced full details of the forthcoming Black Box and Orange Box Half-Life 2 collections.

The Orange Box and The Black Box are the latest releases in the Half-Life saga set for release in winter 2007. Both appear on PC and The Orange Box will also be released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Black Box contains Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box, available for PC and consoles features Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode One, HL2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2.
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7 Feb 2007
Half-Life: Episode Two release date pushed back
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Get the hankies ready folks - Half-Life 2: Episode Two has been delayed. Again. We were expecting it in summer - a delay from a previously announced early 2007 date - but it's now due this winter. News of the new release date was sneaked in at the bottom of a press release announcing details on the Orange Box and Black Box versions of Half-Life 2: Episode Two that'll be released to retail. HL2 Black Box is for PC and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2, while the ... » Read More
10 Nov 2006
HL2 Episode Two delayed
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Friday 10 November 2006 Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the latest episodic outing for the sci-fi series, has hit another launch delay, this time slipping to a summer 2007 release, developer and publisher Valve has confirmed today. Valve is "now targeting summer 2007" for the launch of HL2: Episode Two, marketing manager Doug Lombardi told game site CVG. Originally hoping to release the game this Christmas, before then delaying it until around February, Valve has not offered a reason for the game's ... » Read More
28 Sep 2006
Half-Life 2 and Portal shots
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
The fresh Half-Life 2: Episode Two images just have us foaming at the mouth again in anticipation of the eagerly awaited second installment in Gordon Freeman's episodic adventures. Click here [PC, 360, PS3] to see them all. We've also got new screens of Portal [PC, 360, PS3], and we can't stress enough how amazing this subgame is going to be when it comes packaged with Half-Life 2: Episode Two on PC and next-gen machines next March-ish. Of course, if you've already seen the trailer [PC, 360, ... » Read More
11 Sep 2006
More moving pictures of Half-Life 2
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Clearly, popping City 17 in the face has its drawbacks. We figured that the Combine would be out for revenge in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, but this video blows our expectations out of the water with a bazooka. Our hero, Gordon Freeman, will face multiple walkers, airships, and his newest enemy - the Hunter - all at once. Prepare for the onslaught with the fifth in the series of videos that reveal Gordon's struggle in the great outdoors. Haven't seen one through four? Hit the Movie tab up there ... » Read More
8 Sep 2006
Half-Life 2 gameplay glimpse
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Friday 8 September 2006 Hot on the heels of our last three Half-Life 2: Episode Two gameplay movies arrives another high-action dose of footage featuring a bomb-packed showdown with a Combine attack helicopter. Hit the movies tab above to see the video, and then catch up on the earlier trio of clips if you missed them before. Look out next week for the fifth and final in-game glimpse of Episode ... » Read More
7 Sep 2006
Vicious new Half-Life 2 videos
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode Two's PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 release may have been shoved to 2007, but we've got a brace of top quality gameplay videos for you to help pass the time. Get the full Episode Two experience by hitting that movies tab above to see a Vortigant chokeslam an Antlion, Gordon pursued by a Myrmidont in his buggy and lots more alien madness. Go! September 07, ... » Read More
7 Sep 2006
Fantastic Half-Life footage
PC News | Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Thursday 7 September 2006 If you caught yesterday's barrage of Half-Life 2: Episode Two footage, you'll no doubt be desperate to see more of Valve's stupendous sci-fi shooter. So here's another hefty clip of gameplay, showing Episode Two's hectic outdoors action as Gordon guns down some Combine before fleeing a bomb-dumping attack helicopter in the game's new, ramshackle buggy. Hit the movies tab and ... » Read More
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Genre: Shooter
Expected release date: 2006
Published by: EA GAMES
Developed by: Valve
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