Valve targets October for Episode Two, TF2 and Portal News
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Valve's legion of fans can start drawing whacking great circles around October, according to marketing director Doug Lombardi.
Lombardi said as much to Eurogamer during a recent visit to the studio to make cooing noises about its Q4 line-up, although he admitted that it wasn't a dead cert. When is it ever?
Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 will be released as a bundle on Steam, Valve's PC-based content delivery network, while Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners will be able to pick the games up in two packages - one in which the three stand together and another that also includes Half-Life 2 and Episode One.
All three games were clearly in an advanced state this week, with the developer claiming that the main areas that remain are things like polish and additional graphical tweaks.
You can see what we thought of Portal in our first impressions, with the others coming soon. I can only type so fast. Impatient bastards. In the meantime, you could always read about another Valve project, Left 4 Dead, which charmed the hell out of us (and into us) during our stay.
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TwistidChimp
16/05/07 @ 12:59
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I'll believe it when i'm playing it :) Seriously though, they should take as long as they need. No one really remembers the fact that HL2 was ludicrously late, only that it was chuffing awsome. Take the time to get all 3 right Valve. Especially Episode 2.
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kissthestick, here is an explanation on the bundles.
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absolutezero
16/05/07 @ 13:12
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The console packages are damn nice yes, but when I get it for my PC im just going to have 4 more hours of Half Life goodness.
This makes me cry ;_; |
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SeesThroughAll
16/05/07 @ 13:16
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HL2 - 16 Nov 2005
Ep1 - 1 Jun 2006 Ep2 - October 2007 Episodic gaming, eh :) LOL, so true. +1 |
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SomaticSense
16/05/07 @ 14:56
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October eh?
Ah well, only about another year and a half to wait then....... |
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With Episode 2 being so ridiculously delayed, shouldn't the PS3 and 360 versions really include it in the retail version or is its absence a cynical way to grab another £20 off potential console owners when they've just paid £40 for Half-Life 2 and Episode 1? ;)
I'm pretty sure Episode 2 is in the PS3/360 retail pack, along with Portal and TF2. edit: OK I see what you mean - there is two packs. Still, the larger bundle will probably be a great value for money deal - it seems a bit harsh to accuse them of cynical money-grabbing.
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Inflatable
16/05/07 @ 16:33
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Knowing Valve (always missing releasetargets by many many months) this means it will probably come out in March 2008 or something..
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yagisencho
16/05/07 @ 18:23
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Slight clarification:
HL2 - 16 Nov 2004 (PC version) HL2 - 15 Nov 2005 (XBox version) Ep1 - 1 Jun 2006 Ep2 - October 2007 So that's one episode every 18 months. Quicker than an elephant pregnancy, anyway. |
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