Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Developer(s)Valve[a]
Publisher(s)Valve
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Kelly Bailey
SeriesHalf-Life
EngineSource
Platform(s)
Release
October 10, 2007
  • Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
    • NA: October 10, 2007
    • EU: October 18, 2007
    • AU: October 25, 2007
  • PlayStation 3
    • AU: December 20, 2007
    • EU: December 14, 2007
    • NA: December 14, 2007
  • Mac OS X
    • WW: May 26, 2010
  • Linux
    • WW: May 10, 2013
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. Following Episode One (2006), it is the second of two shorter episodic games that continue the story of Half-Life 2 (2004). Players control Gordon Freeman, who travels through the mountains surrounding City 17 to a resistance base with his ally Alyx Vance. Like previous games in the series, Episode Two combines shooting, puzzle-solving and narrative elements, but adds expansive environments and less linear sequences.

Episode Two was released on 10 October 2007, for Windows on Valve's distribution service Steam, and as a part of The Orange Box, a compilation of Valve games for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The PlayStation version was produced by Electronic Arts. Episode Two received positive reviews.

Half-Life 2: Episode Three was announced for Christmas 2007, but was canceled as Valve abandoned episodic development. In 2020, after canceling several further Half-Life projects, Valve released Half-Life: Alyx.
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