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Half-Life 2: Episode 1 To Be Stand Alone Game
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Posted by dan on: 2006-02-24 19:32:15 Article Viewed : 504
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Valve's Doug Lombardi
confirmed to Eurogamer that Half-Life 2: Episode 1, the upcoming first
single player expansion pack for Valve's best selling first person shooter
sequel, will in fact be a stand alone product and will not require the purchase
of Half-Life 2 itself:
Half-Life 2: Episode 1 won't actually require Half-Life 2 to
play, Valve's explained, and although the game will be "four to six
hours" long, marketing director Doug Lombardi reckons it's "markedly
richer" in terms of content quality. The change from Aftermath to
Episode 1 was "simply a name change" he says, when asked about the
shift to episodic content - which wasn't a shift at all, he adds, since
"the format of episodic releases was decided before Half-Life 2 was
made available".
As to pricing and content: "For HL2: Episode 1 we're targeting four to
six hours of new single player gaming plus HL2 DM and HL DM: Source for
$19.99 - HL2 not required," he confirms. "For Episode 2, we're planning
a similar offering at the same price."
The Episode 1 will be released on April 24th through Steam.
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