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Episode Three was to be the last in a trilogy of episodic games that would continue the story of the 2004 first-person shooter game Half-Life 2. [1] Episode One was released in 2006, followed by Episode Two in 2007. [2] [3] Valve's president, Gabe Newell, said he considered the trilogy the equivalent of Half-Life 3. [4]
Coastline to Atmosphere - A mod set in the Half-Life 2 universe, following Gordon Freeman after the events of Half-Life 2. [5] Dear Esther - An experimental "ghost story" created as a research project at the University of Portsmouth; initially released as a free modification in 2008, a longer commercial version was developed and released in 2012.
The mod's companion website is available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, and Russian. Localization packs developed by the LocWorks game localization team were released in November 2008. Foster was recruited by Valve to work on the Half Life 2: Episode Three development team, and
Over the following decade, numerous Half-Life games were canceled, including Episode Three, a version of Half-Life 3, and games developed by Junction Point Studios and Arkane Studios. In 2020, after years of speculation, Valve released Half-Life: Alyx, which was developed exclusively for virtual reality headsets.
Warren Spector (pictured in 2010) led development of a canceled Half-Life 2 episode. Another Half-Life 2 episode was developed by Junction Point Studios, led by Warren Spector. The episode showed how the town of Ravenholm from Half-Life 2 became infested with headcrabs and zombies, with the return of the character of Father Grigori. [32]
[57] [58] Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is also technically included with the PC version of The Orange Box, as it was offered as a free download to all owners of Half-Life 2. And as of 2024 is listed as a part of the Orange Box after Lost Coast and Half-Life 2 Episodes One, and Two were integrated into Half-Life 2 as a part of its 20th anniversary ...
A screenshot of Half-Life 2: Episode One. The high-dynamic-range rendering and Phong shading effects are evident. The Source 2006 branch was the term used for Valve's games using technology that culminated with the release of Half-Life 2: Episode One.
Through Steam, Half-Life 2 had three packages that a customer could order. The basic version ("Bronze") includes only Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source, whereas the "Silver" and "Gold" editions also include Half-Life: Source and Day of Defeat: Source (ports of the original Half-Life and the Day of Defeat mod to the new engine