Half-Life 2: Episode Two – The Return of Team Fortress 2 and Other Surprises

[tomato]

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/halflife2episode2/news.html?sid=6154006
"Valve’s Gabe Newell drops some major announcements regarding Episode Two, including Xbox 360 and PS3 support, and the return of Team Fortress 2."

"Valve is planning to release Episode Two simultaneously on the PC, Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3"

Wooo, I can't wait! TF2 is finally a reality! :)

And the simultaneous release will give everyone a chance to compare the respective consoles against the PC version...

[XJnine]

I sure hope TF2 lives up to the hype I had built up in my mind for it. I loved TF1 and I've been looking forward to this for a long, long time.

[Kougar]

Nice find! I can't wait for HL2.2 :-D

This sort of miffles me though:
For one, Valve is planning to release Episode Two simultaneously on the PC, Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. And it wouldn’t make sense to give the console players Episode 2, which is essentially the middle of the story, so the console versions of Episode Two will also include Half-Life 2, as well as Episode One. That’s right, both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players will be able to get their hands on the entire Half-Life 2 saga in one package.

Lets see, we get to pay over $100, and console users pay how much again? :???:

[tomato]

PC users get screwed again...

[werty316]

EP1 was sweet and I can't wait for EP2. Also can't you really blame them for including EP1 and EP2 with HL2? They could make consoles owners pay for them individually and I am not surprised they don't to get more $.

[Kougar]

EP1 was sweet and I can't wait for EP2. Also can you really blame them for including EP1 and EP2? They could make consoles owners pay for them individually and I am not surprised they don't seel them seperately to get more $.

You seem to be saying opposite things here??

I can see them having to bundle Episodes 1 & 2 together, simply because they'd have to. But bundling both of them with HL2 itself as well? Maybe they'll charge a extra premium or something, maybe...

[werty316]

Sorry one word was messed up and I fixed it.

[tomato]

Maybe they will change their minds at the last minute and release HL2 on it own and claim that "the conversion of HL2: Ep 1 & 2 is taking longer than anticipated... As such the expansion episodes will be released at a later date..." C'mon, you know that they would do it in a heartbeat :(