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Half-Life 2 Gets Episode 1

Posted by Zonk on from the has-to-be-better-than-phantom-menace dept.

Valve has announced that, instead of entitling their first downloadable mini-expansion to Half-Life 2 'Aftermath', the pack is now simply Episode 1. From the Gamespot article: "When asked whether the name change is indicative of a change in direction for the Half-Life 2 franchise, Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi replied, 'episodic.' When asked the follow-up question of whether the new name meant that beginning of a regular flow of content, Lombardi replied, 'yes.'"

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  1. Half-Life 2 Episode 1 features a new... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...talkative weapon Jar-Jar the Crowbar. His friendly jabbering promises to make busting up crabheads and boxes more popular then ever.

    1. Re:Half-Life 2 Episode 1 features a new... by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...talkative weapon Jar-Jar the Crowbar. His friendly jabbering promises to make busting up crabheads and boxes more popular then ever.

      On the condition the wielder hasn't had a mental break-down first.

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  2. Re:Better choice I think by Sigma+7 · · Score: 3, Funny
    First Counterstrike, then Aftermath. I think it's unnecessary for Valve to give their games the same names as Red Alert expansion packs.


    The RA expansions are basically hard to find anyway, and thus the naming system should be okay. We'll be fine as long as Valve doesn't choose "Yuri's Revenge" as the next title... Which they will on April 1st.
  3. Hey wait a second..... by Premo_Maggot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought Half-Life 1 was episode 1??

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  4. Canonical Order Clarification by DanTheLewis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Half-Life is Episode IV: A New Gordon.

    Half-Life 2 is Episode V: The G-Man Strikes Back.

    Half-Life 3 is Episode VI: The Return of the Headcrab.

    Aftermath is Episode I. Counterstrike is off canon. Day of Defeat is like those Clone Wars cartoons.

    Don't blame me. Valve decided to do it out of order.

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  5. Man of few words... by LordNightwalker · · Score: 2, Funny

    When asked whether the name change is indicative of a change in direction for the Half-Life 2 franchise, Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi replied, 'episodic.' When asked the follow-up question of whether the new name meant that beginning of a regular flow of content, Lombardi replied, 'yes.'

    What is he, a vorlon?

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