Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Half-Life 2: Episode Two
DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
Writers
ComposerKelly Bailey
SeriesHalf-Life
EngineSource
Platforms
Release
October 10, 2007
  • 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
GenreFirst-person shooter
ModeSingle-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). The player controls Gordon Freeman, who travels through the mountains surrounding City 17 to a resistance base with his ally Alyx Vance. Like previous Half-Life games, Episode Two combines shooting, puzzle-solving and narrative elements, and adds expansive environments and less linear sequences.

Episode Two was released on October 10, 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.

Valve canceled Half-Life 2: Episode Three when they abandoned episodic development and began developing a new game engine. In 2020, after canceling several further Half-Life projects, Valve released Half-Life: Alyx.