


The PlayStation version was produced by Electronic Arts. Like previous Half-Life games, Episode Two combines shooting, puzzle-solving, and narrative, but adds expansive environments and less linear sequences.Įpisode Two was released for Windows on Valve's distribution service Steam, and at retail as a part of a compilation of Valve games, The Orange Box, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Players control Gordon Freeman, who travels through the mountains surrounding City 17 to a resistance base with his ally Alyx Vance. Following Episode One (2006), it was the second in a planned trilogy of shorter episodic games that continue the story of Half-Life 2 (2004). Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve.
