So what's up next for Gordon Freeman? A rabid Half-Life 2 fan over at the Steam forums was kind enough to give us a summary from the preview of Episode Two in the latest issue of PC Gamer. We'd recommend you go buy it, but print's dead.

So what's happening in Episode Two? We're due to learn more about the Vortigaunts and the mysterious G-Man. About time. The Gravity Gun is due to get an upgrade... hopefully to rip enemies inside out by their sphincters.

The biggest news is the insinuation that a "new, yet-to-be-announced multiplayer game will ship with Episode Two." The author of the post hopes it's TF2 set during the 7 Hour War, but the "new, yet-to-be-announced" part seems to contradict this. Still, if anything could make people care about Team Fortress again, it would be that.

The worst news is that it looks like the release on Episode Two has been pushed back to Spring, 2007. A year between chapters? That's just not going to work as a model. Florian Eckhardt

PC Gamer World-Exclusive Episode 2 Article [Steam Powered]

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