Half-Life goes "episodic"
Looky here! Half-Life is going to become a 'series':
Valve Software has revealed to GameSpot that Aftermath, the upcoming expansion pack to the award-winning 2004 shooter Half-Life 2, has been renamed "Half-Life 2: Episode One." 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."
(Verbose, isn't he?)
So - games as a regular flow of content. We can see where this is going, can't we? Wahay!
They tried it with the four Chronicles spin-offs of Heroes III and it did not work. Would it work now? I remain skeptical.
Posted by: Leo Petr | February 12, 2006 at 23:53
It'll work because it's online, i.e. instant impulse buy territory. Plus HL2 is a much, much more popular game.
Posted by: Pixel Kill | February 13, 2006 at 14:04