We told you all about the superb news that is
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 last week.
With the series heading to PS3 and 360 for a simultaneous release alongside the PC version, and set to hit next gen consoles complete with the entire Half-Life 2 original game and Episode One, PLUS (if all that wasn't enough) not one, but two additional games, there is soon going to be no excuse for any self-respecting gamer to have
not played this all-time classic.
The two additional games coming bundled in with Episode Two are a cool new cartoony-looking Team Fortress 2 and a totally new title called Portal, which is being billed as 'an experimental puzzle FPS where your gun shoots portals, allowing for an entirely new way to interact with environments and enemies'.
"What the?" we first thought, when we heard about Portal.
The game promises to totally do away with traditional concepts of level design as you find and enter big old holes in time and space that transport you to different locations.
Check the just-released trailer here to get a better taster of what Portal is all about:
MPEG4 XviD (21.4MB)
Windows Media (18.4MB)
Expect to be hearing a lot more about Half-Life 2: Episode 2 over the coming months. SPOnG is hoping and praying for a late 2006 release, so as soon as Valve confirms this news (fingers crossed) we will be sure to let you know.