Valve Reevaluates Episodic Gaming

Dr. Eggman writes "CVG has a recent article on Valve's future plans for episodic gaming. After the third episode of Half-Life 2 is out, Valve plans to sit down with the community and figure out what is working and what's not. Gabe Newell also wants to spend time with Telltale Games and Blizzard, both developers of episodic and episodic-like game content. It it worth it to try to release content on an episodic basis? 'We just want to sit down with three examples in front of us and talk it over with gamers to find out what they would like us to do next.'"

I've heard this one before.

[DarrenBaker]

Valve plans to sit down with the community and figure out what is working and what's not.

Are... Are you breaking up with me?

I love episodic gaming

[Baldrake]

I love episodic gaming, and am very much looking forward to Bioware's release of Witch's Wake episode 2 [bioware.com].

It's perhaps instructive to think about some of the things that happened in the world since episode 1 was released in Dec. 2004:

• W. Mark Felt was confirmed to be Watergate's "Deep Throat"
• Michael Jackson was found not guilty of child molestation charges
• Lance Armstrong retired after winning his seventh Tour de France
• The Xbox 360, PS 3 and Wii were released

And for those Bioware boys in Edmonton:

• The NHL cancelled its 2004/05 season.

But there's nothing like a bit of a wait to build anticipation.