Half-Life 2: Episode Two Slips to Q1 2007

Eurogamer has a new interview with Doug Lombardi, Valve Software's PR frontman, conducted at the Game Conference in Leipzig, Germany. In it, Mr. Lombardi confirms that the episode's release date is now Q1 of 2007.

"Eurogamer: Episode Two is out in Q1 next year now, right?

Doug Lombardi: Yes that's right."

A question on the price point:

"Eurogamer: Episode One came out at $19.95. Presumably you'll be maintaining the price structure for Episode Two?

Doug Lombardi: Actually we're working on the price for all three platforms. On all three platforms there'll be on SKU [stock keeping unit] available that's Half-Life 2, Episode One, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Episode Two. And that will probably end up being around standard full price as a console title and a PC title. And then on the PC there will be a pack that's just Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2, and we're still working out the pricing for that but it'll probably be somewhere in between Episode One [pricing] and full price."

Check out the full interview on Eurogamer which also discusses the next-gen releases, the long wait for word on TF2, what's going on with Portal and more.