Just wanted to set a record for "two" homophones in one headline. Anyway,
Valve: Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Will Be Longer on Fringe Drinking (thanks
xXBatmanXx) has word from Valve's Doug Lombardi that Half-Life 2: Episode Two
will offer about eight hours of gameplay, compared with the approximately six
hours of gameplay in episode one, and offers details on planned
Steam features
that will enhance its community support. Doug also says that in spite of Episode
2's delayed release, their development cycle for episodic content is getting
shorter:
"Episode 1 took 18 months to complete and Episode 2 will end up
being about 13 to 14 months, so we’re trimming it down," he said. "I think we’ll
get closer to a year and be on a 12 month cycle. We’ll see how it goes after
this trilogy is done."