Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a new trilogy of episodes that are scheduled to be released over the course of the next year. Rather than have us wait years and years for the outcome of that cliff-hanger, Valve has taken the series into episodic territory to get us answers more quickly. But fans were really caught off guard by the ending of 2004's Half-Life 2, as Gordon and ally Alyx Vance were caught in a massive explosion. 1998's Half-Life ended on an intriguing note, with series hero Gordon Freeman basically being 'recruited' by the mysterious G-Man to work for him as a dimension-hopping commando. Few companies tease its customers as well as Valve.
