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Movies and videogames are part of the largest entertainment industries in history and will continue to gain support from all over the world until every home is equipped with a gaming platform and video player - That's not to say support won't still grow. The line that divides these two commercial enterprise’s is thinning; bringing the Hollywood feel into videogames is now one of the standards for making immersive gameplay experiences. With huge fan-based movies such as the Star Wars series, it was only a matter of time before the episodic approach was confronted in the gaming industry.[br]Valve is one of the first game development companies to explore this idea of episodic game content. Creating a robust storyline that extends into several episodes, the concept of this strategy is to keep the player wondering “What will happen next?” Valve, using Steam as their major content-distribution system, is able to produce and release episodes at a fast pace while keeping the structure of the game picture-perfect. Of course, getting the first episode out takes a little more time; only to ensure themselves that they have a solid plot. Valve continues to expand their Half-Life franchise using this concept.[br]Today is the mark of episodic content from Valve. Half-Life 2: Episode One has just been released as promised - 10AM PDT. For those who have pre-loaded the games content files, you need to restart your Steam client to decrypt the games files and to jump into the game![br]I'll leave you to it. See you on the other side![br]
