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{{Infobox game
|title = '''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'''
|image = Software Cover - Half-Life 2 Episode 2.jpg
|developer = [[Valve Corporation]]
|publisher = [[WP:Electronic Arts|Electronic Arts]] (retail)<br> Valve Corporation ([[Steam]])
|series = [[Half-Life series]]
|releasedates = October 10, 2007
|genre = [[WP:First-person shooter|First-person shooter]]
|mode = [[WP:Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platform = [[WP:Windows|Windows]], [[WP:macOS|macOS]], [[WP:Linux|Linux]], [[WP:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]], [[WP:Playstation 3|Playstation 3]], [[WP:Nvidia Shield|Shield]]
|engine = {{src|4}} ({{src13sp|1|nt=1}})
|appid = 420
|codelang = [[WP:C++|C++]]
|modsupport = Yes ({{code|custom}} folder and {{code|sourcemods}})
|sdk = [[Source SDK]]
|sysreq = <span></span>
* [[WP:Windows 7|Win 7]] or later
* 1.7 GHz and/or Dual-core
* 1 [[WP:Gigabyte|GB]] [[WP:Random-access memory|RAM]]
* 6.5 GB disk space
* DirectX 9.0 compatible (with DX8 level card)
''Latest version only. For details, [[#System Requirements|see below]]''
|distribution = Retail, [[Steam]]
|links = {{steam store|app/420}}<br>{{steamicon}}[https://store.steampowered.com/mods/420/ Community Mods for EP2] on Steam<br>{{Moddb|games/half-life-2-episode-two}}
|previousgame = {{hl2ep1|2}}
|nextgame = {{hla|2}}
}}
<span style="color:white; font-weight:bold">Half-Life 2: Episode Two</span> is the second part of a trilogy of new games developed by [[Valve]] that expands the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life adventure with unique weapons, vehicles and newly created creatures.
 
As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen leaving [[City 17]] with [[Alyx Vance]] when the Citadel exploded in a storm of unknown proportions. In Episode Two, you must hit and race the forces of the [[Combine]], traversing the [[White Forest]] to only now a crucial packet of information stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of constant motion.
 
== Content ==
* {{ep2|1}} (<code>ep2</code>)
* {{ep1|1}} (<code>episodic</code>)
* {{hl2|1}} maps (<code>hl2</code>)
* Source shared (<code>hl2</code>)
* {{src13sp|1}} engine branch
 
== Chapters ==
{{Chapters|game=ep2}}
 
== Limitations/Bugs ==
*For the list of {{hl2ep2|name}} bugs, see this [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Half-Life+2%3A+Episode+Two%22 GitHub] page.
 
== System Requirements<span id="Sysreq"><!--Used by Sysreq template, clicking on "See system requirements" will send you to this section.--></span> ==
<!-- May include unofficial info alongside official one, just to make sure the game still perform well on any hardware. Most official system requirements, like CS:GO, might be out of date. -->
<!-- Original system requirement: https://web.archive.org/web/20061115201316/http://storefront.steampowered.com/v2/index.php?area=game&AppId=340 -->
<p style="color:white; font-weight:bold">Windows:</p>
*OS: Windows [[WP:Windows 7|7]] or later<!-- despite steam requires win10, the game is drm-free so its still works with win7. Steam Deck update broke XP support however. -->
*CPU: 1.7 GHz and/or Dual-core
*RAM: 1 [[WP:Gigabyte|GB]]
*Disk space: 6.5 GB (15GB+ recommended)
*Direct3D 9.0 compatible [[WP:Video card|video card]] (with atleast DirectX 8 compatibility level or higher)
{{Note|The latest version (since Steam Deck update) is no longer compatible with [[WP:Windows XP|Windows XP]] and [[WP:Windows Vista|Vista]]{{confirm}}. Windows 2000 support has been dropped.<br>User using Windows XP/Vista can downgrade to previous version of the game by using the {{code|previous}} beta branch. But please note that this older branch does not include all the bug fixes that were introduced with Steam Deck update.}}
 
<p style="color:white; font-weight:bold">macOS/OS X:</p>
*OS: [[WP:OS X|OS X]] 10.5.8, 10.6.3 (up to 10.14.6)
*CPU: 2.0 GHz and/or Dual-core
*RAM: 1 GB
*Storage: 6.5 GB (15GB+ recommended)
*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx series, ATI Radeon X1600, Intel HD Graphics 3000<br>OpenGL 2.1 compatible
*Audio: OpenAL compatible
*Other: HDR is required to be enabled (see above)
{{Note|Mac version are no longer supported after macOS Catalina (10.15), due to this game only have 32-bit binaries. <!-- Valve later removed macOS binaries in June 12, 2024. --><br>
User can manually build Intel 64-bit/Apple Silicon version of HL2 by [https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/Half-Life_2#Native following this guide]<!-- not sure if this is legal for it to be mention here as the guide rely on using the modified leaked source engine source code -->.}}<!-- the game does not have Mac system requirements on store page, so using the HL2 one instead. -->
 
<p style="color:white; font-weight:bold">Linux:</p>
*OS: Ubuntu 12.04, SteamOS 1.0 or later<br>Other Linux distros supported.
*CPU: 2.0 GHz and/or Dual-core
*RAM: 1 GB
*Storage: 6.5 GB (15GB+ recommended)
*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx series, ATI Radeon X1600, Intel HD Graphics 3000<br>OpenGL 2.1 compatible
*Audio: OpenAL compatible
*Other: HDR is required to be enabled (see above)
{{Note|The system requirements for {{hl2ep1|4}} on Linux are unofficial, based off Windows/Mac info, as well as other Source games that support Linux, such as Portal 2.}}
<!-- Same as Mac, doesn't have system requirements on store page. -->
 
== See also ==
* [[:Category:Half-Life 2: Episode Two Entities]]
* [[Half-Life 2: Episode Two Particle Effect List]]
* [[List of EP2 Soundscapes]]
 
== External links ==
* {{cow|Half-Life 2: Episode Two}} on '''Combine OverWiki'''
* {{w|Half-Life 2: Episode Two}} on '''Wikipedia'''

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