GLaDOS Speaks is an IGN interview with Ellen McLain, who is asked about her voicework as the Overwatch in Half-Life 2, the announcer in Team Fortress 2 and GLaDOS in Portal.

There's a Q&A with Valve's Erik Wolpaw on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, asking the writer about his work at Double Fine and now Valve.

IGN has the latest Portal preview, offering impressions of the game launching next week as part of the Orange Box.

bit-tech.net has been updated with a Portal preview, going hands-on with the first person puzzler which will be included with The Orange Box.

If Action Trip's Gabe Newell interview wasn't good enough, there's also one with Valve's head honcho on Eurogamer. The interview covers Episode Two, Three, Team Fortress 2, DirectX 10, Steam use, and the current console systems.

Action Trip has been updated with a Gabe Newell Q&A which was conducted during this year's Games Convention. Topics include Steam, episodic content, the game industry and the Source Engine.

Opening The Valve: The Gabe Newell Interview is a Game Informer article asking the Valve co-founder about Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Steam and more.

Computer & Video Games has been updated with a preview of Half-Life 2: Episode Two. The article offers hands-on impressions.

There's a Valve game blowout at Team Xbox, as they have previewed Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and Portal. Also available is this Portal interview.

As noted on the Steam website, a Steam client update is now available. It offers a few miscellaneous fixes, including the ATI hardware promotion not being accepted on 64-bit versions of Windows.

New at GameSpot this evening is a Half-Life 2: The Orange Box preview. The article offers impressions of Episode Two as well as Team Fortress 2, and there are new screenshots from both.

Valve has announced that effective immediately, ATI Radeon owners can download a free copy of Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch through Steam. The software will automatically confirm the presence of ATI Radeon hardware and offer access to the two games.

In related news, Steam will be included with the ATI Catalyst driver and software suit until early 2008 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT owners will, upon release, receive Team Fortress 2, Portal, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two through Valve's content delivery application.

IGN has been updated with a Portal preview, offering their thoughts on Valve's first person puzzle game.

IGN is the latest site with a Half-Life 2: Episode Two preview, also taking a preview build of the game for a spin. If you missed our take on the game, check out Chris Remo's impressions here.

EuroGamer has a Half-Life 2: Episode Two preview posted, going hands-on with the next Half-Life chapter. There's also a related Episode Two interview on the site, plus there's an interview with Gabe Newell about Valve and the industry as well.

There's a Portal preview on Eurogamer this morning, offering more impressions of Valve's portal puzzle game which is part of the Half-Life 2 Episode Two package.

Also on Computer & Video Games is a Portal preview, checking out the first person puzzle game at Valve. In case you missed it, we recently got to check out the game as well.

Computer & Video Games has the latest PC Gamer UK preview of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, checking out the game at the Valve offices. New screenshots are included.

The latest Steam marketing message is up, noting a number of game deals and the availability of X-Com: Terror from the Deep for $2.45. There's also this on Half-Life 2 Episode Two:

Right now, we're working hard on putting the final parts of Episode Two together. Early on during development we spent a lot of time working on concept art of key areas of the game, so that everyone on the team could share a vision of what the final game would look like. The three pieces below are some examples of that work. Once the game is released you'll be able to see how these concept pieces were eventually turned into the final product.

There's a Half-Life 2: Episode Two Q&A on GameSpot this evening, asking Valve's Erik Johnson about the next Half-Life 2 installment. Two new screenshots are included.