However, Chet Faliszek was wondering around and the guys over at halflife2.net managed to grab an interview:
Glenn: Do you ever grow tired of the trolls?
Chet: I mean no, a lot of the times they're not able to play the game and you get a different reaction. I remember when we released the update for the melee fatigue, people were outraged! 'It won't work, we can't play it', oh the angry emails. I was like 'hey are you online, my name's Chet, lets play'. And I start playing with them and they'd say "oh yeah it's barely noticeable". It's good to stay in touch with the community, I mean last year we had a major issue with connections from Norway. Looking in everything looked fine, but coming out there were some server problems. So that kind of relationship with customers really helps us to improve our service.
Check out the full interview with gameplay videos.