Bad news, Half Life 2: Episode 3 cancelled.

[Hampus Andersson]

But the good news is that they have been working on Half Life 3 for 4 years straight so hopefully it´s not far off now.
It´s not really news news either, article i read it from was published in June.

To me HL-series is the best single player first person games on the planet and i can´t wait to finally get it on again and see what Freeman is up to once more

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Some concept art leaked from Episode 3, looked like one hell of a game.

 

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Bad news indeed. But I guess no single human on this planet really expected Episode 3 to be finished anymore?!?

 

[Jax Humanhater]

I haven't even played the series, but, this is no doubt grave news.

 

[Leon Charmant]

lol. As an avid follower of any news about Valve I have to tell you that there's been no direct confirmation whatsoever about anything Half-Life related. It's nor been confirmed that Ep3 has been cancelled, nor is it known that it became 'Half-Life 3'. About a year or so after the Ep2 release it became apparant that Valve obviously needed more time making Ep3 (the planning was to release it a month after Ep2). Because it was taking so long the community simply assumed that the title will be known as Half-Life 3 instead, and that's what the article you're talking about is doing as well. Everything said in the article is purely speculation so absolutely nothing should be taken for granted, unfortunately.

The only sort-of-but-not-quite direct information about the next installment that we have is that ''Ricochet 2'', believed to be a codename for ''Half-Life 3'' has entered development stage and is almost certain to run on the Source 2 engine (which has officially been confirmed by Gabe Newell). [source]

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Yea did some more reading now, at first i read a swedish news article and he basically said "it´s cancelled"
Was on Game Reactor, pretty well known magazine in Sweden.

But did some reading and apparently some guy had first claimed it on the Steam forums.

A user going by the handle of ryuuk made a post on the Steam forums – screengrabbed by Half-life fan site Lambda Generation – claiming to have had access to former Valve programmer Mike Dussault’s resumé through his work place. Dussault left Valve last year after a decade’s service.
“According to [Dussault's] resume, Episode Three was put on hold when Valve decided to move away from the episodic model in late 2007, right after Episode Two’s release,” ryuuk claimed.
“He was a techinal advisor on a cancelled Half-Life title, made outside of the company. Dussault’s work on Half-Life 3′s world programming, and the scripting system (between 2008 and 2010) is also mentioned in the resume.”
The post was almost immediately deleted, and ryuuk was slapped with a perma-ban, an action which has only heightened belief among conspiracy-theory lovers, as moderators usually let such threads stand. If the leak is genuine, ryuuk may well face consequences for breach of privacy and confidentiality if identified.
Rumours of an externally-developed Half-life episode surfaced last month, when it was claimed information harvested from the Deus Ex website hack included a CV outing Arkane Studios’ involvement. Concept art has been linked to this alleged project, which is believed to have been either Episode Three or Four.
Valve has repeatedly confirmed it is still actively working on the Half-Life series, but has gone quiet on the subject of what form the next instalment will take – and when it will surface.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Getting the itch again....might have to play HL2 for a 7th time now...

 

[Omer Said]

Episode 3 or Half-Life 3 doesn't matter. So no need to be sad imo. Maybe even better as we might be able to play Episode 3's story with a new version of the Source engine

 

[Hampus Andersson]

HL2 done, HL2:E1 now mid-way through i think

Edit: Mid-way HL2:E2 now.. time flies.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

wow check this out, it´s from Episode 4... yes 4. Return to Ravenholm.
This was cancelled though.

A short round-up highlighting all of the current content and media leaked regarding the long-cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode Four project, which was to be developed by Arkane Studios and was dubbed "Return to Ravenholm". This video includes four brand new images which were only recently uncovered by investigators working for ValveTime.net.

The images are shown alongside a variety of animations which were discovered several years ago after an Arkane Studio employee posted them in a video portfolio of work.

To read more about Episode Four and this new media leak, head on over to ValveTime.net at the following link.

http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-images-of-half-life-2-episode-4-return-to-ravenholm.243033/