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Half-Life 2: Episode Three is a cancelled Half-Life 2 Episode that was intended to wrap up the Episodic Trilogy. Announced in May 2006 with a supposed release of 2007-08, it was one of the most anticipated video games of all time, but ended up becoming an infamous case of vaporware^[1]. Any chance of the game being released was diminished with the release of Half-Life: Alyx in 2020, which retconned the ending of Episode Two.

Similarly, Half-Life 3 was in development at some point in 2013-2014, which was planned to use procedurally generated levels, but it's was also cancelled early in development as the Source 2 engine at the time was unfinished^[2].

Announcements

It was hinted in a 2007 CVG interview that Episode 3 would have taken place in the arctic base^[3]. It was also been stated by Valve that this would have ended the Half-Life 2 story arc, but not the Half-Life series^[4].

External links

• Half-Life 2: Episode Three on Combine OverWiki
•  Half-Life 2: Episode Three on Wikipedia

References

1. Vaporware 2010: The Great White Duke | WIRED
2. Details of multiple cancelled Valve projects revealed, including Half-Life 3 - IGN
3. PC Preview: Half-Life 2: Episode Two - ComputerAndVideoGames.com (archived)
4. Marc Laidlaw (Valve) - Interview - Arcade Attack (archived)