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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 [[Wikipedia:Vaporware|vaporware]]{{ref|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]]'''. | ||
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| | 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 {{source2|4}} engine at the time was unfinished{{ref|2}}. | ||
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== Announcements == | |||
It was ''hinted'' in a 2007 CVG interview that Episode 3 would have taken place in the arctic base{{ref|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{{ref|4}}. | |||
== External links == | |||
* {{cow|https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Future_of_the_Half-Life_series|Half-Life 2: Episode Three}} on '''Combine OverWiki''' | |||
* {{w|Half-Life 2: Episode Three}} on '''Wikipedia''' | |||
== References == | |||
#[https://www.wired.com/business/2011/01/vaporware-2010-the-great-white-duke/#slideid-72634 Vaporware 2010: The Great White Duke {{!}} WIRED] | |||
#[https://www.ign.com/articles/half-life-3-left-4-dead-3-details-cancelled-valve Details of multiple cancelled Valve projects revealed, including Half-Life 3 - IGN] | |||
#[https://web.archive.org/web/20080626152707/https://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=162955 PC Preview: Half-Life 2: Episode Two - ComputerAndVideoGames.com] (archived) | |||
#{{wayback|20191012165926/https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/marc-laidlaw/|Marc Laidlaw (Valve) - Interview - Arcade Attack}} (archived) | |||
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[[Category:Cancelled Games]] | [[Category:Cancelled Games]] | ||
[[Category:Valve Games]] | [[Category:Valve Games]] | ||
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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
- Vaporware 2010: The Great White Duke | WIRED
- Details of multiple cancelled Valve projects revealed, including Half-Life 3 - IGN
- PC Preview: Half-Life 2: Episode Two - ComputerAndVideoGames.com (archived)
Marc Laidlaw (Valve) - Interview - Arcade Attack (archived)
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