So why not do a sequel now? The risk of disappointment and the difficulty of deciding on a direction are both factors, the source says.
The closest they’ve come is after Half-Life 2, they said there would be three episodes.” More important, the unnamed insider says, Half-Life 3 was never a thing that existed at Valve. I think there is a universe where a standalone thing could come together to fill in that hole, but that’s tough.” There’s no universe where that will happen. In the interview an unnamed Valve insider says of the Half-Life series, “I don’t think there will be any more,” and then goes on to say, “The idea of delivering a third episode of Half-Life 2, that’s dead. After being unable to do so, he shelved the interview until now, when it was published with a warning to take everything within with a grain of salt. The interview was actually conducted in 2015, but Game Informer‘s Andrew Reiner has spent quite a bit of time since trying to confirm the information he was given with another source.
Valve may have the same attitude toward Half-Life 3 at this point, if a new interview posted on Game Informer is any indication. If you’re a regular listener to our Escapist live podcast (shameless plug – every Friday afternoon on our Twitch channel), you know that we’ve discussed it a couple of times of late and come to the conclusion that Valve probably won’t release it, because the game can never live up to expectations at this point. It shows up on lists of most wanted games with regularity, and it’s mentioned every time what Valve might be working on comes up.
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If there’s one game that PC gamers everywhere still dream about playing, it Half-Life 3.
According to an alleged Valve insider, the true unicorn of PC games – Half-Life 3 – may never see the light of day.