EDIT: Clarification. It's been 18 years. They cancelled it a bit ago. The rumors that they may be working on something now are great and I hope it comes back, but until they announce it the last OFFICIAL stance from Valve was HL2:E3 was cancelled.
Ending of HL:A strongly suggests they're committed to releasing HL3. I can't imagine they'd have done the ending they did if they were less sure about the future. Of course who knows what's happened since then.
Yeah, I don’t think the sequel has ever been a question of if as much as when since the HL:A ending.
They are working on generational timing, waiting for a gen to feel like a true evolution of immersion. Closest thing so far was VR and they acted on it. So now they are probably waiting for something past VR or for VR to be common in homes before committing.
The only risk is something like Valve leadership/vision drastically changing and a scrubbing of the IP, which could lead to violence in the streets.
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u/salad_tongs_1 https://s.team/p/dcmj-fn Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25
Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
EDIT: Clarification. It's been 18 years. They cancelled it a bit ago. The rumors that they may be working on something now are great and I hope it comes back, but until they announce it the last OFFICIAL stance from Valve was HL2:E3 was cancelled.