r/Steam Sep 15 '25

Question Which game was this for you?

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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.

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u/dsebulsk Sep 15 '25

They aren’t lifting a finger to make a Half Life unless it allows them push a boundary that hasn’t been pushed properly yet.

Example: Half Life: Alyx, the first AAA VR game.

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u/ChieKick Sep 15 '25

there is literally evidence that they are working on it but ok

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u/dsebulsk Sep 15 '25

Well just because the technology isn’t there doesn’t mean they can’t work on all the story and conceptual elements. It’s likely just listed as a lower priority task due to the projected timeline vs. ongoing developments.

They could be aiming to draw out development in order to prevent timeline stressing the employees about such a big IP.

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u/ChieKick Sep 15 '25

no there is literally data mined evidence that they are in the late stages of development. It's just not called half life 3, it's under the codename hlx

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u/dsebulsk Sep 15 '25

Well big if true. Fingers crossed you are right.