
Another reason was to give them more creative freedom, and avoid being committed to anything seen in the potential trailer, stating they are trying to do "something pretty ambitious". In a November interview, David Speyrer explains that an Episode Three teaser at the end of Episode Two was deliberately omitted to avoid ruining the mood the player would have been in after the final scene by having it followed by a high action trailer.At the end of the game, Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance are about to leave to Arctic locations, in search of Judith Mossman and the newly recovered Borealis, the Aperture Science icebreaker, suggesting this is what the sequel to Episode Two will be about.
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Furthermore, Speyrer does not want to comment on speculation started by PC Gamer UK on the game's climax being a battle set at an Arctic research station.
#STATE OF DECAY 3 LEAKS FULL#
Prior to Alyx's announcement, leaks suggest that Valve abandoned the episodic model and was working on a full sequel entitled Half-Life 3, but Valve employees consistently refused to comment on the status or nature of the next Half-Life game, much to the displeasure of their fanbase. According to lead programmer David Speyrer, in an interview with the video game magazine The Verge released the same day, Half-Life: Alyx is "the next part of the Half-Life story," and says that they recommend playing through Half-Life 2: Episode Two beforehand. On November 21 the first trailer for the game was released and the game became available for pre-purchase.



On November 18, 2019, 12 years after the release of Half-Life 2: Episode Two and the day before the 21st anniversary of the release of the original Half-Life, Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx, a virtual reality video game set in the Half-Life universe, where you play as Alyx Vance in the aftermath of the Combine invasion on earth, before the events of Half-Life 2. Since then, Valve has released ten other games. However, as of November 2022, three pieces of concept art are all Valve have shown of the sequel. Half-Life 2: Episode Three, the third and final installment of the Half-Life 2 episodes, was expected to follow soon after Episode Two, as Valve had stated that they aimed to release a new episode every six to eight months. Read at your own risk!įan-made Half-Life 3 logo, based on the official shirt as seen below.įor over a decade after the release Half-Life 2: Episode Two in October 2007, there was very little news from Valve on the next Half-Life game.
