Both the rumors and the confirmation on the new engine lead to various websites speculating it to be the reason Half-Life 3 was delayed numerous times, such as VG 24/7, Joystiq, Eurogamer, Trusted Reviews and Now Gamer. This was later confirmed during a visit of 4chan's /v/ (videogames) board at Valve in celebration of Gabe Newell's 50th birthday (shown below) in early November of the same year. In early August of 2012, numerous rumors were released which speculated that Valve was working on a new gaming engine. Prior to large gaming events, such as the Electronic Entertainment Expo, speculations on the announcement of Half-Life 3 are often made surrounding Valve's presentation during the events, which are commonly later debunked by various gaming websites as it becomes clear the sequel won't appear during the event. The following day a second piece titled "Half-Life 3 confirmed" was posted on the site Team Rebellion. The interview was reported on the next day by SK-Gaming in a piece titled "Half-Life 3 confirmed".
HALF LIFE 2 EPISODE 3 LEAK SERIES
Following the release of Episode 2, in an exclusive interview with on December 12, 2007, Valve marketing director, Doug Lombardi stated that a third entry in the main Half-Life series would happen following the end of the Episodes. Instead, Episode Two was released over a year after Episode One, and Half-Life 2: Episode Three, which was supposed to follow 6 months after Episode 2, has been delayed indefinitely. Originally, Valve intended to release the episodes 6 months apart. This was followed by Half-Life 2: Episode One on June 1, 2006, and Half Life 2: Episode Two on October 10, 2007. On November 16, 2004, Valve released Half-Life 2, the sequel to the original game. Just keep hanging.Valve's Half-Life franchise started on November 19th, 1998, and was as well the debut title of Valve Software. The company is still being tight-lipped, but at least we know that Freeman will return, as if we didn’t already. Lombardi didn’t necessarily say that Episode 3 is coming, so Valve could be planning to skip it for an entire new release considering the amount of time that has passed. Since then, almost 4 years later, there hasn’t been any more Half-Life news. Half-Life 2: Episode 1 expanded on the sequel’s story in 2006, while Episode 2 did the same in 2007.
HALF LIFE 2 EPISODE 3 LEAK CODE
Half-Life 2 hit stores in 2004, after a delay in 2003 due to a source code leak. Half-Life is a first-person shooter series that sprang Valve to massive popularity back in 1998, praised for its use of scripted sequences rather than movie-like cutscenes, and for silent, goateed main character Gordon Freeman that regularly beat up headcrabs with a crowbar.
I have nothing other than that to tell you today, but hang in there with us.” We are not done with Gordon Freeman’s adventures. Talking to AusGamers, Lombardi said: “You will ever see, yes. In a recent interview, Valve marketing and PR chief Doug Lombardi confirmed that the game is certainly on the way. Valve can’t take a step without fans calling out questions about when Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is going to come out, or be announced, or even if Valve is thinking about it. Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is coming, so just chill.