

For instance, Keighley managed to shed the light on the reasons behind the cancellation of Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3. This particular release is a making-of Valve’s latest game, but there are also tons of insights and intriguing details regarding other projects. Over on Steam, industry insider Geoff Keighley has released an exciting interactive experience called Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours. Related: Half-Life's Best Enemy Made Better By Black Mesa It turns out that Half-Life 3 has also been canceled at least once, according to new official information. While Half-Life: Alyx isn't a sequel, it does draw some inspiration from Marc Laidlaw’s “Epistle 3” plot, which is strongly believed to be the original plot of the canceled Half-Life 2: Episode 3. However, the VR game has resurrected the rumors, once again giving fans new hopes that Valve is ready to return to its most iconic franchise. Instead, Valve has waited for years to release something as revolutionary as Half-Life 2 once was: Half-Life: Alyx.

Half-Life 3's existence has been long-rumored, speculated on, and even leaked since the cliffhanger ending of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, but none of the claims have ever led to an official announcement or confirmation of its cancellation. It appears that fans’ jokes about the company abandoning game development in favor of resting on Steam’s laurels have been true all along, but the success of Half-Life: Alyx might change that. Over the years, Valve canceled almost a dozen various promising video games, including long-awaited sequels Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3.
