Video Games
Gabe Newell Teases ‘Half-Life 3’… Again
At this point, it’s beyond a running gag that Half-Life 3 is coming. Whether it’s the meme, the “hints” by Valve, the fanmade sequels, the endless requests by fans, whatever. At this point, it’s probably even valid to say that Valve itself probably doesn’t even know if Half-Life 3 is in the cards. So, leave it up to Gabe Newell to jokingly tease the game yet again.
At the recent Valve Index party for the launch of Valve’s latest VR headset, Newell had this to say during his speech:
“In our history at Valve we have had a lot of significant milestones. Index is another one of those critical milestones for our company… it represents a significant breakthrough in the field.
Milestones aren’t really the end of anything. They’re really the beginning. So Half-Life led to Half-Life 2, Source led to Source 2, the experiments that we did with Team Fortress 2 were what enabled us to build Dota. Artifact is the reason we’re able to do Underlords.
So, maybe someday the number 2 will lead us to that shiny integer glowing on a mountain someplace… we’ll just have to see.”
Joking aside, it’s more than obvious that there are still fans out there looking for closure after the cliffhanger that was Half-Life 2: Episode 2, ten plus years after the fact. Will we see it? With Steam having competition from Epic Games and their exclusivity deals, and the fact that Valve has finally started to make games again, you never know.
Black Tabby Games has dropped a little update on the progress for Scarlet Hollow, announcing that writing work on their planned expansion to the game’s first five episodes has finished, with the team pivoting to the art. Testing for the update is set to begin in “about a couple of weeks,” though if you’re a Patreon member, you can get early access to it.
The update adds around 70,000 words of new and remastered content, with most of it expanding some of the shorter sections. The update also tweaks certain aspects of gameplay, as well as adding more dialogue (obviously) between characters, and even revamps one of the endings to the fifth episode.
The team also confirmed that writing for Episode 6 is well underway, though no release date has been announced.
Currently in Early Access on Steam, Scarlet Hollow is an immersive horror-mystery with sharp writing, impactful choices, and meticulously hand-drawn art. What was supposed to be a quiet getaway in the rural mountains of North Carolina to meet your long-lost cousin and comfort her through her mother’s funeral, has turned into a nightmare of cryptids and other supernatural horrors. You only have to survive a week. But can you get to the bottom of these mysteries haunting Scarlet Hollow before they claim your life?
If you’re keen on learning more about the game, check out Aaron’s review of the first five chapters.