The 'used future' aesthetic is all too common these days, but the artwork's combination of Peter Pan's 'Lost Boys' and Superman's Kryptonian ancestry if nothing if not unique.Īny announcement of Half-Life 3 or Episode 3 evidence is immediately met with doubt and accusations of forgery, but those behind the website have defended the artwork's veracity via the Steam forums: Still, the new costume and character designs are a promising sign that the development team is trying to make the most of their fiction. Unfortunately the artwork doesn't contain any logo treatment matching the previously captured Half-Life 3 t-shirt sported by a Valve employee, so that rumor remains unconfirmed. The artwork was created in 2008, so there is a chance that Valve may have commissioned the artwork for a different project, or has since changed their direction.Įither way, seeing the new costumes, locations and plot events hinted at is too good for fans to miss: If the concept artwork received by fan site ValveTime from an anonymous source is accurate, it seem an arctic sojourn may be in the cards sooner than some may have thought. Especially since the developer doesn't shy away from blending one franchise into another. Considering how much success and praise Valve earned with the release of Portal 2, a crossover has never seemed more appropriate. With Episode 2 ending in somewhat of a cliffhanger, fans may have had questions about whether or not Alyx and Gordon would kick off the next edition of Half-Life ( Episode 3 or simply 3) by tracking down the Borealis, the Aperture Science-owned cargo ship. With close to five years since the last episodic release, some have already begun to expect that Alyx Vance and Gordon Freeman will next be seen in Half-Life 3, not another episode.Ī new batch of concept art that has appeared online may not explain exactly what Valve is thinking in terms of release, but does give an idea of what to expect from the next chapter. There are very few game properties in a greater state of limbo than the next game from Valve in the Half-Life saga, presumably Half-Life 2: Episode 3.