By Gerald Lynch
Half-Life 3 can wait, as far as I’m concerned. Half-Life 1, great. Half-Life 2 and its episodic content was even better. But that ship has sailed, and I can’t help but feel a pang of sympathy every time Valve’s Gabe Newell has to field questions about the long (non-?) gestating sequel – something he had to do again this week.
Whether gamers can stomach it or not, Valve has changed, and Newell has bigger fish to fry. VR, and Valve’s partnership with HTC and the Vive is now front and center. And forget Half-Life – there’s no better potential showcase for that renewed focus than Portal.
Turning the Valve
The Valve boss took to Reddit last night for an AMA session, parrying the usual requests for more Half-Life content. “The number 3 must not be said,” quipped “Gaben” before setting the citizens of City 17 into another frenzy by teasing the potential of a return to the Half-Life universe.
But, as an inside source speaking to Game Informer recently suggested, what would that Half-Life game even look like? Like the Star Wars sequels, surely not the mythical beast gamers have pre-fabricated in their heads over the past 12 years. With …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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