Not long after the blog post went up, a team of Half-Life fans and developers banded together to create an unofficial Half-Life game based on Laidlaw's story, called Project Borealis. The following is a corrected version with the names and pronouns altered to that of the Half-Life 2 characters.
#HALF LIFE 2 EPISODE 3 PROJECT BOREALIS SERIES#
Laidlaw took to Twitter to ensure that fans didn't get too excited, calling the post "fanfic" and " a genderswapped snapshot of a dream I had many years ago." And in classic Valve fashion, he refused to confirm or deny the actual relevance of the post to the official Half-Life canon or the (likely nonexistent) future of the game. On August 25th 2017 at 2:05 AM, former Half-Life series writer Marc Laidlaw posted 'Epistle 3', a brief summary of what is assumed to be the plot for the cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode 3 in the form of a letter from the lead character, with most of the names and places changed. What's more, references in the post to an "arctic" setting seemed to connect this story to the previously leaked concept art, which depicted the game's main characters wearing clothing fit for snowy weather.
Marc Laidlaw, who had left Valve the year before, published a mysterious blog post titled "Epistle 3" in the early hours of August 25, and despite some altered character names and other proper nouns ( "Gertrude Fremont," instead of Gordon Freeman, "Alex Vaunt" instead of Alyx Vance, "Elly Vaunt" instead of Eli Vance, etc.) fans immediately identified the post as being tied to the game. So for those who haven't kept up with the series over the last 12 years, here's a brief timeline of the Half-Life saga: a tale of broken promises, disappointed fans, and undying hope: While this substantial delay would normally be enough to convince any fan base that the project had been abandoned long ago, there have been just enough cryptic updates, leaks, and rumors out of Valve, the game platform that created the franchise, to keep the Half-Life diehards on their toes, and many gamers are still holding out for the lost-but-not-forgotten conclusion to the beloved series.Īnd while this long, tragic story isn't likely to have a happy ending, it's a fascinating look at just how far fans of a beloved franchise will go to keep their hope alive, and how it even resulted in the creation of an internet meme that still continues to crop up on social media and forums. As many gamers will recall, the final installment of the "Half-Life" episodic trilogy (formally known as "Half-Life 2: Episode 3,") was first announced back in 2006, to the delight of a dedicated cult following of the series, but the game has yet to be released 12 years later, and the company behind the series has no official plans to manifest the game any time soon.
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