#Half life 1 icon series#

In early August of 2012, numerous rumors were released which speculated that Valve was working on a new gaming engine. Prior to large gaming events, such as the Electronic Entertainment Expo, speculations on the announcement of Half-Life 3 are often made surrounding Valve's presentation during the events, which are commonly later debunked by various gaming websites as it becomes clear the sequel won't appear during the event. The following day a second piece titled 'Half-Life 3 confirmed' was posted on the site Team Rebellion. The interview was reported on the next day by SK-Gaming in a piece titled 'Half-Life 3 confirmed'.

#Half life 1 icon series#

Following the release of Episode 2, in an exclusive interview with on December 12, 2007, Valve marketing director, Doug Lombardi stated that a third entry in the main Half-Life series would happen following the end of the Episodes. Instead, Episode Two was released over a year after Episode One, and Half-Life 2: Episode Three, which was supposed to follow 6 months after Episode 2, has been delayed indefinitely. Originally, Valve intended to release the episodes 6 months apart. This was followed by Half-Life 2: Episode One on June 1, 2006, and Half Life 2: Episode Two on October 10, 2007.

On November 16, 2004, Valve released Half-Life 2, the sequel to the original game. Valve's Half-Life franchise started on November 19th, 1998, and was as well the debut title of Valve Software.