Unannounced Half-Life project
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In 2011, an unannounced Half-Life project was discovered by fans. Aside from having been cancelled, little is known about this title or what it was intended to be.
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Overview
In June 2010, Electronic Arts Montreal artist Randy Humphries posted galleries of concept art for several cancelled games on his now-deleted Coroflot profile including six pieces of artwork for what appears to be a cancelled Half-Life project.[1] They are simply labeled "half life concept - canceled project" with no further context or explanation. These were discovered and publicized by a user on the NeoGAF forums on March 21, 2011.[2] They portray a Combine-occupied city very similar to the setting in Half-Life 2, specifically depicting a canal, railway tracks along a canal with a Force Field in the distance, an apartment building interior, a location designated as "Haven", and two unknown characters, one of which is a Metrocop-like unit with an armband bearing the text "C17" and wielding a weapon similar to a Stun Baton. Outside of this concept art, no other information regarding this project has been revealed.
When Half-Life series writer Marc Laidlaw was asked about it, he stated that he had never heard of this project, in contrast to other external Half-Life-related endeavors like Junction Point's Half-Life 2 Episode and Arkane's Ravenholm in which he was informed of right away, and the Valve team had meetings regarding how to proceed with them.[3]
Gallery
Canal.
Railway.
Apartment.
"Haven".
Metrocop-like unit.
Unknown character.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Randy Humphries's profile on Coroflot (archived)
- ↑ Concept art from a cancelled Half-Life project on NeoGAF (March 21, 2011)
- ↑ Correspondence with Marc Laidlaw on the unannounced Half-Life project (November 20, 2016)
