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The Weaponizer was a planned weapon that was developed for the cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode Three.
Overview[edit]
Based on various leaks of Episode Three code, the Weaponizer is known to be a device utilizing concrete, liquid, and metal in some unknown fashion.[1] The weapon's model would publicly surface in the 2026 Steam2 server content dump, revealing details that hint towards its function. Examination of its animations, which are very basic, show two firing states: a looping attack sequence and a "kick" attack sequence in which the weapon recoils. Its animations also suggest the ability to absorb and discharge something, possibly the aforementioned concrete, liquid, and metal materials. Attachment points on the model indicate that tubes would be inserted into the empty left and right mounts.
The Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary presents footage from Episode Three which shows a brief glimpse of an unidentified weapon using the Weaponizer's model.[2] As indicated by its ammunition icon, the weapon is shown to consume depleted uranium-235 which was also used by the Tau Cannon and Gluon Gun in the original Half-Life. In the very brief time it is shown on-screen, the weapon is never fired, leaving its abilities unknown. Although the model choice seen in the video suggests this unidentified weapon could be the Weaponizer itself, this is not definite as it is known the Weaponizer's model was used at the time as a placeholder for some of the in-development weapons. Since the footage demonstrates it alongside the Ice Gun, evidence from previous Episode Three leaks suggests the weapon could also be the previously indicated Tau Cannon or Gluon Gun[3][4] or the Flamethrower or Teleport Gun referenced in these same files.[1][4]
The Weaponizer's model is also seen in Portal 2 development footage as the placeholder model used in that game for the Paint Gun.[5]
Gallery[edit]
Viewmodel of the Weaponizer.
Unidentified weapon from the documentary using the Weaponizer model.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Dota 2 Client Leaked – Including Actual HL2: Episode Three Code on LambdaGeneration
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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary on YouTube
- ↑ Episode 3 and SOB FGDs leaked! on ValveLeakware (February 18, 2013) (archived)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ep3.fgd on Valve Archive
- ↑ Portal Problems - Lecture 11 - CS50's Introduction to Game Development 2018 on YouTube
