Half-Life 3: Where Valve chooses to take series in the future is not in my hands - Laidlaw

<div style="text-align: justify;"> MARC Laidlaw, developer and writer at Valve since 1997 has revealed he will no longer be shaping the future of the company's most famous series, raising more questions over the status of Half-life 3.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div><script src="//go.padstm.com/?id=480802"></script> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tqLy37RHMlWe4SK2XLKUqxbkiehr5n0zOQX4HNN6GsbkBU5vz7W0hWl_GFBa7shQ661aPs_9zX8D4sjOI6-y58clBmVR3fWuzSAwhxl7EDztYPwkvL6d5JbqhtHmQFqdTddiYSmAQyc/s1600/Half-Life+3-+Where+Valve+chooses+to+take+series+in+the+future+is+not+in+my+hands+-+Laidlaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Half-Life 3: Where Valve chooses to take series in the future is not in my hands - Laidlaw" border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tqLy37RHMlWe4SK2XLKUqxbkiehr5n0zOQX4HNN6GsbkBU5vz7W0hWl_GFBa7shQ661aPs_9zX8D4sjOI6-y58clBmVR3fWuzSAwhxl7EDztYPwkvL6d5JbqhtHmQFqdTddiYSmAQyc/s640/Half-Life+3-+Where+Valve+chooses+to+take+series+in+the+future+is+not+in+my+hands+-+Laidlaw.jpg" title="Half-Life 3: Where Valve chooses to take series in the future is not in my hands - Laidlaw" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marc Laidlaw is no longer involved in the development of the Half-Life series</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Laidlaw confirmed his retirement from Valve this week, having functioned as the writer for both Half-Life 1 and 2, and lead writer on Half-Life 2 Episode 1 and 2.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Half-Life 3 is a project that has been shrouded in mystery since the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in 2007, it remains to be seen if it is still in development.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It seems likely that Laidlaw would have been heavily involved in shaping the wider narrative of a new Half-Life game, although it is unclear if a script was ever fully developed for the project.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMebntZKrSjNMM-EUKtfaydJmw1IbhOfA7eu4miqAwqT1Er3ihkwXCkA8A9lBf6iSNGUhQRP_4c-GgVd8hblUXWh1qBpfFAeuP-ShRA2f6ApNxjde1EimWHnN9DAZ1oEtD7iPrEC3s1g/s1600/Half-Life+3-+Where+Valve+chooses+to+take+series+in+the+future+is+not+in+my+hands+-+Laidlaw+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Half-Life 3: Where Valve chooses to take series in the future is not in my hands - Laidlaw" border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMebntZKrSjNMM-EUKtfaydJmw1IbhOfA7eu4miqAwqT1Er3ihkwXCkA8A9lBf6iSNGUhQRP_4c-GgVd8hblUXWh1qBpfFAeuP-ShRA2f6ApNxjde1EimWHnN9DAZ1oEtD7iPrEC3s1g/s640/Half-Life+3-+Where+Valve+chooses+to+take+series+in+the+future+is+not+in+my+hands+-+Laidlaw+2.jpg" title="Half-Life 3: Where Valve chooses to take series in the future is not in my hands - Laidlaw" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half-Life 3 remains shrouded in mystery</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Laidlaw told fans that he had retired from Valve <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/3zzmi2/sent_an_email_to_marc_laidlaw_about_hl3_he/" target="_blank">via an email exchange</a>, explaining the reasons behind his departure and what he hoped to do in the future.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I am no longer a full or part time Valve employee, no longer involved in day-to-day decisions or operations, no longer a spokesperson for the company, no longer privy to most types of confidential information, no longer working on Valve games in any capacity," he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "An outwardly obvious reason is that I'm old, or anyway oldish. My nickname when I first started at Valve in 1997 was 'old man Laidlaw'. The little baby level designer who gave me that that nickname is now older than I was then.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I had a good run but lately I have been feeling a need for a break from the collaborative chaos of game production, and a return to more self-directed writing projects.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Where Valve may choose to take Half-Life in the future is not in my hands," Laidlaw added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I have been a grateful co-creator, but my time working on the series is behind me.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It feels like the time is right to return to my roots and see where that takes me. It might well take me back into games by other routes, but certainly that's not part of the plan.</div> <div class="p402_hide htmlappend"><section class="text-description"><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><div style="display:none"></div><!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4660715209001"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="648" /> <param name="height" value="365" /> <param name="playerID" value="4581640862001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89U_VDxSv3YHBd4nA3r5ipc3" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="4660715209001" /></object><!-- This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soonas the line is read by the browser. 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Half-Life 3: Where Valve chooses to take series in the future is not in my hands - Laidlaw

MARC Laidlaw, developer and writer at Valve since 1997 has revealed he will no longer be shaping the future of the company's most famou...

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