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For me, 'entertainment as a service' is a clear distillation of the episodic content model.' That year, Wired described Episode Three as vaporware. In 2011, he said: 'We went through the episodes phase, and now weвЂ™re going towards shorter and even shorter cycles. In March 2010, Newell spoke of 'broadening the emotional palette' of the series, and said the next Half-Life game may return to 'genuinely scaring the player'. Valve released little information about Episode Three in the following years though Valve still discussed Half-Life, there was no clarity on whether further games were coming. Concept art surfaced in 2008, and reports surfaced that Valve was working with sign language and on a deaf character. Д®pisode Three was initially planned for Christmas 2007. Episode One was released on June 1, 2006, followed by Episode Two on October 10, 2007. Valve president Gabe Newell said the approach would allow Valve to release products more quickly after the six-year Half-Life 2 development, and that he considered the trilogy the equivalent of Half-Life 3. In May 2006, Valve announced a trilogy of episodic games that would continue the story of Half-Life 2 (2004).

Half-Life 2 era (2004вЂ“2007) Half-Life 2: Episode Three In 2013, a late build of the Dreamcast version leaked online, featuring complete versions of Half-Life and Blue Shift. It was weeks away from its release date and was virtually complete. On June 16, 2001, four days after the release of Blue Shift, Sierra announced that it had cancelled the Dreamcast port, citing 'changing market conditions'.

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On March 29, 2001, Sierra announced that Blue Shift would be released for Windows along with the new models that had been developed for the Dreamcast version as part of the Half-Life High Definition Pack. Sierra delayed the port again to ensure that the 'high expectations of consumers' were met, stating that they hoped to finish development by the end of the year.

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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford said he suggested including additional multiplayer modes and mods from the PC version, including Team Fortress Classic and the multiplayer modes from Opposing Force. Recognizing the demand for online play, Sierra planned to release a version of the port with online multiplayer using SegaNet. Reception was mixed, with criticism for the inconsistent framerate, long loading times, and lack of online play. In November, game publications began to receive early copies for review. At the European Computer Trade Show that September, a Sierra representative told the press that the Dreamcast port would not feature online play. The port was delayed to September, then November. Gearbox, who had developed Opposing Force, would create a new single-player campaign for the Dreamcast port, Half-Life: Blue Shift, focusing on the security guard character Barney. The Dreamcast port would feature several improvements, including higher-polygon player characters and new lighting effects. On February 14, 2000, Sierra announced that a port of Half-Life to the Dreamcast console was in development by Captivation Digital Laboratories with Valve and Gearbox Software.

After several extensions, the trademark expired on October 3, 2004. On June 21, 2001, Valve filed a video game trademark for 'Hostile Takeover'. The stock keeping unit for Hostile Takeover was repurposed by online retailers for Half-Life: Counter-Strike. On August 7, the Adrenaline Vault reported that Half-Life publisher Sierra had informed them that Hostile Takeover had been canceled.

On March 18, 2000, the Adrenaline Vault reported that the new expansion was named Half-Life: Hostile Takeover, and that it had appeared on retail product lists with a release date of late August.

was developing a Half-Life expansion pack to follow Half-Life: Opposing Force. On November 23, 1999, GameSpot reported that 2015, Inc. Half-Life era (1998вЂ“2004) Half-Life: Hostile Takeover

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