While Arkane is currently best-known as the architect of brilliant games like Dishonored and 2017’s Prey, its pre-ZeniMax past is filled with canceled projects. This NewClip is promotion for NoClip’s upcoming documentary on Arkane. I’m left imagining the G-Man lifelessly saying “Very flexible, Mr. The zombies look nothing like they did in Half-Life 2 (although this could be a case of placeholder models), they’re capable of ripping doors off their hinges, and Gordon Freeman has a “This is Sparta!” kick for blasting the undead straight in the face. Half-Life diehards will instantly recognize that this prototype footage has a lot to wrap your head around. Today, video game documentary production NoClip released a new eight-second GIF of Return to Ravenholm‘s gameplay: How young and naive we all were, thinking that Half-Life 2: Episode 3‘s eventual release was a foregone conclusion. Back in 2006, Arkane Studios (before it became a Zenimax subsidiary) was contracted by Valve to make Half-Life 2: Episode 4 which was titled Return to Ravenholm. In hindsight, this feels like an extreme case of getting ahead of yourself. But, foolishly, we were going to go back there.
