As sad as it is to say it, I also do not believe valve has any stake in making hl3. Valve seems to have moved away from being an active game developer and they are now into hardware and other endeavors. They’re not the same company they were back . Portal 2 was pretty much the last single player game they made and it feels that way. It was as if they put all their genius into one last BANG before deciding internally that they won’t be creating anything of that nature. If they do decide to make hl3, it would be out of the grace for their fans. Personally, I hope I am wrong, that somehow they have this incredible genius plan to execute a comeback for the series and at least give it closure.
I still think it’s a **** move that they left the franchise hanging as it is. I don;t know if they haven’t made it out of respect to not wanting to screw up the mythos and not be able to deliver a satisfying ending, or that they are disrespectful towards their fans by saying yeah well, just not working out and screw the characters you come to love and wanting to know how they’ll deal with the aftermath of episode 2. Give us a **** chance to avenge Eli… Seriously I have been wanting to kick those advisors ■■■■■, I don;t care who or what G-man is, keep him mythical i dont care, but let me have my revenge and romance aly… ehh have some sort of happy ending or at least an ending…