After years of waiting, fans are finally confident that Half-Life 3 is real and coming soon. I count myself among their numbers — enough signs point to the long-awaited, once-cancelled sequel being in ...

But news on Half-Life 2: Episode Three slowed to a crawl ... including Artifact, Dota 2, Citadel (which became Deadlock), and HLX. There was a lot of humdrum about what it could be.