Has Half-Life 3 and/or Half-Life 2: Episode 3 become the most anticipated game/s of all time? The most sought after game/s of all time? The most legendary vapourware of all time?

Regardless, we’ve been waiting for the continued adventures of Gordon Freeman, Alyx Vance, Dog and the rest of the crazy crew in a brand new Half-Life adventure for years. Half-Life 2: Episode 2 was the last game in the franchise that developer Valve saw fit to release to gamers at large - a game that released in mid-2008.

A game that contained a teaser trailer for Half-Life 2: Episode 3, no less!

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One of the most anticipated reveals of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), if not the most anticipated reveal, would have to be official news on something related to Valve Software’s Half-Life franchise.

An announcement of the third entry to the series? News on Half-Life 2: Episode 3, perchance?

If this was the kind of information you were looking forward to at E3 2011 early next month, you’re going to be bitterly disappointed.

From an email being sent out to games press regarding meeting appointments with Valve, written by studio bigwig Doug Lombardi:

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Is this a new tactic to discover release dates and unannounced information for upcoming games? Or maybe a devious plan on the part of game companies that wish to uncover future strategies of their competitors?

In any event, it makes for two minutes of entertaining video, as Peter Molyneux’s son, Lucas, asks Valve Software where Half-Life 3 is, while complimenting the developer on Portal and the upcoming Portal 2.

Peter Molyneux himself makes a few cheeky appearances to shill for the release of Fable 3.

Highly amusing stuff! Watch below:

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