The gaming industry has started to make serious money and it has widened its audience to a level which has caused the established powers to start paying attention. The change in Gordon Freeman from a scientist starting his job at the top secret Black Mesa research facility, to the unlikely hero, is pure Hollywood material. The Half-Life plot is also one which makes it particularly inviting to a big screen version. As a movie it would be guaranteed an audience of gamers, the size of the investment on Hollywood's part will decide the rest. As a game it combined exciting narrative with innovative gameplay and managed to create a dedicated following among gamers. It's true that game conversions to the big screen have not been as prolific and as successful as those originating from the comics world but if one title has the potential to change that, its Half-Life.
The game's movie rights are currently doing the rounds in Hollywood and the entire status of the gaming industry may be judged by whether or not the game does get picked up. The title could not miss out on the latest trend of turning video games to movies. A best-selling title which enjoys critical acclaim, a feat which could be described as the Holy Grail of movie producers. Sadly, it’s uncertain whether we’ll actually see anything more with this beloved franchise.Resting comfortably on its throne, as the best selling game ever, Half-Life has what Hollywood producers dream of. Between releasing the first two episodes, the tie-ins with Portal, and this other game being developed by Arkane, the whole Half Life universe had a lot to offer. It’s interesting to look at what Arkane was doing with the game all those years ago. Check out the video below, which gives a great breakdown of all 11 of the newly-discovered screenshots. He specified that during this time he worked on an unannounced Valve title, which appears to be Episode Four.
Robert was a senior environment artist at Arkane Studios back in 2007. The new shots come from the portfolio of Robert Wilinski.
So why, after all this time are we seeing new screenshots of this scrapped title? In fact, the whole thing was set in Ravenholm, the creepy city introduced in HL2. Instead of following our silent hero, Gordon Freeman, this was to follow a new, unnamed protagonist. Sometime back in 2006, Arkane Studios began work on the fourth episodic installment of Half Life 2.
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