“Half-Life 3” was trademarked by Valve, prompting speculation that the company will try to develop a sequel in the widely successful franchise.
Valve filed an application with OHIM, the trademark and design registration office of the EU, on Sept. 29, reported the Register website.
The final installment of the Half-Life series came out with “Episode Two,” leaving gamers hanging in the storyline. That came out in 2007 and “Half-Life 2” was released in 2004 to critical and commercial acclaim.
An “Episode Three” was announced after the release of “Episode Two,” and concept art and videos have surfaced over the years
Valve has not spoken much of a sequel.
“We’re trying to be careful not to get people too excited and then have to go and disappoint them,” Valve chief Gabe Newell said last year.
Gamespot reported on Tuesday that the trademark application surface on the NeoGAF forum. The trademark covers “computer game software; electronic game software, downloadable game software via a global computer network and wireless devices; and video game software.”
Half-Life series voice actor John Patrick Lowrie told Gamespot in August that Half-Life 3 is not in development
