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Spector reveals details of cancelled Half-Life episode

"Valve decided to move in another direction," says Deux Ex creator.

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During a recent AMA on Reddit, Deus Ex and Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector has lifted the lid on a cancelled Half-Life project that his studio - Junction Point - worked on before the project was cancelled.

"Junction Point had a project cancelled (we can talk about that, too, if you want). There was no money. Basically, Valve came in like a white knight and offered us some work on a Half Life episode set in a part of the Half Life universe that hadn't been explored deeply.

"In addition, just because my team couldn't just do anything the easy way, we decided to add a new tool to the Half Life universe - the magnet gun. We came up with some COOL stuff to do with the magnet gun. Valve decided to move in another direction but I still wish they'd do something with the magnet gun. It was fun."

Spector then elaborated a little on the magnet gun: "The magnet gun was entirely different than the gravity gun. The two would have been super complementary."

Seeing what the creator of Deus Ex might have done with Half-Life is certainly a tantalising prospect, and it's a genuine shame that we'll never see what might have been. Now, Valve, about Half-Life 3...

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