Gamescom 2012 decided to give gamers a heart attack everywhere when it posted Half Life 3 as a game that was supposed to be announced at the venue.

Organizers of the show have spoken directly to Eurogamer and said that it was a “mistake”.  Also on that list of games that included another “mistake” was Dragon Age 3.

Eurogamer did ask three times why both of the games were mentioned and are now a “mistake”, however the people behind Gamescom did not give an answer.

Was it really a mistake on the part of an employee behind the scenes or was Half Life 3 suppose to be announced but Valve changed their plans?

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Those are pretty distinct names to flub. If there were expansions to already released games with similar names, I could call it a mistake. It's either real, or an employee was trying to be funny.

Too good to be true. We can hope for HL3.

Wouldn't it be funny if they finally released another Half-Life and it was a prequel? Sure it'd be neat to see the events between 1 and 2, the Combine or whatever their organization is called being formed and taking control of the population, but people would be so pissed lol.

Dragon Age 3 I don't know about. I still need to play 2, and even that might come after I replay the first DA on PC.

What I don't get is why Valve is just sitting on this. I mean, is there any doubt that they are going to be making the game? They are a company and companies are created to make money. When you have a big deal franchise that will make you millions of dollars and probably be one of the biggest selling games of all time, why would you NOT want to do it?

Well, if you haven't noticed, they've done a pretty good job of changing their business model from making games to selling them.