 Valve released little information about "Episode Three" in the following years; though Valve still discussed "Half-Life", there was no clarity on whether "Episode Three" was coming, whether Valve was instead planning "Half-Life 3", or if Valve had forgone the property to better support the popular "".In March 2010, Newell spoke of "broadening the emotional palette" of the series, and how the next "Half-Life" game may return to "genuinely scaring the player".In 2011, he said