HomeNews
A full hour of Arkane’s scrapped Half-Life game Ravenholm has emergedNoclip shares new footage captured during their 2020 Arkane documentary
Noclip shares new footage captured during their 2020 Arkane documentary
Video game documentarians Noclip have released more than an hour of footage from Arkane Studios’ cancelledHalf-Life 2horror spin-off, Ravenholm. The video was originally captured for Noclip’s 2020 documentary about thehistory of Arkane, the studio behind the much belovedDeathloopandDishonoredseries. Ravenholm did feature, albeit briefly, in Noclip’s original documentary, but now Noclip producer Danny O’Dwyer has decided it’s time to show off a bit more of it, interspersing his gameplay footage with some critical context for what’s going on and the ideas behind it. Have a watch of it below:
This is “Ravenholm” - The Cancelled Half-Life Game from Arkane StudiosWatch on YouTube
This is “Ravenholm” - The Cancelled Half-Life Game from Arkane Studios
Ravenholm was cancelled because the headcrabs and zombies that featured in it were “played out” and it was constraining to have to fit the game before Half-Life 2: Episode 2, according to former Valve writerMarc Laidlaw.
Ravenholm began life as a fourth episode of Half-Life 2 before Valve decided to spin it off into its own thing. Noclip’s video is taken from an unfinished build that was shown to Valve towards the end of development. The raw footage is split into five chapters, with each chapter showing different parts of what would go on to make up Ravenholm. It’s creepy at times, which you’d hope for from a horror game, mostly thanks to some close-quarters shotgun combat with plenty of zombies rushing about in extremely dark office hallways. Still seems very much like aHalf-Lifegame, though.
Noclip’sfull documentaryabout the history of Arkane holds more details on the canned Ravenholm project. Would you have liked to play a horror game set in Half-Life’s world?
Can Deathloop Kick It? Yes, It Can | My Fav Thing In… (Deathloop Review)Watch on YouTube
Can Deathloop Kick It? Yes, It Can | My Fav Thing In… (Deathloop Review)
