Valve hints at Half-Life 2: Episode Three’s release date

Valve is renowned for its long development times — something its supporters have generally come to accept as a fair concession for consistently high quality titles — but that didn’t stop the company’s vice president of marketing, Doug Lombardi, from dropping some hints about when we might finally see the conclusion to Gordon Freeman’s epic tale.

Speaking in an interview with Kikizo, Lombardi revealed that the “next time you play as Gordon will be longer than the distance between…