However, in a statement to IGN, Valve revealed that McVicker had “no inside information” on the developer’s inner workings. “It’s good to view [Valve News Network content creator Tyler McVicker’s] coverage with a healthy dose of skepticism. We think it’s important to reiterate that while Tyler is a passionate gamer, he has no inside information about what goes on at Valve. As you know, any important announcements on projects that we are or aren’t working on will come directly from us.”

Though it didn’t outright deny the existence of Citadel, this could be viewed more as Valve telling fans not to get their hopes up over reports and rumors. If any hype must be generated, then it should be in the wake of official announcements, at least according to the company.

Valve hasn’t outright abandoned the Half-Life franchise – the release of Half-Life: Alyx last year for PC VR headsets is proof of the same. But trying to predict where the franchise could go and when a potential sequel could release is borderline impossible. Nevertheless, stay tuned in the meantime.

In a video uploaded recently by noted Valve insider Tyler McVicker, it’s been claimed that a Half-Life 3 is currently not in development at Valve. According to McVicker, Valve is putting the bulk of its focus on the Steam Deck, which, it seems, is promising greater success than Valve had expected. As such, the company is focused primarily on pushing the device further.

Interestingly, as part of the company’s bid to bolster the Steam Deck, one game that Valve is said to be working on is a project called Citadel. According to McVicker, this is a co-op FPS/RTS hybrid based on Half-Life, with Left 4 Dead and Alien Swarm also said to be influences on the game.

As is the case with any leak, take this one with a grain of salt- but Half-Life fans sadly wouldn’t be surprised if Valve was indeed deciding not to finally make a direct long-anticipated sequel to Half-Life 2: Episode Two.

The Steam Deck, meanwhile, was recently delayed, and is now set to launch in select regions of the world in February 2022.

More importantly, it’s the farewell tour and Bioware knows it. Every crew member is on hand for the DLC, and you’ll even see older friends make appearances. Did we mention the sweet crib that Shepard gets? Or the reference to The Joker from The Dark Knight? Of course, that’s not counting the alternate costumes, romance options and much more.

It’s almost a bit too much. But it is “one last adventure”, and looks to be the best single-player DLC pack till date for Mass Effect 3. Shepard may or may not die – depending on which ending you subscribe to – but his legacy and that of Bioware will live forever.

“The Citadel DLC pack will come as 2 downloads on Xbox Live. ME3 Citadel is larger than our previous DLC packs, so it had to be split into 2 downloads. The first pack is priced at $14.99 and the second pack is tagged as free. Players need to purchase and download pack 1, then download pack 2 at no additional cost.”

It also helpfully iterated that, “you can download pack 2 without purchasing pack one, but the DLC will not work”. So, don’t try it? The DLC will be a single download for PC and PS3 however.

The Citadel DLC will be priced at $14.99/1200 Microsoft Points and is the final single-player DLC for Mass Effect 3.

Source: Examiner

Mass Effect 3: Citadel will be launching on March 6th for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 for $14.99/1200 Microsoft Points. A multiplayer only DLC titled “Reckoning” has been recently released and includes new player classes, weapons, equipment and much more. Plus, it’s completely free.

Source: NeoGAF