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I mean even without those eceleb elements, Valve suddenly went all out on HL stuff this much was rare. First time they've been doing all this really.
>"We're excited to work on HL universe again (interview after HLA was released)
>All the anniversary events (HL1/HL2)
>The audio commentary with the not-so-subtle line about a future HL title (bank roof mortar part)
>Valve re-releasing the Raising the Bar book which includes stuff from the Episodes including Episode 3 and it's not even out yet
>Valve actually showing footage of Episode 3 from concept arts to gameplay ideas
There's too much noise just for it to be a red herring.