This is a list of long-awaited games that have either come out or are going to come out before the release of Half-Life: Episode Three/Half-Life 3. Think of it as something similar to the Duke Nukem Forever List.
Announced in 1997, Duke Nukem went through numerous engine jumps and was inevitably released in 2011, 14 years later.
Development started in 2006, and was a spin-off called Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It wasn't until 10 years later and a generation jump in consoles before it got released in 2016.
A game that was mentioned as early as 2001, went through numerous delays and console generations, and was finally released in 2013, long before Half-Life 3/Episode 3 was released.
The game started development in 2011 via Kickstarter, the first Act was released in 2013, and the final Act and "definitive" version was released in 2020, with various free "interludes" release in between Acts, a 9 year development cycle.
An obscure first person FMV adventure game from the 90's managed to get a fan made sequel developed and released in 2019 before Half-Life 3/Episode 3 got released.
That's right, a spin-off/prequel got released before the finale of Half-Life.
The possibility for a Final Fantasy VII Remake was teased as early as 2006, when the PlayStation 3 console was first released, 14 years before the first part of it was released near the end of the following generation of consoles with the game being released on the PlayStation 4.
