"That was not going to work for Valve": Canceled Half-Life spinoff game Ravenholm was "great, frankly," says Arkane founder, but it couldn’t survive under Valve's "very clear business plan"

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“Valve had a very clear business plan for those Episodes.

After 12 months, we had frankly an alpha.

In other words, the game “was great, frankly,” Colantonio says.

Even so, Ravenholm became an important puzzle piece of Arkane’s history.

“People really loved them,” Colantonio says, “it was a nice bonding experience.”