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This past week, fans have been eagerly hanging on to every word and clue revealed in an apparent Valve ARG born from the Steam Holiday Sale 2015. There was even an apparent lambda symbol found!

Well, it seems it's all for not. Someone received an email response from Valve's Marc Laidlaw, who made sure to crush everyone's hopes and dreams of this being anything related to Half-Life 3.

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And for those who don't want to (or can't) read Laidlaw's response in the above image:
"I asked around because I didn’t know anything about the ARG but people were asking me about it. It relates to the Steam sale only as far as I can tell. It is not intended as a way to roll out a new game"

That's it, everyone. Just go ahead and pack it up now. This was just another in a series of big disappointments as far as Half-Life 3 is concerned. I'm already looking forward to being completely disappointed by the next ARG.