Citadel
Citadel, or project8, was an early development version of Deadlock. Many of Deadlock's game files are still named after Citadel.
The digital book The Final Hours of Half-Life Alyx (2020) mentioned "a top-secret new project that another small team at Valve has been working on since the first part of 2018".[1]
References to Citadel in other Valve games were first discovered by dataminers in 2019.[2] It was speculated to be a multiplayer team-based shooter set in the Half-Life universe, named after the Combine Citadel from Half-Life 2. It was also speculated to feature asymmetrical VR-desktop gameplay.[3]
Yoshi shared gameplay footage of an early Citadel prototype build that used Half-Life: Alyx and Left 4 Dead 2 assets.[4]
Citadel changed its setting and was renamed to Neon Prime at some point between 2019 and 2021.
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- ↑
The Final Hours of Half Life: Alyx (Full Game No Commentary) on YouTube
- ↑ Valve's Developing 2 Half-Life Games - HLVR/Citadel Leaks on YouTube
- ↑ Valve's Next Game? This is Citadel. on YouTube
- ↑ 2024-08-25 - Yoshi; Deadlock Discord - "here is a much earlier dev test version of the game"
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