A massive 12TB data leak from Steam has revealed abandoned game assets, including builds for Half-Life 2: Episode 3 and cut content from Portal 2.
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over <a href="https://www.polygon.com/steam-leak-valve-portal-2-beta-half-life-3-what-is/">12 terabytes</a> of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/massive-12tb-steam-leak-reveals-decades-of-unreleased-games-archived-files-include-unseen-half-life-2-episode-3-builds-and-assets">leaked</a>. We don't know everything in the archives yet because of its massive size. But people have already dug up assets related to the canceled <em>Half-Life 2: Episode 3</em>, content cut from <em>Portal 2</em>, and a build of a game called <em>F-Stop</em> that's set in the Portal universe but is built around a camera mechanic.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The leak also includes titles from third-party developers. Early versions of <em>Call of Duty</em> and <em>Resident Evil</em> installments have been dug up, as have builds of <em>Mirror's Edge</em>, <em>Batman: Arkham Asylum</em>, and <em>Dragon Age: Origins</em>. And more is lik …</p>
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# Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets
Source: [https://www.theverge.com/games/986552/12tb-steam-leak-half-life-2-episode-3](https://www.theverge.com/games/986552/12tb-steam-leak-half-life-2-episode-3)
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Over[12 terabytes](https://www.polygon.com/steam-leak-valve-portal-2-beta-half-life-3-what-is/)of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been[leaked](https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/massive-12tb-steam-leak-reveals-decades-of-unreleased-games-archived-files-include-unseen-half-life-2-episode-3-builds-and-assets)\. We don’t know everything in the archives yet because of its massive size\. But people have already dug up assets related to the canceled*Half\-Life 2: Episode 3*, content cut from*Portal 2*, and a build of a game called*F\-Stop*that’s set in the Portal universe but is built around a camera mechanic\.
The leak also includes titles from third\-party developers\. Early versions of*Call of Duty*and*Resident Evil*installments have been dug up, as have builds of*Mirror’s Edge*,*Batman: Arkham Asylum*, and*Dragon Age: Origins*\. And more is likely to come to light as people dig through the trove\. But arguably the most interesting discoveries are related to Valve’s*Portal 2*\. Sleuths have dug up[deleted dialog](https://youtu.be/5C7zqm7t3v4)that completely changes how you’ll look at Companion Cubes, alternative[intro](https://x.com/TheJeremy__/status/2093803056139850169)and[GlaDOS](https://x.com/TheJeremy__/status/2093817196744933745)sequences, as well as a version of the[Weaponizer](https://x.com/HL_Alyx_NoVR/status/2093813696602533978)intended for*Half\-Life 2: Episode 3*\.
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