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Almost 20 years later, Arkane's founder says he understands why Valve cancelled the Ravenholm game that never was: 'It all came down to the economics'

"We grew up and got a little bit more mature about it."

PC Gamer · Aug 27

When Valve killed its Ravenholm game, Arkane founder says "we did not understand" its thinking: "It all came down to the economics behind Half-Life 2 and how the DLCs were selling"

"It took us a decade to move on from the pain of the Ravenholm project"

GamesRadar · Aug 25

'The last time I liked everything about a game was probably Baldur's Gate 3': Raphael Colantonio, co-founder of Arkane Studios, talks us through the games installed on his PC

Lovecraftian misadventures, cat-breeding tactics games and, of course, Thief.

PC Gamer · Jul 26

31 years after working on the original System Shock, Arkane founder gave up on the 2023 remake because it was "too hard"

"I got stuck in the cyberspace"

GamesRadar · Apr 4, 2025

"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"

Ravenholm didn't stand a chance

GamesRadar · Apr 4, 2025

Viktor Antonov, the visionary artist who defined Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died

Antonov also consulted on Doom 2016 and Fallout 4.

PC Gamer · Feb 16, 2025

Raf Colantonio can’t stop making first-person immersive sims: 'Weird West was a sidestep'

"My people are always going to try to do 10,000 polys for a face."

PC Gamer · Dec 18, 2024

Redfall is the first Arkane game we don't like—what happened?

Arkane changed, but we changed too.

PC Gamer · May 10, 2023

Deathloop exists because Dishonored 3 ain't happening

Oh for a time travel device…

PC Gamer · Apr 21, 2023

Deathloop started as a "small game" stopgap instead of Dishonored 3

Arkane chose Deathloop over Dishonored 3

GamesRadar · Apr 20, 2023