Watch footage of cancelled Half-Life spin-off Ravenholm Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Watch footage of cancelled Half-Life spin-off Ravenholm Holy crab. News by Tom Phillips Deputy Editor Updated on 27 May 2020 24 comments We'll never get to play Ravenholm, the cancelled Half-Life spin-off once in the works at Arkane Studios, but we can at least now see a little bit of it in action for ourselves. The footage comes from The Untold History of Arkane, a fascinating feature length documentary from Noclip which speaks to several of those behind the project and shows extended sections of alpha gameplay. Arkane, known for its more recent work on the Dishonored series and Prey, worked on the Ravenholm project as a standalone spin-off from Valve's Half-Life series. It would have featured Adrian Shepard, protagonist of original Half-Life expansion, as he meets Half-Life 2 priest Father Grigori. A brilliant opening sequence shows an unhinged Grigori harvesting and cooking up headcrabs, apparently immune to their bites. Over the course of the game Grigori would have mutated, clearly not immune after all. Gameplay would have included a magnet gun and, as shown in the footage, a nail gun capable of firing projectiles that could then conduct chains of electricity. This would have aided puzzle solving by let you connect up circuits, power on appliances and so on. The whole documentary is worth a watch - there's detail there on two other cancelled Arkane games The Crossing and LMNO as well. Or if you want to skip straight to Ravenholm, head to the 33-minute mark. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store