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[Skab]

Source 2. Orange Box 2. L4d3 + Ep3

Do it Gaben. Do it.

 

[funkystudent]

The team that makes L4D isn't the same team that makes Half-Life.

Actually what ever happened to Turtle Rock. Who picked up there project from THQ?

Maybe they wanted a quick and dirty project and farting out a quick L4D game might be it.

 

[Archie]

I guess it is probably easier to make Left 4 Dead f2p then Half Life f2p.


After Greenlight turned into a mess and some of the questionably exploitive stuff Valve has been doing with DOTA / steam I was hoping the next game would be a return to form. Here is hoping this is just a working title because the reaction to that would be pretty dumb. Heck the reaction to 2 was already sort of messed up.

What "questionably exploitative" stuff are you talking about?

 

[Zeknurn]

So... who presser will this be at since Gabe was allowed to put steam on ps3 (kinda)

The Alienware event at E3 along with a Steambox prototype.

 

[blitzcloud]

Every time I hear Left for dead, I keep thinking about the hilarious lack of distance between L4D1 launch and L4D2 launch

Yeah, I think everyone thought there would be a yearly sequel. Boy we were wrong. They integrated l4d1 in the second game, added campaigns... I feel bad for going the boycott way with it... sometimes one can be wrong.

If it does come out, I can see it being quite good.

 

[Corky]

It'd be funny if this came out before episode 3.

If by funny you mean depressing then yea it would've been very funny...

 

[WhiskeyDiver]

Guys what if this is Half-Lif3? Valve is just trying to cover it up by saying its L4D3

That would be even more cruel and unusual punishment on top of the long wait. Don't say things like that.

 

[Tesseract]

l4d3 = shell an gardon work together wit csgo heroes too save dah gman from relearning who he is a barney.

 

[Nirolak]

I feel it's pretty likely to be a real project.

Left 4 Dead fits very well with Valve's Games as a Service model, but doesn't currently have a strong ongoing service.

A base game that can be updated for a long time at the start of next-gen would make a lot of sense, and it's one of their franchises that works best with consoles.

Valve even stated it sold more on Xbox 360 than it did on PC: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...l-2-sold-more-copies-on-pc-than-consoles.aspx

"We can never predict," Newell said. "I mean we just try to build good games and then we tend to be surprised. Portal 2 did better on the PC than it did on the consoles; Left 4 Dead did better on the consoles than it did on the PC. So you know we don't try to guess, because we're not sure what value there is to guessing."

 

[xPaw]

There was a fault in the partner pages that would show app names even if you had no rights on them.

Devin didn't get banned for "leaking" L4D3**, he got banned for making way too many requests on the partner site for a load of AppIDs.

Valve fixed the bug yesterday afternoon.

Please note that this app is just about as dead as Halo 3 one. I personally think this was one of developer's trolling, or a valve's test.

 

[AppleMIX]

Is their a comprehensive list of all these steam leaks?

 

[Barack Lesnar]

Only way I'll get excited is if it's on their new engine.

 

[woober]

Orange Box 2: Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3, Team Fortress 3, Portal 3 ...

Spoiler

Dota 3

 

[Nirolak]

Actually what ever happened to Turtle Rock. Who picked up there project from THQ?

Maybe they wanted a quick and dirty project and farting out a quick L4D game might be it.

They're still making Evolved, but for Take-Two now.

 

[BigTnaples]

Left 4 Dead is awesome. That said, I would only really be excited for a 3rd if it was on Source Engine 2.

And I can't imagine them showcasing Source Engine 2 and it not being at the Half-Life 3 reveal.


That said... It's Valve and who the fuck knows?

 

[F0rneus]

Oh man, please be true. Left 4 Dead is my favorite Valve series.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Make it 3 women and a dude this time.

 

[Tesseract]

xbone xclusive

 

[Salsa]

Only way I'll get excited is if it's on their new engine.

if it exists of course it'll be

 

[HK-47]

I guess it is probably easier to make Left 4 Dead f2p then Half Life f2p.


After Greenlight turned into a mess and some of the questionably exploitive stuff Valve has been doing with DOTA / steam I was hoping the next game would be a return to form. Here is hoping this is just a working title because the reaction to that would be pretty dumb. Heck the reaction to 2 was already sort of messed up.

Please, enlighten us as to Valve's exploitative nature.

 

[Servbot24]

The team that makes L4D isn't the same team that makes Half-Life.

They're different from the Half-Life team because they're actually an existing team.

 

[Salsa]

Valve even stated it sold more on Xbox 360 than it did on PC: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...l-2-sold-more-copies-on-pc-than-consoles.aspx

this quote was always weird to me. I assume he means like first numbers they got or something?

 

[Eusis]

L4D2 was released in 2009.

Yeah, 4+ years is enough downtime to welcome a sequel with open arms.

this quote was always weird to me. I assume he means like first numbers they got or something?

Yeah, with Steam sales you have to assume they EVENTUALLY sell way more PC copies. But within the first few months? That's something else.

I also think this COULD be an indicator of how more and more people shifted to PC as the generation went on, at least if it's not just that Portal 2 appeals more to the traditional PC fanbase whereas L4D appeals more to the typical console gamer.

 

[HK-47]

Make it 3 women and a dude this time.

No white people. I'd love to see the reaction.

 

[FlyFaster]

Hopefully it's more like 1 and less like 2.

pretty much. Cast was better and night time levels are better.

 

[Visualante2]

Thought the whole point of Steamworks API was that anyone could use it, whether you're on Steam or not and that you didn't even have to ask permission or give credit. It was all about Valve's initiative to make PC gaming better across the board... sure seems like a whole lot of paper work.

Is Greenlight even ruining other Valve initiatives by gating this stuff off? I appreciate that as Steamworks' feature set has grown and become more integrated into Steam Community that it would be difficult to maintain two code bases... but when Steamworks started it was simply, our matchmaking, server browser, and VOIP code for everyone whoever you are. Ugh.

Next Orange Box:
1. Half-Life 3
2. Ricochet 2
3. F-Stop

 

[Hale-XF11]

I will play the every living shit out of a next gen left 4 dead game.

 

[Nirolak]

this quote was always weird to me. I assume he means like first numbers they got or something?

It did do pretty great on Xbox even by regular standards, but yeah, I'm not sure if it ended up higher after around four years of $5 sales.

I guess it's not impossible though.

 

[Amir0x]

Fuck yeah, Left 4 Dead 3. I'm game

 

[DedValve]

As great as l4d2 was it felt rushed and not finished. I still play that game to this day (just had a match the other week). A l4d3 given the full treatment on a new engine will be welcomed with open arms.

 

[Tummi Gummi]

L4D is one of the very few multiplayer series that I'm interested in. Unless it's aimed at consoles first or they go overboard with the "gamification", I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

[LDAF]

If this was true, I'd find it hilarious.

 

[Reticent Rhino]

- I brute forced it in a way, there were lots of interesting things I found. L4D3 was the most interesting although it hasn't been updated in months so it may be dead.

Sounds like they were working on it but it's been put on hold.

Could there be a connection between that and those departures from earlier this year? Perhaps they wanted to launch L4D3 with some experimental hardware but it didn't pan out?

 

[Salsa]

Fuck yeah, Left 4 Dead 3. I'm game

yeah, worth clarifying that my lack of excitement is due to not enough proof/leak not updated for months, but if it's real then im all for it.

In the end it is realistically-speaking the next game I expected from Valve, at least in terms of their service-based experiments stuff

 

[Shake Appeal]

Please, please let this be true.

 

[Lulubop]

L4D3 on Source 2.0, let's go! Hype for this

 

[shinobi602]

More resources wasted instead of HL3. Great.

 

[Salsa]

also at this point I could almost see it coming out for free on Steam and having the whole valve cosmetics business thrown on top of it, although i'd have to wonder how they'd handle console versions if that was the case

 

[Hindle]

Day fucking one

 

[Salsa]

More resources wasted instead of HL3. Great.

they're working on HL3, if it aint announced it's cause it aint ready, doubt they're wasting their time there

 

[Insane Dead]

Hope this is true. Been waiting for this game for awhile.

 

[Eusis]

To be honest L4D ended up kind of boring me in the long run, so I AM hoping the long down time means more interesting design than essentially the equivalent of a slightly randomized FPS take on side scroller brawler gameplay.

 

[Raymo]

Next Orange Box:
1. Half-Life 3
2. Left 4 Dead 3
3. Portal 3
4. Team Fortress 3

Mother of God....

 

[Diablo Rosso]

also at this point I could almost see it coming out for free on Steam and having the whole valve cosmetics business thrown on top of it, although i'd have to wonder how they'd handle console versions if that was the case

PS4 can do free-to-play no problem. The only difficulty is Microsoft and the Xbox Live paywall.

 

[diamount]

More resources wasted instead of HL3. Great.

These posts always make me laugh.

 

[shinobi602]

they're working on HL3, if it aint announced it's cause it aint ready, doubt they're wasting their time there

Almost 7 years later, it better be the work of God when it arrives.

 

[KojiKnight]

Lots of people reading the title and not everything else... like the fact that the entry hasn't been updated in months.


That said, I hope L4D3... love the series.

 

[Skab]

Valve has been pretty quiet in general when it comes to games lately. I mean, the only official thing they have in development is Dota 2, right? (Game wise, and not counting support for already released stuff like TF2.) They have to be doing something over there.

Almost 7 years later, it better be the work of God when it arrives.

I doubt its been in development for that long.

 

[JesseZao]

One license for console/PC please like with Portal 2 PSN/Steam pls.

 

[legacyzero]

!!