No shit HL3 is "Steam exclusive". They haven't released a game that didn't require Steam for ten years.
You're not factoring in consoles; those who assume HL3 will be Steam-exclusive, at least in a manner similar to HL2, are.
No shit HL3 is "Steam exclusive". They haven't released a game that didn't require Steam for ten years.
I can see people getting excited for another L4D but do people really give a shit about Half Life any more?
I'd be there day one regardless, sigh
I remember Doug Lombardi talking about why they switched to doing episodes for HL2 instead of a normal HL3, and he said something about HL1 and 2 taking double the time, and double the budget, originally projected, and if that continued HL3 would take like a decade. If it ships next year, as I imagine it will, that will have only been seven years. Very respectable for Valve.
That would suck, also, I think L4D3 is a weak way to reveal Source 2. L4D3 might have more staff now, but HL3 has had a team on it since L4D1 was in development. It shouldn't need such a huge staff to round it off.My guess is Q4 2015 at the earliest, which itself may prove to be generous depending on where development stands at the moment, given L4D3 seems to be further along and apparently has a shipping team on it (Wolpaw's thrown around the phrase "60 to 70-person shipping team" once or twice and Portal 2 maxed out at around 80 people). I don't see Valve releasing two AAA titles in a single year.
That would suck, also, I think L4D3 is a weak way to reveal Source 2. L4D3 might have more staff now, but HL3 has had a team on it since L4D1 was in development. It shouldn't need such a huge staff to round it off.
Who knows, I just hope we at least see it next year.
I imagine some major blue balls opening. Like the hunting scene in TLoU. They're too cruel not to.Gabe's "Ricochet 2" comment about how announcing a game before it's primed would frustrate people as it's liable to go through twists and turns suggested to me that there wasn't a clear vision for Half-Life 3 until (relatively) recently. That said, though, I imagine most of the work that went into Episode Three would have been carried over since HL3 is undoubtedly going to pick up where Episode Two left off -- you can't have an ending like that and just gloss over the narrative fallout.
I think L4D3 is a weak way to reveal Source 2
Yes? Half-Life 2 scratched the Half-Life 2 itch superbly, but don't forget for a moment that it was a serious departure from Half-Life and its expansions. Half-Life 3 is that clean slate opportunity again.
Of course, if anything, I applaud them for taking their sweet time with it.
They already did it previously, after her incident in the train, she's freaked, and has to stop to collect herself emotionally.I'm really curious how they're going to handle Alyx. Infinite got a lot of criticism on how Elizabeth returned to her normal routines after serious, emotional scenes like nothing happened. Are Valve going to address this? Is the game just going pick up from the end of Ep2 or are they going to flashforward a bit?
I can't believe it....how possible is this percentage wise? It's so hard not to be skeptical.
Much easier to do when said TV show involves suspended animation, alternate universes, and tonally disparate partsIt's a silly analogy but it feels like a TV show cancellation after a cliffhanger ending and having the producers hinting at continuation while everyone involved just grows old.
Hasn't Gabe himself confirmed it was in development in an interview, but they used the clever(lol) disguised name "Ricochet 2"?Has Valve confirmed that they were developing Half-Life 3?
Well.. they have been clever about it. I mean stuff has leaked but they have managed to avoid saying the words themselves. Its pretty much a given that its in development, looking at the bugtracker, etc.Has Valve confirmed that they were developing Half-Life 3?
Hasn't Gabe himself confirmed it was in development in an interview, but they used the clever(lol) disguised name "Ricochet 2"?
I know there's a video on Youtube but I can't find it...
Has Valve confirmed that they were developing Half-Life 3?
Has Valve confirmed that they were developing Half-Life 3?
Much easier to do when said TV show involves suspended animation, alternate universes, and tonally disparate parts
Yes.
Multiple times.
Please link one of them. I've seen them use hints and implications but nothing concrete. This JIRA thing is easily the best indication of its current state.
Please link one of them. I've seen them use hints and implications but nothing concrete. This JIRA thing is easily the best indication of its current state.
...allowing us to identify that the trademark's listing was more than likely a hoax intended to generate fake buzz for a game which is unlikely to appear for several years.
You'd think Valve would dismiss it right away if it was fake...According to Valve Time, the HL3 trademark has been removed from the EU site.
http://www.valvetime.net/threads/fake-european-half-life-3-portal-3-trademarks-filed.243962/
My heart, it hurts so much
The trademark apparently is, not the bug tracker though.So it's fake..
They have in the past, though being that this was a legitimate trademark submission, maybe Laidlaw was taken in? Dedicated hoaxers.You'd think Valve would dismiss it right away if it was fake...
Has Valve confirmed that they were developing Half-Life 3?
No, contrary to all those replies you received, Valve has NEVER, EVER confirmed that they're developing Half-Life 3.