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[traveler]

Will miss Kelly for sure, but the portal 2 score was amazing. I have no doubt they'll do a bang up job here.

 

[Wallach]

No. There will be no more games. HL3 exists when it is done and placed at my feet and not before.

 

[Glix]

No, I think some guys commenting on the VC3 translation project figured it out:

Valkyria Chronicles 3 localization* confirmed for PC exclusive Steam release.



*

Spoiler

Korean localization

There is a pc rev of VC3?

 

[Hylian7]

Black Mesa isn't a Valve game

But it released regardless. It's throwing things at the wall for sure, but who knows. Probably wishful thinking, but something to keep in mind.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Read this over on /v/, take with a grain of salt, but very interesting thing someone pointed out. From that PC Gamer picture.

>FLOOR 10: LASER BAY 2. ALIEN SWARM RELEASED 2010
>FLOOR 11: ENRICHMENT CENTER. PORTAL 2 RELEASED 2011
>FLOOR 12: SECTOR C TEST LABS. BLACK MESA RELEASED 2012
>FLOOR 13:

Why would Valve take Black Mesa (a fan mod) as something of their own? This screams fake to me.

 

[vilmer_]

They have my attention.

Thank god I'm not a hardcore Half-Life fan. I do want a sequel though.

We've been treated like the absolute lowest of peasants for many years, yet we still have hope. July 4th. This is it.

 

[Weenerz]

If it was HL3, why couldn't he announce it at E3 2013?

Half Life 3 is bigger than E3, Gabe will announce when he wants to.

 

[Tenrius]

So we can't post that particular picture from Wario64's twitter because it's a photo of the magazine page, right?

 

[jerry113]

Hmm...

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3140917&page=2

muckymucks- "On June 25th, 2013 , Valve updated Half-Life 2 and converted the audio to Korean and replaced Dr. Breen with Kim Jong-Un.

on June 25, 1950 , the Korean War began. Coincidence? What is Valve playing at?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War"

 

[Lingitiz]

If it was HL3, why couldn't he announce it at E3 2013?

They could honestly announce it and release it a 2 months after and it would sell gangbusters.

 

[CambriaRising]

Guys.

I can't.

 

[DedValve]

Half life x Devil May Cry headed by Ninja Theory

Spoiler

Or ninja team, can't go right with any of them

 

[PandaPedinte]

So we can't post that particular picture from Wario64's twitter because it's a photo of the magazine page, right?

It was already posted by Wario64.

 

[Glix]

They could honestly announce it and release it a 2 months after and it would sell gangbusters.

They could release it RIGHT NOW on Steam and it would sell 2 mil by the end of the week. EASY.

 

[Madrugador]

Yep, it was this.

Top left corner, EDGE.

 

[Robot Pants]

CBOAT needs to infiltrate Valve.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Hmm...

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3140917&page=2

Damn, us Half Life fans are truly the craziest ones.

They could honestly announce it and release it a 2 months after and it would sell gangbusters.

Honestly? They could pull a Sega and release it the first day and still sell half a million copies. Probably more.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Hmm...

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3140917&page=2

Are you assholes trying to tell me that wasn't a photoshop?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

The missing link Gaben left for us?

 

[PandaPedinte]

CBOAT needs to infiltrate Valve.

It could be sad if he reported something like this:
"Al thye Do iz plya doto2 al dey"

 

[B-Dubs]

They could honestly announce it and release it a 2 months after and it would sell gangbusters.

They could announce it the day of release and it would still break records.

"Hey guys, it's me Gabe. Just wanted to let you know, new hats for TF2. There are like 12 of them so get on that. Anyway, have fun. Oh wait, hang on. Half-life 3. Right now, not kidding. On Steam, in stores. We meant to tell you earlier, but these 12 hats are just amazing. We got distracted."

 

[noodleboy]

Just when i think i've gotten over half-life 3, they pull me back in...

 

[jerry113]

edit: ok, here's a series timeline of half-life. Scroll down to the 1950s...

http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Half-Life_universe

 

[MatthewB92]

What is going on.......

 

[TouchMyBox]

They could announce it the day of release and it would still break records.

"Hey guys, it's me Gabe. Just wanted to let you know, new hats for TF2. There are like 12 of them so get on that. Anyway, have fun. Oh wait, hang on. Half-life 3. Right now, not kidding. On Steam, in stores. We meant to tell you earlier, but these 12 hats are just amazing. We got distracted."

It definitely wouldn't break any call of duty records. But who cares about sales?

 

[PandaPedinte]

The missing link Gaben left for us?

This was amazing

 

[Deleted member 102362]

Are you assholes trying to tell me that wasn't a photoshop?

It's not a photoshop job. Someone (not Valve) altered that section of the game to feature that image instead of Dr. Breen.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

They could announce it the day of release and it would still break records.

"Hey guys, it's me Gabe. Just wanted to let you know, new hats for TF2. There are like 12 of them so get on that. Anyway, have fun. Oh wait, hang on. Half-life 3. Right now, not kidding. On Steam, in stores. We meant to tell you earlier, but these 12 hats are just amazing. We got distracted."

This sounds like something Erik Wolpaw would write (awesome, by the way!).

 

[NaM]

Just when i think i've gotten over half-life 3, they pull me back in...

Once you are in there's no out.

 

[PenaltyMan]

Oh I hope this is what everyone wants it to be...

 

[Skab]

It's not a photoshop job. Someone (not Valve) altered that section of the game to feature that image instead of Dr. Breen.

Over multiple peoples games?

 

[cLOUDo]

come on people, this is just trolling

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

It's not a photoshop job. Someone (not Valve) altered that section of the game to feature that image instead of Dr. Breen.

Wait, thats really in the game? :lol

This has to be something then. Right?

 

[jerry113]

Wait, thats really in the game? :lol

This has to be something then. Right?

No no, some gamer modded his copy of HL2 to insert the picture instead of Breen. A good troll.

 

[MrCunningham]

.

Damn, how did I miss this...

Developer Terrarium...?

also the full image from Wario's blog:

http://i.imgur.com/9C7dE5m.jpg

Multiple game announcement, perhaps?

 

[LuffyZoro]

Wait, thats really in the game? :lol

This has to be something then. Right?

Someone modded it in.

 

[Tenrius]

It was already posted by Wario64.

EDIT: nvm.

 

[Tehalemi]

Why would Valve take Black Mesa (a fan mod) as something of their own? This screams fake to me.

...

That reminds me, why hasn't Black Mesa been on Steam yet? Even if it is free.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

No no, some gamer modded his copy of HL2 to insert the picture instead of Breen. A good troll.

+

Someone modded it in.

Ok, ok. I was gonna say.

Either way, I wonder if this will lead to something.

 

[NaM]

...

That reminds me, why hasn't Black Mesa been on Steam yet? Even if it is free.

Valve doesn't want to confuse people when they release half life 3: return to black mesa.

 

[Deleted member 102362]

Over multiple peoples games?

Wait, thats really in the game? :lol

This has to be something then. Right?

No no, some gamer modded his copy of HL2 to insert the picture instead of Breen. A good troll.

Someone modded it in.

I think the fact that people thought this was real makes the alteration even funnier.

 

[dekline]

come on people, this is just trolling

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Valve does it again.

 

[Raymo]

Can we just left this thread die? It hurts too much...

 

[Fantastical]

I'm so confused. It's hard to catch up on this. Have we been trolled again?

 

[Robot Pants]

No. July 4th all will be revealed.

 

[B-Dubs]

I'm so confused. It's hard to catch up on this. Have we been trolled again?

Yes.

 

[cLOUDo]

LoL
what is the context of that?!

 

[Deleted member 102362]

Can we just left this thread die? It hurts too much...

This is another case of people setting themselves up for disappointment. I see this happen every year, every E3, every event Valve attends, etc.

The easiest way for people to not get worked up, excited, then disappointed, is to remember a few things:

1) If you think it's HL3, Episode 3, or a HL ARG, and you're not 100% sure, it's not any of those things.

2) When Valve chooses to announce the next HL game, it will be very clear, even if it's something like the Portal ARG.

Be wise. Be safe. Be aware.

 

[jerry113]

Am I crazy if I think there's a connection here?

On June 25th, 2013, Valve updated Half-Life 2 and converted the audio to Korean and replaced Dr. Breen with Kim Jong-Un.

on June 25, 1950, the Korean War began. Coincidence? What is Valve playing at?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

Note: This poster was mistaken about the Breen image replacement, but correct about the audio conversion.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3140917&page=2

The Black Mesa facility was apparently built over several decommissioned ICBM launching and testing silo complexes probably constructed during the 1950s, which was converted into a vast civilian institute for the research of almost every conceivable scientific discipline. Several Half-Life texture files' names contain the word "fifties", suggesting the facility is as old as from the 1950s.

http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Mesa_Research_Facility

conclusion: maybe Gordon Freeman will travel back in time to the 1950s to stop Black Mesa from ever being created. I don't know.