Half-Life 3 Won't Be At E3 2014, Says Valve

[TheEvilCheese]

I still hope that it is in development and Valve are just screwing with people by not hyping it. Which is quite justifiable because they have a history of scrapping projects late in the development (original tf2 for one).

I hope that, the day before e3 one year valve hold a small press conference, preferably implying it's about something else entirely. Gabe will get on to the stage and slowly raise 3 fingers. He will say only this: "Preloading on steam when you finish watching me talk. Oh and it's free".

The internet would be an amazing place for those few days, and a massive amount of attention would be pulled from e3 by one tiny (relative to e3) event.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Anybody else just...kind of over it now? I mean, it's been nearly six years without a peep. And that was after Valve claimed to be releasing titles in the series...episodically...that didn't exactly go as planned.

Really. Either they say something positive about it or just stop reporting anything relating to it. Making another Duke out of this isn't going to end up anywhere good for anyone involved. D:

 

[Proverbial Jon]

Valve said...

Half-Life 3 Won't Be At E3 2014

... because it will have been released by then!

[sub][sub]Please![/sub][/sub]

 

[Mandalore_15]

You know, they've been making us agonise about this game for so long... I'm over it. I'm not going to buy it if and when it's released no matter HOW good it looks or how many great reviews it gets. There's only so many playful shots to the spleen you can take before it leaves a bruise and you have to fucking hit back.

 

[WeepingAngels]

This game has passed the point where it can meet expectations. In other words, expectations grow with time and by now they are too large for any game to meet.

I am pretty damn sick of hearing about it.

 

[scorptatious]

Valve: Hey guys! Guess what? Half Life 3 STILL isn't out! Here! Have some more hats!

 

[spwatkins]

If we are going for theories, I think Half-Life 3 is in developement. It has been for sometime. But, Valve is going for one of their experiments, just to see how it works. It is called the "No Hype" experiment. At some point in the hopefully near future, Half-Life 3 will be quietly released on Steam to no fanfare what-so-ever. It will just appear and stand on its own merits as people discover and play it.

Should be fun!

I think that they have, in fact, already released it. They called it "Ride to Hell" and planted lots of fake bad reviews so no one would play it.

 

[thiosk]

I reject the comparisons to duke nukem. I've seen little, if anything, out of valve on the subject, and the topic only comes up every other week because people harass them about it ALL THE TIME

 

[awesomcarter]

*audible gasp*

also I like to think they will go all "400 days" in here relieving in the first trailer that the game will be released within a day of the first day

 

[Professor James]

At this point, I don't even care much anymore. Why are the fans creating all this hype is Valve hasn't said nary a word confirming that it's being worked on?

 

[Madame_Lawliet]

THIS JUST IN: VALVE GAME GETS DELAYED FURTHER!

ALSO NEW: WATER WET, GRASS GREEN!

 

[duchaked]

both current and next generation consoles? that's interesting
hmmmm

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

I dont get why people care so much. HL2 was a fun game but it wasnt the god of games. The crab heads sucked as enemies, the ending was a joke and most of the game linear....though i loved the detail in the backgrounds. Also valve screwed over every fan by cancelling HL2 ep3, meaning fans wasted money on buying 2/3rds of a story. Yet Valve still get worshiped as heroes of the gaming world. An personally i dont think HL3 could live up to the hype fans have given it, its a game thats been wanted for around 8 years.

Capture said: think. create. do.
I guess that was aimed at valve.lol

 

[Vigormortis]

Valve said...

Half-Life 3 Won't Be At E3 2014

... because it will have been released by then!

[sub][sub]Please![/sub][/sub]

Funny thing is, the only thing Valve said about this fake comment is...well...that it's fake.

That's it. They didn't say Half-Life 3 won't be at E32014. They didn't say it will be at E32014. They quite literally said nothing except that Mr. Guthrie didn't write that tweet.

Yet, as is par for the course, everyone is jumping to conclusions, making shit up, and speculating on false information.

I mean, seriously, it's bad enough when we get misleading news posts on the matter. We don't need the community stirring itself up with misinformation.

But anyway...as hopeless as I'm convinced it is I'll be wishing along with you that we see it before E32014.

has everyone decided to ignore the statements concerning half life 3 that have actually come from valve? those ones that say they arent making it because they dont want to right now?

just let them make it on their own terms. i cant see valve bending to the whims of the masses and just doing it because of fanboy rage at this point, but if they were to do so, the game might suck.
better for the half life saga to not end at all than for it to end badly.

At this point, I don't even care much anymore. Why are the fans creating all this hype is Valve hasn't said nary a word confirming that it's being worked on?

Except that...they have confirmed it. Several times in fact.

Some handy links.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/23/gabe-on-ricochet-2-delay-but-he-doesnt-mean-ricochet/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/07/15/half-life-3-or-episode-three
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Future_of_the_Half-Life_series

All of those from a quick and dirty Google search.

Honestly, I really don't get how there is any confusion on the matter anymore. I really don't. It's not like Half-Life 3 is simply the outcome of some fevered dream of Half-Life fans. It's not some wishful desire for a continuation of the series. It's a real thing. An active project.

Yes, Half-Life 3 is very likely still in development and has been, in one form or another, since Episode 2. No, there is no longer an Episode 3.

The only question that needs asking is, "When will it be finished?"

The answer of which is, "Who the hell knows?" I'm not even sure Valve knows at this point. Any other claims at this point are simply the community trolling the community. (which, of course, hasn't stopped the community from placing blame squarely on Valve's shoulders for said trolling)

I dont get why people care so much.

Yeah, I know, right? It's almost like people have differing opinions to yours.

How dare they, those dirty Plebeians!

 

[Poetic Nova]

Well this was to be expected, soit's basicly vaporware at this point I assume?

 

[Lunar Templar]

Ok seriously, is ANYONE surprised by this at this point?

If they are, I'd like to know how. I for one thick HL3 is a myth, made up by fans of HL and valve is just fucking with them

 

[Dragonbums]

I don't care anymore.
No.
Seriously, I just don't give a fuck about Half-Life 3 anymore.

Valve should get the all time record for keeping a game in hype for almost 8 years with absolutely no game play, no pre rendered cutscenes, no announcements, not interviews, nothing.

The only time I will be excited for HL3 is when Valves says it coming, without a shadow of a doubt with ACTUAL GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE not pre rendered cutscenes. An actual playable demo of the game.

Other then that, I do not know why Valve continues to answer us regarding Half Life, and I don't know why news reports still asks the company if they are doing it.

 

[Dragonbums]

Seriously, Valve is even worse then crapcom. They'd rather spend 3 years just adding hats to TF2 and siphoning profits from their steam service then actually make video games. Are they even a game company anymore? Am I missing something?

They will just refer you to DOTA 2 and call it a day.

Honestly there are two sides of the spectrum with this.

It's is indeed bad to rush things out before they are ready for the sake of profit. That includes games as well.
However there is another side to that coin- having so much free time to do whatever you want that you no longer have any real prerogative or you are just lazy and content with where you are.

In my personal opinion in terms of game making and Valve is suffering from both laziness and lack of real direction. Sure there is the Steambox, but even then I don't know much about it.
With TF2, all they have done are hats and updates. Even now that is slowly being taken over by their zealous and fanatic community. Why do all the work when your fans of equal skill will do it for you? All you have to do is check to see if it unbalances anything already in the game and give the thing a "yay" or "nay.
Is workshop bad? No.
Is it fun for those who really want to get involved with the community? Of course not.
It's a nice experience for the users.
This wouldn't be a problem if said features didn't in some way help feed Valve's inner demons for complacency.

The last true game installment was Portal 2. DOTA has been in Beta since forever.

The thing is, having a reasonable deadline to meet doesn't hurt. It makes you focused and on track.

 

[Vigormortis]

snip

I have a few questions.

What exactly is a "true game"? What does a game need to entail to be considered a "true game"? Does Counter-Strike: Global Offensive not count as a "true game"? Does Dota 2 not count? I'm honestly curious about this.

Speaking of Dota 2, it's been out of beta for almost a month. But even if it wasn't, it seems as though you think that a game in beta isn't in active development. As if the design team is just sitting around doing nothing.

I mean, say what you will about them, levy as many genuine complaints as you like against them (some I may even share. God knows I have my issues with them.), but "they're lazy" just isn't one. Over the past ten years they've released fifteen games, not counting content updates, DLC, engine development, tech experiments and abandoned projects, and Steam development. All with fewer than 300 employees.

That's a release schedule that requires a lot of "ass busting" to accomplish.

Regardless of all this, you're welcome to your opinions. If you genuinely don't care whether Half-Life 3 gets released or not, that's your prerogative. Can't really blame you given how long it's been since the last installment.

But, they have said the game is in development. Numerous times.
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Future_of_the_Half-Life_series

Most people just ignore those statements because they didn't come paired with a trailer or some such thing. Doesn't help either that most media outlets prefer to cover the community-generated rumors than the real statements from Valve.

'Tis the nature of the internet, I guess.

 

[Dragonbums]

snip

I have a few questions.

What exactly is a "true game"? What does a game need to entail to be considered a "true game"? Does Counter-Strike: Global Offensive not count as a "true game"? Does Dota 2 not count? I'm honestly curious about this.

Speaking of Dota 2, it's been out of beta for almost a month. But even if it wasn't, it seems as though you think that a game in beta isn't in active development. As if the design team is just sitting around doing nothing.

I mean, say what you will about them, levy as many genuine complaints as you like against them (some I may even share. God knows I have my issues with them.), but "they're lazy" just isn't one. Over the past ten years they've released fifteen games, not counting content updates, DLC, engine development, tech experiments and abandoned projects, and Steam development. All with fewer than 300 employees.

That's a release schedule that requires a lot of "ass busting" to accomplish.

Regardless of all this, you're welcome to your opinions. If you genuinely don't care whether Half-Life 3 gets released or not, that's your prerogative. Can't really blame you given how long it's been since the last installment.

But, they have said the game is in development. Numerous times.
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Future_of_the_Half-Life_series

Most people just ignore those statements because they didn't come paired with a trailer or some such thing. Doesn't help either that most media outlets prefer to cover the community-generated rumors than the real statements from Valve.

'Tis the nature of the internet, I guess.

By true game I mean actual installments that either further the games story(or end it) or is simply something new.
I'm not going to count TF2 on that front because while yes- the updates do indeed have a story- they are in every sense an episodic kind of thing with a bit of continuity that matches the timeline.

It does not take that long to make a game though does it?
As I've said earlier there is having too tight of a deadline, and there is having so much free time to do something that when they say something is in "development" it could very well mean "we will work on it when we feel like it" which could be anything from having full staff working diligently 24/7 or a couple dozen people throwing around story ideas, a few character models here and there, a bit of coding, and maybe an actually polished model at uneven intervals of time.