As much as I'm generally for a fan base showing their love for a franchise through collective efforts of some kind, especially jokey petitions to the devs, I have to say I find this one a bit heavy-handed. It just comes off as an act of obnoxious cruelty by a bunch of self-entitled bullies.
Pandaman1911 said:
Um, hello? ValvE hasn't been silent about Half Life. In fact, they just kind of publicly said "No, no Half Life 3. Team Fortress 2 content and CS:GO. So shut up about it."
So yeah. Shush. Consider HL3 DOA.
Um...no, that's not at all what they said. They said there's no Half-Life 3 ARG in the works. There's quite a difference between saying "No HL3" and "No current HL3 ARG". My guess is you saw that recent article here on the escapist and only read the title. Sensationalist news coverage at it's finest.
CS:GO isn't the only thing they have slated for release this year either. DOTA 2 hits before long and they've already said they're going to be making a big appearance at E3. Whether their "we'll be showing off something with a 3 in it" is true remains to be seen.