Half-Life 2: Episode Three Unlikely to Appear in 2010

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Half-Life 2: Episode Three Unlikely to Appear in 2010

Uros "Vader" Pavlovic

01:03 pm EDT @ January 19th, 2010

Filed under: HALF-LIFE, HALF-LIFE 2, HALF-LIFE 2 EPISODE THREE, VALVE

We stress that this is a rumor. Word has it that Half-life 2: Episode Three will not be released this year, despite the fact that development studio Valve released the last installment in their shooter series almost two and a half years ago.

The report originates from the latest issue of US mag Game Informer, which states that there won't be any new Half-life installments in 2010. At this point, it's not even clear what form the next game will arrive in - episodic or full sequel .

Last year when questioned about a new HL game, Valve's Chet Falisek commented: "Until we have something we have to announce we tend not to talk about what we're working on."

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	Vader	[STAFF] [mail] Jan 19 2010, 01:04 pm EST
	Reply Let the rant festival begin.

	CJ_Parker	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 01:09 pm EST
	Reply Valve sucks cock like the Houston 650!!

	Marku5K	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 01:09 pm EST
	Reply Unlikely in 2010 means maybe in 2011 and almost certainly in 2012, so here ya go, the date of release, which is even more accurate than the one of Splinter Cell.

	Stinke	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 01:28 pm EST
	Reply New hardware coming ... (2011 2/4->)

	un om bun	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 02:16 pm EST
	Reply I'm hot.

	Cheddar	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 02:35 pm EST
	Reply I'm telling you guys, Episode Three is gonna be a full new game. 15-20 hours (for the average gamer), and a vastly upgraded graphics engine (Source 2?). There's a lot of loose ends left to be tied up, myriad unanswered questions, and not to mention the whole connection with the Portal storyline. It was never plausible that a mere 5 hour installment would suffice for concluding Gordon Freeman's story.
	un om bun: Either that or they're developing some fancy shader that'll ... Vodoo: Episode 4 maybe ? or is my brain that much more advanced ... Cheddar: Good things come to those who wait, Vodoo. Anyway, if the...

	Terminator	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 02:41 pm EST
	Reply Delays, delays, delays. I dunno which company is worse, Valve or Blizzard.
	Breedy_Mcfluff: When it comes to delivering? Probably Blizzard, since they g... jokester: Yeah, IW left a lot of holes, and seemed to get lazy during ... Terminator: What!? Starcraft 2 is delayed until 2011? That better not be... jokester: Can your sphincter handle that?

	Vodoo	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 03:05 pm EST
	Reply Blizzard showed you pictures and gameplay trailers. Valve did squat. there is so much respect and trust you can offer to some people.

	Cheddar	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 03:14 pm EST
	Reply It's ironic you say that, Vodoo, considering how it seems most of the regulars these days here at AT just bitch and moan at any and all trailers and screenshots any game ever produces pre-release. Regardless, Valve has earned our patience, 100 times over. If any of us get our panties in such a twist due to the wait that he becomes too angry to play Episode 3 whenever it comes out, then it will be entirely that individual's own loss.

	skribb	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 04:08 pm EST
	Reply Even if they're lacking in the HL release department, they've still given us Portal, TF2, HL Ep2, and two Left 4 Deads in a few years. That's pretty good, even if Valve acquired two studios in the process (who subsequently worked on Portal and the Lefties).

	Bigolli	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 04:41 pm EST
	Reply Gah!! This is just like the release for HL2 >
	Bigolli: Umm I posted a fair bit more than this but ohh well...

	Breedy_Mcfluff	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 07:18 pm EST
	Reply 2 1/2 years, so that must mean this last part will be a full game. And I mean full as in it will be at least 20 to 30 hours of gameplay or I will just be sorely disappointed by the short time-span it will cover in my life.

	finaleve	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 07:26 pm EST
	Reply Given the number of things still left to be done in the game? I feel like the next one will be a long one, and hopefully will clear up just about everything needed to be cleared in HL2, not so much on what is actually going on in Gordon's end, but the whole world itself involving City 17 and the crew...that is the point of the episodes anyways.

	Loraxxe	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 09:19 pm EST
	Reply So... what have they been doing, exactly? What /are/ they doing? It doesn't seem like they even know where they intend to take it anymore, but they can't all have been distracted by working on "the Lefties" and TF2, and most of Valve isn't engine designers. Surely, if they had decided to make a full, HL2-length installment and had put a lot of work into it, it would be better PR at this point to clarify that.

	The Bruce	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 09:36 pm EST
	Reply I'm not going to find a link, but I remember a while before EP2 came out, Valve said that they were working on EP2 and EP3 simultaneously, and would release EP3 about 6 months after EP2 came out. Now, knowing that they must have had a ton of work done on EP3 by the time Orange Box was released, and knowing that they have given us ZERO information regarding EP3, I think a big announcement is in the wings. Maybe not even this year, but it'll come... a new engine is the most likely scenario, but who knows. Valve hasn't sat on their asses the last 3 years.

	Doomsday.	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 11:25 pm EST
	Reply Grab ur guns and be ready to Fire, I have never played any Half Life! hah! there i said it! burden off my PC gaming chest!
	Alchi: Figures... You also haven't touched woman's clit. Doomsday.: i bet u haven't either!! hahaahahaaaaa!

	Fuckd__4_Life	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 11:44 pm EST
	Reply I can't believe Valve is ignoring the franchise that put them on the fucking map. What's TF2, eh? What's L4D, eh? Fuck them, fuckers. They are nothing. We don't want milking IPs. Where the fuck is Half Life: Episode 3? Be true to your fans, fucktards. Fuck Valve. They have lost a lot of value in my eyes after L4D2 and the constant, almost nonchalant attitudes towards a series that made them what they are today and so proudly beat their fucking fat chests with.
	Alchi: People get bored. Try to be understanding. If I was in the... Fuckd__4_Life: I did not say to stop developing any titles! I am just sayin... Alchi: Seems like two extremities. Valve works too much on new IP... finaleve: I'm pretty sure Valve said they were pm;y going to work 3 ep... The Bruce: Time to address a number of issues with the OP: #1) "Valv...

	Foo	[mail] Jan 19 2010, 11:58 pm EST
	Reply at Least L4d has dedicated servers. They still care what PC gamers think, which is more than the rest of the world.
	Doomsday.: who is the gal with the bubblebutt on ur avatar?!?

	jokester	[mail] Jan 20 2010, 03:12 am EST
	Reply Honestly, I was more excited for some of the earlier screens for TF2... None of this cartoony bullshit that it has become.... TFC/TF1.5 was a fantastic game and the sequel doesn't live up to it.