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Since Episode Two’s release in October of 2007, we’ve seen virtually no substantial information on Episode Three. While Doug Lombardi did mention, [URL="http://archive.videogamesdaily.com/features/valve-doug-lombardi-left-4-dead-interview-p3.asp"]in this interview with Kikizo[/URL], that the wait until Episode Three would be longer than the wait between HL2 and Episode One, and the wait between Episode One and Episode Two combined (which told us that the wait would go beyond October 2010), and that Valve may reveal something EP3-related some time at the very end of 2008. As we all know, this never happened, and since then, it’s been nothing but total silence.
Then [URL="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/231988/news/report-no-half-life-2-episode-three-this-year/"]Game Informer told us there would be no Half-Life during 2010[/URL] – and surprisingly, they were right. They also mentioned that there would be no Episode Three at all, and that it would become a full-fledged Half-Life 3, which was an idea the fans had been playing around with. Then [URL="http://lambdageneration.com/posts/game-informer-hints-at-possible-half-life-3-reveal-during-2011/"]they “predicted” that this HL3 would be revealed some time during the course of this year[/URL], which yet again, got people going.
Of course, as we all know, there was no Half-Life at E3. Game Informer’s prophecy would have to come true later in the year. But, what have we here?
Just two days ago, on the 13th of June, Steam Forum user ryuuk posted a thread titled: [I]“Half-Life 3 is officially confirmed!”. [/I]The opening post read as follows:[INDENT][quote]Mike Dussault, a long time programmer at Valve, recently left the company. I didn’t know him until last week. Let me introduce myself. I’m a freelance artist. I do contract work for a studio in Seattle, through the internet. They have a client access system on their site. I came across Dussault’s resume, while browsing the files section. Now, I know you’re all curious about Valve’s in-house development, but I’m only going to talk about the Half-Life series.
According to his resume, Episode Three was put on hold when Valve decided to move away from the episodic model in late 2007, right after Episode Two’s release. He was a techinal advisor on a cancelled Half-Life title, made outside of the company. Dussault’s work on Half-Life 3′s world programming, and the scripting system (between 2008 and 2010) is also mentioned in the resume.[/quote][/INDENT]And here is a screencap of the thread as it looked back then, for any non-believers. Ignore the watermark.
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So, what makes this particular case interesting? Surely it’s just another troll having his daily dose of laughs with the Half-Life fanbase?[B] Well, what is interesting is that the thread in question was [I]completely deleted[/I] not long after it was posted, and [URL="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/member.php?u=627186"]ryuuk was permanently banned from the Steam Forums[/URL].[/B] I don’t know about you, but this sounds a bit strange to me. If this really was just a trolling attempt, then why was ryuuk permanently banned, and the thread completely deleted?
In addition, it turns out that Mike Dussault is a real person, and has in fact left Valve. He had been with the company for over 10 years. He left in September of last year, which fits the development timeline that is in this supposed resume (“2008-2010″). He was then working with Dreamfly, a non-profit organization, right up until April. So ryuuk had one detail spot on in this story.
Furthermore, ryuuk mentions that Valve put Episode Three on hold in late 2007, which does fit with what we knew – that Valve was moving away from the episodic model as early as the aftermath of EP2′s release, and that by mid-2008, plans had completely changed for Half-Life.
Another interesting detail is the mention of Mike serving as a “technical advisor on a cancelled Half-Life title made outside of the company”. When I heard this, I instantly thought of the infamous [URL="http://lambdageneration.com/posts/concept-art-leaked-for-hl2-episode-four/"]“Episode Four”, which we talked about in March[/URL] when an EA concept artist revealed concept art for some sort of cancelled Half-Life title being developed at EA. At the time, many of us thought it was the elusive Episode Four.
Since then, however, more info has surfaced on this mysterious project. Doomed, a regular poster on the Episode Two Steam Forums, [URL="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1886932"]created this thread back in May[/URL], in which he mentioned that he had been informed, that somewhere in the data leaked by hackers following May’s network intrusion on Eidos’ servers, was the CV of one individual, which mentioned that he had worked on Episode Four, at Arkane Studios during 2006 and 2007, before “Valve decided to put their episodic efforts on hold”. (Perhaps Episode Four went through the hands of multiple game companies, or the concept art we saw was for a completely different HL project being done at EA?) This is another detail that seems to be legitimate – he worked on Episode Four, outside of the company, which was cancelled not long after EP2′s release, possibly due to the same reasons Episode Three became Half-Life 3.
The final piece of information ryuuk gives us is that Mike had done work on HL3′s world programming and scripting from 2008, until his departure from Valve in September 2010. If real, this confirms many fans’ suspicions that the next installment in the Half-Life series has been in fact in development for all this time. He did not share or mention anything else.
So… is this real, or have we been had? Who knows? But this is one hell of an interesting story, and we feel that all of the Half-Life fans out there deserve to know. We’ve asked Valve, but have received no reply as of yet.[/quote]
rumor mill incoming
Well, at least we can be sure now that we won't be waiting forever for a game that's going to be fairly short.
I think it's funny that information concerning HL3 is so rare that even the title being written down or spoken excites people.
But an interesting read this was.
My god, Gordon freeman!
[QUOTE=Kel|oggs;30488705]My god, Gordon freeman![/QUOTE]
goodness*
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Pretty sweet news even though we kind of already knew mot of it. I guess it'll be HL3 after all, then.
"Reload, Doctor Freeman!"
... "YOU'VE SAID THAT FOR THREE GAMES NOW, COMING ON FOUR, YOU STUPID REBELS."
... "Don't forget to reload!"
Could easily be a troll but there's no harm in hoping. The awesome thing about Valve is that they're probably more likely to pull something like this than not.
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rumor mill incoming[/QUOTE]
You are so late it's not even funny.
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;30489052]You are so late it's not even funny.[/QUOTE]
i searched the whole section and couldn't find anything
[QUOTE=Wii60;30489364]i searched the whole section and couldn't find anything[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?p=30454054#post30454054[/url]
You certainly did some research, I see.
Lol for some stupidly fanboyish reason, I'm okay with seeing it twice if it's true ;_;
I want this to be true, but I don't want to be dissapointed again.
[QUOTE=a wet towel;30489653]I want this to be true, but I don't want to be dissapointed again.[/QUOTE]
Gabe: "You think they're on to us yet?"
Cthulhu: "Nah, just let em keep spinning their wheels awhile on this small shit, it's funny as hell."
Banned? All he did was to post information he found legally.
Lol it's obviously either them screwing with us, or them trying to shut him up as fast as possible. Does this count as a PR leak? no.
If there was going to be an Ep4, it was probably merged with Ep3 to become HL3
This entire thing seriously needs to be merged into the one at the Sensationalist Headlines section, or vice versa. Seriously, that one's pretty damn big
For some reason I don't feel all that excited about this.
Confirmed as fake by Doug Lombardi.
[QUOTE=Joazzz;30491043]Confirmed as fake by Doug Lombardi.[/QUOTE]
Isn't he that marketing director that doesn't let Gabe talk about episode 3? :raise:
Mmmm maybe.
[QUOTE=Joazzz;30491043]Confirmed as fake by Doug Lombardi.[/QUOTE]
So they aren't working on Half-Life 3? My guess is that Doug is lying
[QUOTE=iSnubWaitWhat;30493743]So they aren't working on Half-Life 3? My guess is that Doug is lying[/QUOTE]
He isn't exactly lying. Valve are probably working on it, they just haven't announced officially.
Hardly officially confirmed, but indeed shows that apparently they [b]ARE[/b] working on it.
The question is; What kinda man hours for the development? How much money is invested in the development of HL3? etc etc.
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One can dream for HL3 and later on TF3! :dance:
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One can dream for HL3, [b]then L4D3 [/b] and later on TF3! :dance:[/QUOTE]
I'm more excited about this than any of the recent (and up coming) bullshit TeamFortress2 promotional-hat updates at least.
And yeah L4D3 too, hell why not Portal 3 as well.
Source 2.0 would have potential I think.
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Source 2.0 would have potential I think.[/QUOTE]
Gabe said they aren't making a new Source engine.
Speaking of which, did anybody noticed that when you turn the dev console in Portal 2, it says [i] Source Engine 2001 [/i] ?
Not necessarily a new Source engine, but if they are developing Half-life 3, it better take it to the next level much like in HL1 -> HL2
I agree Source is fine mostly, but if they really upgraded it or enhanced it (taking it to a portal 2 kinda level only in multiplayer like TF3 etc) it would be worth it.
that's pretty cool i guess.
[QUOTE=robotman5;30494384]that's pretty cool i guess.[/QUOTE]
What exactly is cool, if I may ask?
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