Remember that Half-Life 3 trademarking? - Polidicks

Yeah, it's fake. [URL="http://www.valvetime.net/threads/fake-european-half-life-3-portal-3-trademarks-filed.243962/"]http://www.valvetime.net/threads/fake-european-half-life-3-portal-3-trademarks-filed.243962/[/URL] [QUOTE]We can now confirm that the "Half-Life 3" trademark has been removed from the Trademarks and Design Registration Office of the European Union (OHIM) website. The entrant appears to have disappeared entirely after only being listed on the website database for little over a week, allowing us to identify that the trademark's listing was more than likely a hoax intended to generate fake buzz for a game which is unlikely to appear for several years. Returning readers may remember when we had discussed how the "Half-Life 3" listing was previously never officially checked or authenticated before its removal.[/QUOTE] This does not surprise me one bit. ;_;

ive lost interest in it completely tbh, more excited for the new source engine [sp]RICOCHET 2!!!!!1!![/sp]

Quite honestly, anyone who gets 'excited' toward Half Life 3, anything, is going to be ultimately disappointed. Unless it's from Valve themselves, then don't expect jack shit. Plus they're busy with their own console, so I highly doubt they're going to spend much time on HL3. [sp]god damnit code I wrote all that while watching your avatar fuck me[/sp]

Valve will announce Episode 3 when they want to. I thought everyone had figured this out already?

[QUOTE=Coffee;42410602]Valve will announce Episode 3 when they want to. I thought everyone had figured this out already?[/QUOTE] Nah because Valve's abandoned episodes.

[QUOTE=Coffee;42410602]Valve will announce Episode 3 when they want to. I thought everyone had figured this out already?[/QUOTE] get down from your high horse

Apathy.

[QUOTE=Bread_Baron;42410616]Nah because Valve's abandoned episodes.[/QUOTE] I'm going to call it Episode 3 until Valve decide call it Half-Life 3. It just makes more sense in terms of story arcs to call it Episode 3.

[QUOTE=SatansSin;42410580] Plus they're busy with their own console, so I highly doubt they're going to spend much time on HL3. [/QUOTE] ugh i don't care about all the hardware they're doing, they should keep making amazing games

[QUOTE=Coffee;42410665]I'm going to call it Episode 3 until Valve decide call it Half-Life 3. It just makes more sense in terms of story arcs to call it Episode 3.[/QUOTE] Gabe confirmed himself that it's now called Half-Life 3.

[QUOTE=All0utWar;42410701]Gabe confirmed himself that it's now called Half-Life 3.[/QUOTE] Do you have a source for that? In the past, Valve have always referred to the next Half-Life game by whatever title the asker has asked.

come the fuck on we can't even have A FUCKING TRADEMARKED TITLE

[QUOTE=Coffee;42410732]Do you have a source for that? In the past, Valve have always referred to the next Half-Life game by whatever title the asker has asked.[/QUOTE] theres an interview where gabe said he abandoned the episodes idea and decided to make it a full game instead.

lol hl3. i'm more likely to get a girlfriend than play that game within my lifetime.

i dont think ill get episode 3 when it comes out. Lost my interested a while ago, i wouldnt want it that way, but thats what happens with huge gaps like 10 years or so.

[QUOTE=All0utWar;42410701]Gabe confirmed himself that it's now called Half-Life 3.[/QUOTE] No, Gabe confirmed that they'd given up on Episodic content. Half Life 1 was its own storyline. Half Life 2 and its episodes is its own storyline. Half Life 3 will be its own storyline. It will be titled episode 3 because calling it Half Life 3 suggests it not being the same arc.

[QUOTE=codemaster85;42410749]theres an interview where gabe said he abandoned the episodes idea and decided to make it a full game instead.[/QUOTE] It can still be called Episode 3 and yet still be a full game.

[QUOTE=locojaws;42410684]ugh i don't care about all the hardware they're doing, they should keep making amazing games[/QUOTE] In the past Gabe has said the Episodics failed which eludes to no Episode 3. Several Valve employees have called it Half-Life 3 in interviews (probably because the interviewer called it Half-Life 3 first). And 2 times in the past year Valve's JIRA project tracker has been made public, both times containing a project named "Half-Life 3" and the last one had "Half-Life 3 Core" [QUOTE=Coffee;42410780]It can still be called Episode 3 and yet still be a full game.[/QUOTE] In my opinion Half-Life 3 sounds a lot more welcoming to new people than Episode 3. Also if Valve announces a Episode 3 even if it is the length of a full game people will bitch and moan.

Valve is a company, their purpose is to make money, they've probably decided that having their staff working on F2P games and Steam itself will be a more profitable use of time than Half-Life 3 If HL3 was the most profitable thing for them to do they'd have done it by now.

[QUOTE=Stents*;42410793]In the past Gabe has said the Episodics failed which eludes to no Episode 3. Several Valve employees have called it Half-Life 3 in interviews (probably because the interviewer called it Half-Life 3 first). And 2 times in the past year Valve's JIRA project tracker has been made public, both times containing a project named "Half-Life 3" and the last one had "Half-Life 3 Core"[/QUOTE] I believe the JIRA also contained one for Episode 3 as well.

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;42410767]It will be titled episode 3 because calling it Half Life 3 suggests it not being the same arc.[/QUOTE] It will be titled Half Life 3 because most people aren't anal enough to care about the story arc.

[QUOTE=Wiggles;42410817]It will be titled Half Life 3 because most people aren't anal enough to care about the story arc.[/QUOTE] It doesn't matter how anal most people are, it matters how anal valve are. [editline]4th October 2013[/editline] Like, why would they have Half Life 3 be the conclusion to Half Life 2? That makes no sense.

[QUOTE=locojaws;42410684]ugh i don't care about all the hardware they're doing, they should keep making amazing games[/QUOTE] Of course they're making games. They can't have the entire company be developing some hardware and an OS...

Come on guys, it was removed for other reasons. right.

[QUOTE=Coffee;42410810]I believe the JIRA also contained one for Episode 3 as well.[/QUOTE] Yeah it did but it remained the same both leaks while the Half-Life 3 one had 6 employees added and the "Half-Life 3 Core" added the second leak. Doesn't mean it's coming out soon though, just that it's in development.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;42410850]Come on guys, it was removed for other reasons. right.[/QUOTE] Clearly it was removed because Valve didn't want us to know yet.

I'm telling ya; it's never coming out. VALVe doesn't care enough about the series and even if they [i]did[/i] something at this point, both they and us know whatever they could possibly conjure wouldn't have been worth the wait. I mean, be realistic here. It's been six years. Just give up.

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;42410830]It doesn't matter how anal most people are, it matters how anal valve are. [editline]4th October 2013[/editline] Like, why would they have Half Life 3 be the conclusion to Half Life 2? That makes no sense.[/QUOTE] 3 comes after 2, it makes perfect sense.

I smell the ashes AND IT'S BAD

[QUOTE=VinLAURiA;42410904]I'm telling ya; it's never coming out. VALVe doesn't care enough about the series and even if they [i]did[/i] something at this point, both they and us know whatever they could possibly conjure wouldn't have been worth the wait. I mean, be realistic here. It's been six years. Just give up.[/QUOTE] so you know like literally anything about how long games can take at all holy fuck dude because 6 years is definitely normal.