What happened to HL:EP3?

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darkewaffle

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HL3 doubledate release with Black Mesa, gogo make it happen.

Actually that might end up pushing EP3 back even further
 

Liet

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Who's Gordon Freeman? I feel like that name is familiar, maybe from a game I played 10 or 15 years ago, in what feels like another lifetime.
 

simonizor

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Who's Gordon Freeman? I feel like that name is familiar, maybe from a game I played 10 or 15 years ago, in what feels like another lifetime.
It's kind of sad, isn't it? I often find myself reading though wikipedia and other sites to try and remember exactly how the story line went because it's been so freaking long since I've played the game.
 

blastingcap

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It's safe to say Valve killed that franchise. They were on a roll, but

That's what they said after Half Life 1 and Team Fortress Classic. Dead company, won't ever seen HL2 or TF2, etc. etc.

But yes it HAS been left 4 dead, not literally but figuratively because they probably diverted a lot of resources to l4d/l4d2 that would have gone into Ep3.
 

zerocool84

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That's what they said after Half Life 1 and Team Fortress Classic. Dead company, won't ever seen HL2 or TF2, etc. etc.

But yes it HAS been left 4 dead, not literally but figuratively because they probably diverted a lot of resources to l4d/l4d2 that would have gone into Ep3.

L4D and Portal, both of those have taken resources away from HL.
 

A Casual Fitz

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L4D and TF2 have absolutely nothing on the HL series... it's crap they haven't paid any attention to it.
 
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I remember people begging for a new Team Fortress before TF2 came out. It squelched all complaints about Valve not caring for their fanbase. Day of Defeat: Source was a surprise. DoD is NOT their moneymaker.
 

Darklife

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Why does this thread reappear every two weeks? Nobody knows anything about EP3, if they did there would be a huge sticky at the very top of the forum.
 

GaryJohnson

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Why does this thread reappear every two weeks? Nobody knows anything about EP3, if they did there would be a huge sticky at the very top of the forum.

There would also be angels singing.

I think it's a reasonably logical to expect EP3 to ship with Portal 2 in some kind of color-coded "box." Maybe with Team Fortress 3 in the box too (or some kind of conceptual valve game involving time warping).
 

Liet

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Man, I'm starting to get confused between Ep3 and HL3, because both are so long overdue!

Ah well.

It's so damn tempting to start a new HL2 game so I can hear the combine guys' heart monitor go "BEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeee...*" when they die. Man, that was fun.
 

xboxist

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When I upgraded to a 24" (from 20") a few months back, I broke it in by replaying the HL2 games that have been released so far. Such a quality series... I really wish they would at least talk about their plans. This 100% silence shit is so lame. They could at least discuss intentions without having to commit to release dates and such.
 

thedosbox

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Valve signed a deal with Intel to use HL2:Ep3 as a showcase for Intel's new graphic capabilities. The game will be released when Intel are ready
 

Rezident

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Gabe said they have three surprises over the next year.

new engine?
Half-life 3?
???
 

JoPh

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how long did tf2 take?

take that and double it. then you will have release on ep3
 

darkewaffle

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Everything I've always heard about the Source engine is that it's very modular and for that reason it won't be replaced, the resources for it would just need updated. Not sure why that's even floating around.
 

Jakeisbest

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Its like trying to fall asleep. If you try to fall asleep, you end up staying awake.

If you wait for HL2:EP3 it will never come out.
 
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