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Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3, and Source 2 titles found on Valve project tracker - Report

Projects labeled after company's shooters and game engine turn up in internal documentation; other names include "SteamMMO" and "Steam Box".

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Valve fan site Valvetime claims to have unearthed documentation that show Valve Software employees may be internally discussing projects like Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3 and Source Engine 2.

Valve may be working on a new Half-Life and Left 4 Dead sequel.
Valve may be working on a new Half-Life and Left 4 Dead sequel.

The alleged screenshots of Valve's internal project-tracking software from an anonymous source showed a 42-employee mailing group for a project called "Half-Life 3". The screenshots also displayed a 68-person mailing group for a project titled "Left 4 Dead 3".

The project called "Source 2" had numerous groups devoted onto it like "Artists", "Builds" and "Proto-games". Other notable project titles include "Steam Box", "SteamMMO", "Return to Ravenholm", and "Piston Test" (a reference to Xi3's Piston console).

Readers should keep in mind that this leak is not an official confirmation from Valve Software. Readers can check out the full list of projects on the Pastebin link.

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half life 3


WHAT SORCERY IS THIS.......

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Half-Life 3 best E3 2015 title

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In this case, speculation is everyone's worse enemy. It gets released when it gets released.

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jeez i can't see any good games coming out until 2015...oh well at least there's a long backlog for me to go through until then on PC & ps4

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Mark my words, the release of Half-Life 3 will sell the most copies of any video game. Valve has designed this from the beginning.

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Great vid. Hoping for L4D 3, it's been too long - and btw Jonathan, I traveled through Sarawak (Bario, Patik, Gunung Mulu NP) in the mid 90s- amazing place, good people.

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Pipedream.

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Is all this because of the cryptic Valve ad in PC Gamer magazine? What a coincidence otherwise!

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I'm guessing that Valve is privately owned.... and illustrates both the Pros and Cons of being a Privately Held Company. The pros: You can release it "When it's Ready!" and not have to worry about releasing something that needed a few more months of incubation.....you can also take more chances, as you aren't gambling with other peoples money, only your own investment.

Cons: Lack of productivity..... when you have to worry about "Quarterlies", you must either have some stuff in development or at least some signs of progress every 4 months.... people bitch about "Greedy Companies only worrying about their Greedy Stock-Holders", but in the case of Valve... they'd have released many more games/products if they had to appease the "evil stockholders", which would most likely benefit all of us gamers. Then again, maybe their quality would go down the toilet if they had a deadline to meet.

I'm not sure which way I go on this issue.... there have just been a LOT of people bashing capitalism lately and it's really driving me nuts. (as people read this post on a computer that is affordable b/c of capitalism and is as advanced as it is b/c of capitalism...)

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@CaptWaffle I think it is not about a privately held company compared to Steam and a huge moneymaker that is. They can afford to screw off with game projects when they have a constant revenue stream, a huge one at that, coming in.

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@CaptWaffle omg ....capitalism bla bla bla listen to yourself i hope you're not in your 20's or worse!

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Please please please please please please (etc)

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it almost feels like they are scared to release new games in the series, as if they knew they couldn't top previous episodes...

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@GameYakuza Yea, well both Half-Life's have been genre defining for their time. It is quite a reputation. Honestly, I would be happy with a great conclusion to the story. It doesn't have to be some FPS toppling game. Then I'll just sit back let the mods flow.

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Put Episode 3 in there while you're at it god dammit!!!

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YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I remeber the first time playing halflife it blew my mind back then and still does today, the community was simply the best you can ask for, supporting it with endless awsome mods like sweet hallife which was almost valve quality. One of the aspects about halflife that I like was the fact it set itself different from others shooters by making putting obstacles in your way that you had to overcome in its vast universe. For hl3 I always thought valve would release episode 3 to continue the gordon freeman saga but, halflife 3 would be a prequel that had another character like shepard based somewhere in the time of the seven hour war but hey just an idea. So Half-life your amazingly spetacular world, well thought of enemies and gman would put you as one of the tops games in my book. It deserves a number 3 :D


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if it is not in my hands, i dont believe a word valve says anymore. to many times i have been disappointed lol

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Sorry, not in the mood for another round of "disappoint the gamer"

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You better not be shitting me Gabe! I will have your balls if you lie to me!!!

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I still have my hopes for Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Part 2

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It's been a while.

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Nice nice...............

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These boys have got some catching up to do game engine-wise. If they release another game with physics puzzles, fps platforming, linear levels and constant load time stoppages similar to Half-Life 2 and its episodes, it will receive the same review treatment as Duke Nukem Forever did (as that was just a Half-Life 2 ripoff with bad jokes).

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@hadlee73 You really think Valve doesn't know that? Half-Life 3 will be great just like the previous 2 titles. I doubt it will redefine FPS like the first two but there is no way Valve will screw this up.

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@Slade968 @hadlee73 That's the spirit! Nothing like blind optimism to see us through :P

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The yellow box

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Meh. Wasn't a fan of the Half-Life series to begin with, so I'm not excited for this.

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@mastermetal777 ok????

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this is the best birthday gift of this year! :3

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please please please just let half-life 3 be real

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The headcrabs are more than thrilled with this news and wish to thank you sincerely for not forgetting them. -Gman

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdvujwulPr1qgfmjxo1_250.gif

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Did i see Starcraft on that list O_o


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And the internet just jized it's pants, even when the smallest amount of info shows up for HL3 happynes starts overcoming everyone.

Anyway i sadly have to be pessimistic about this, i honestly think i won't experience Half Life 3 ever in my life.

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10 Years Ago For Half-Life 3!!!

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Valve already explicitly said they will not make a new game engine after source. Valve doesn't really flip flop....

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Half Life 3.... confirmed?

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@SapientShell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrne2-gOoqU

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more greats news to be proud to be an gamer

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@pszone go back to grammar school

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@blacksaibot @pszone

Says the guy with grammatical errors in his post.

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@blacksaibot @pszone That's most racist and pathetic thing to read on internet . English may not be his language , he have convoyed his message . Stop being so short sighted , English is not the only language on earth and it really doesn't hurt if you have mistakes in grammar as long as you deliver your message to other .

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@blacksaibot

Don't worry BlackSaibot, I'm on your side. The number of people in the world that apparently never learned basic grammar is atrocious.

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@Cloud_imperium @blacksaibot @pszone Hey moron. What does my response have to do with racism? Do you know what race is? Race is NOT determined by a language. Looks like you too need an education... and a grammar check on your message.

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Any information regarding HL3 is great. Hope is not lost for Gordon Freeman. Really hope HL3 has a co-op campaign. If so..I call dibs on D.O.G. He would be a great tank. Imagine multiple grav- guns where players would have to work together towards an objective. Lifting things with proper balance and timing. Figuring out how to get through an area with teamwork. Oculus Rift compatible..my mind boggles. Gman is devious and one of the most mysterious characters in gaming so one would expect some really intricate "puzzles". An almost open world environment would be great (a total open world HL3 would be too much to ask). Refreshed multi player would be spectacular as well.

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I just don't care, half life games were overrated anyway, i never understood why.

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@foojam yeah, I also never understood why they're called overrated.

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@santinegrete @foojam I think we're not talking about the same thing here. You never understood why they are called overrated, you say. But i say that many people don't consider them overrated but extremely good, something with which i disagree. of course, i can't say they are bad, but overhyped for sure.

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@foojam I wish I were as cool as you, man.

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