Where is Half Life 2: Episode 3!?!?

Half Life 2 was released in November 16th 2004.
Half Life 2: Episode 1 was released in July 1st 2006.
Half Life 2: Episode 2 was released in October 10th 2007.

And we've all been waiting for Half Life 2: Episode 3, the final chapter of the Half Life 2 series. Valve actually did announce a release date for it. And can you guess when!? FREAKING ENDING OF 2010! And now it's almost been 3 years with no answer from them! They have done this with so many games, I recall many games they have released over a year past the release date. I am getting tired of waiting! Half Life 2 is my favorite game, and Valve is lying to EVERYONE!

Does anyone have any news or interviews saying the release date of this game? Because I'm tired of waiting.

It's never coming out.

Pretty sure they never said that it would release in 2010, they never really revealed it in the first place or gave any sort of meaningful information. It was just announced with the first two episodes that valve was planning on making it.

Anyways, I doubt they will make an episode 3 now, probably just will make a fully fledged Half life 3 instead of a 6 hour episode.

It's never coming out.

Baranga

The notoriety of this long-awaited sequel is doing a good job at keeping Valve relevant.

The notoriety of this long-awaited sequel is doing a good job at keeping Valve relevant.

HavocEbonlore

Because I guess the overwhelming popularity of Steam and games like TF2 and Left 4 Dead are just barely keeping them memorable in the public eye?

Half-Life and Titan. The 2 wonders of gaming.

what is this "3" you speak of? We here at valve only know how count up to "2"k2theswiss

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]what is this "3" you speak of? We here at valve only know how count up to "2"kraken2109

[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="k2theswiss"]what is this "3" you speak of? We here at valve only know how count up to "2"darksusperia

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wis3boi

lmao

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The notoriety of this long-awaited sequel is doing a good job at keeping Valve relevant.

SPYDER0416

Because I guess the overwhelming popularity of Steam and games like TF2 and Left 4 Dead are just barely keeping them memorable in the public eye?

....which pretty much piggybacked on the Episode-3 craze.

as gabe said they have no deadline.

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HyperWarlock

lmao

It's Valve. Not EA or Activision.

They are taking their time which means the masterpiece will come out absolutely superb with quality found in every corner and polygon.

Half Life 2 was released in November 16th 2004.
Half Life 2: Episode 1 was released in July 1st 2006.
Half Life 2: Episode 2 was released in October 10th 2007.

And we've all been waiting for Half Life 2: Episode 3, the final chapter of the Half Life 2 series. Valve actually did announce a release date for it. And can you guess when!? FREAKING ENDING OF 2010! And now it's almost been 3 years with no answer from them! They have done this with so many games, I recall many games they have released over a year past the release date. I am getting tired of waiting! Half Life 2 is my favorite game, and Valve is lying to EVERYONE!

Does anyone have any news or interviews saying the release date of this game? Because I'm tired of waiting.

nima0041

The release date is in this news story...

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/half-life-2-episode-one-gold-two-dated-three-announced-6151796

In that story Valve are quoted as saying that Episode 3 will be released by Christmas 2007. LOLOL. Damn, Valve really didn't grasp the fundamentals of episodic content. Almost five and a half years late and still no sign of it. Ridiculous.

Valve likes to sit on a bunch of talent and just screw around, I wish I was a valve developer. They must be living the dream life. Go to work, mess around with abit of code from a pet project for a few for a few minutes, then screw around in the recreational room for the remainder of the day, and go home with a beer buzz.

I wish I could be talented enough to let me talent be wasted over at valve HQ. One can only wonder what sort of time wasting innovations they've come up with over the years.

I'm picturing them spinning in their office room chairs atm, just laughing hysterically, screwing around, shooting nerf guns at each other, and they're paid to do that! What a life.

It's never coming out.

Baranga

BAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Valve likes to sit on a bunch of talent and just screw around, I wish I was a valve developer. They must be living the dream life. Go to work, mess around with abit of code from a pet project for a few for a few minutes, then screw around in the recreational room for the remainder of the day, and go home with a beer buzz.

I wish I could be talented enough to let me talent be wasted over at valve HQ. One can only wonder what sort of time wasting innovations they've come up with over the years.

I'm picturing them spinning in their office room chairs atm, just laughing hysterically, screwing around, shooting nerf guns at each other, and they're paid to do that! What a life.

C_Glass

This made my day

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Valve likes to sit on a bunch of talent and just screw around, I wish I was a valve developer. They must be living the dream life. Go to work, mess around with abit of code from a pet project for a few for a few minutes, then screw around in the recreational room for the remainder of the day, and go home with a beer buzz.

I wish I could be talented enough to let me talent be wasted over at valve HQ. One can only wonder what sort of time wasting innovations they've come up with over the years.

I'm picturing them spinning in their office room chairs atm, just laughing hysterically, screwing around, shooting nerf guns at each other, and they're paid to do that! What a life.

_SKatEDiRt_

This made my day

Who honestly cares? Half-Life is a washed up game now, nobody plays it anymore. It is all about Dota 2 Tf2 and Counter-Strike. When is the last time you honestly wanted to play Half-Life 2 again? I never have, and I didn't even bother to beat the game.SKaREO

HL2 probaly the best FPS ever made.

HL2 IS the best FPS ever made.

CUDGEdave

It's gonna be HL3, it's gonna be on their new engine, it's going to be released when next gen hits and it's going to revive the FPS genre.

Who honestly cares? Half-Life is a washed up game now, nobody plays it anymore. It is all about Dota 2 Tf2 and Counter-Strike. When is the last time you honestly wanted to play Half-Life 2 again? I never have, and I didn't even bother to beat the game.SKaREO

Who honestly cares? Half-Life is a washed up game now, nobody plays it anymore. It is all about Dota 2 Tf2 and Counter-Strike. When is the last time you honestly wanted to play Half-Life 2 again? I never have, and I didn't even bother to beat the game.SKaREO

With no information for over 6 years, I seriously think Valve has abandoned the Half-Life franchise. Like someone mentioned, they're too involved in making billions with Steam and Steambox. Half-Life means nothing to them anymore. The only thing left for us is to keep playing the previous games, and consider Half-Life an unfinished epic. R.I.P. Half-Life  Its true that all good things must come to an end :(

Gabe ate it.

With no information for over 6 years, I seriously think Valve has abandoned the Half-Life franchise. Like someone mentioned, they're too involved in making billions with Steam and Steambox. Half-Life means nothing to them anymore. The only thing left for us is to keep playing the previous games, and consider Half-Life an unfinished epic. R.I.P. Half-Life :(

funkyzoom

Or, you know...doing the logical thing and getting a new engine set up on linux to run the game on for next gen?  Steambox is linux based and all their games support linux on PCs, it's a reasonable choice to wait for then

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With no information for over 6 years, I seriously think Valve has abandoned the Half-Life franchise. Like someone mentioned, they're too involved in making billions with Steam and Steambox. Half-Life means nothing to them anymore. The only thing left for us is to keep playing the previous games, and consider Half-Life an unfinished epic. R.I.P. Half-Life :(

wis3boi

Or, you know...doing the logical thing and getting a new engine set up on linux to run the game on for next gen?  Steambox is linux based and all their games support linux on PCs, it's a reasonable choice to wait for then

I seriously doubt it. Money makes people do strange things. And it is money which has made Valve ignore the beloved franchise which actually gave them a foothold in the gaming industry. I still remember playing the original Half-Life when it was released way back in Novenber 1998. Those were the days.

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[QUOTE="funkyzoom"]

With no information for over 6 years, I seriously think Valve has abandoned the Half-Life franchise. Like someone mentioned, they're too involved in making billions with Steam and Steambox. Half-Life means nothing to them anymore. The only thing left for us is to keep playing the previous games, and consider Half-Life an unfinished epic. R.I.P. Half-Life :(

funkyzoom

Or, you know...doing the logical thing and getting a new engine set up on linux to run the game on for next gen?  Steambox is linux based and all their games support linux on PCs, it's a reasonable choice to wait for then

I seriously doubt it. Money makes people do strange things. And it is money which has made Valve ignore the beloved franchise which actually gave them a foothold in the gaming industry. I still remember playing the original Half-Life when it was released way back in Novenber 1998. Those were the days.

took em 10 years to make TF2

I don't care they take so long to make the game, but at the very least they could release a screenshot, trailer or even a teaser. We have seen exactly nothing of the game, nobody knows Valve is even working on it. Or is busy creating more TF2 hats and DOTA characters.

I've always been a huge Half Life fan and because of that a Valve fan, but the way they treat this series (and Day of Defeat) has made lose respect. I also lost interest in freemans fate, the mysteries surrounding the g-man and so on. I may have once cared but don't end your game with a cliffhanger if it take this long for you to make a sequel.

They didn't end Portal with a cliffhanger and still managed to create a fantastic sequel. And they did it in 4 years too, that's less than a Half Life sequel ever took to make. Between HL1 & 2 there were 6 years and now another 9 years have passed since HL2 with no Half Life 3 in sight.

Let me guess: Half Life 3 will end with a cliffhanger that will take 56 years to get cleared up. No thanks.

It's Valve. Not EA or Activision.

They are taking their time which means the masterpiece will come out absolutely superb with quality found in every corner and polygon.

Cyberdot

this.

I can wait.  Lots of good games out there to take up the time while we await the great masterpiece that will be Episode 3.

IF I can put on my tinfoil hat for a second, my personal belief is that they are developing a super-duper awesome game engine to power the game, with plans to market the engine as well.  So while Cryengine and Frostbite and UnrealEngine essentially max out after their tenth releases and we get fatigued and ultimately upset with the plateau, Valve will come along and be like "O Hai There.  Check this out" and our heads will explode from the beauty