Half Life 3 logo appears on black-aperture.com/

On http://black-aperture.com/ the Half life 3 logo has appeared with with "Valve, Steam and Source" all printed underneath. It all looks very official. It links to the Orange box when you click on it too.

Im not sure how credible this is but it seems pretty cool to me

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

this reminds me of the find makarov thing.

im not ready to believe it. and i think the name "black aperture" sounds incredibly generic and stupid considering its just a play on black mesa and aperture science that some random fan trying to make controversy made up.

Oh man, I hope this is really a site meant for the next game and not some fan film again.

Come on Valve, I know you can get over that fear of the number 3!

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

Mozelleple112

Could be a new iteration of source. Like how unreal engine gets new version all the time.

Even if they register a trademark and domain, that doesn't mean the game will come out anytime soon. >_>foxhound_fox

I agree completely

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

seanmcloughlin

Could be a new iteration of source. Like how unreal engine gets new version all the time.

No, just no.

Half Life 3 needs to be a stellar game.

>Source engine

are you serious Valve?

No, just no.

Half Life 3 needs to be a stellar game.

SovietsUnited

And if Half-Life 3 were on the Source it would most likely still be a "stellar game". The engine a game runs on doesn't mean a damn thing

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

SovietsUnited

Could be a new iteration of source. Like how unreal engine gets new version all the time.

No, just no.

Half Life 3 needs to be a stellar game.

It also needs a new engine I think.

I mean, Source has held up for a long time, but its dated. Half-Life 3 needs like, SUPER Source. I mean, playing RAGE and Battlefield 3 just sort of spoiled me I guess when the engines are so awesome and the games are pretty and smooth as hell (on both PC AND consoles, at least for RAGE), and I think its time for a Source 2 to give us some next generation graphics and gunplay, especially with new consoles supposedly around the corner and beefier PC's coming out every 5 minutes that can eat the Source engine for breakfast.

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

No, just no.

Half Life 3 needs to be a stellar game.

R3FURBISHED

And if Half-Life 3 were on the Source it would most likely still be a "stellar game". The engine a game runs on doesn't mean a damn thing

It cant, and it does matter. Half Life 3 running on the same engine as HL2 is a crime. And enough with Source already, it had a good, long run.

New engine please!

[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

No, just no.

Half Life 3 needs to be a stellar game.

SovietsUnited

And if Half-Life 3 were on the Source it would most likely still be a "stellar game". The engine a game runs on doesn't mean a damn thing

It cant, and it does matter. Half Life 3 running on the same engine as HL2 is a crime. And enough with Source already, it had a good, long run.

yeah a bit too long. Portal 2 showed how dated it is, not awful but HL3 deserves better

It cant, and it does matter. Half Life 3 running on the same engine as HL2 is a crime. And enough with Source already, it had a good, long run.

SovietsUnited

PC graphic whores...how cute. This is the same company that has only ever made one series from the ground up, don't give Valve too much credit.

Is it possible that Valve has ignored their one creation because they are building another iteration from the ground up? Sure, and hopefully thats what they are doing.

This was leaked a few days ago, and was all but proven as a hoax by backtracking the internet things.

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

Mozelleple112

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

bleehum

I think it will be a full game this time. Been too long just for an episode.

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

Mozelleple112

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

Stevo_the_gamer

Source is old. Simple as that.

I doubt it will be coming anytime soon, afterall the new source engine hasn't been made yet and I'm sure they're creating as we speak just for the future games. :)

[QUOTE="bleehum"][QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

eboyishere

I think it will be a full game this time. Been too long just for an episode.

Pretty much. The point of episodic content is to keep smaller bits of a full game released regularly, like every one or two years. They followed this with Episode 1 and 2 (both released within a year of eachother, a year after HL2), but then they haven't said a damn thing about the series since Episode 2 came out in 2007.

In that time we've had 4 full Call of Duty games from two developers, 3 Assassin's Creed games, 4 Battlefield titles, 2 Batman games, 2 Left 4 Dead titles (from Valve no less), 2 Fallout titles from two different developers, as well as Grand Theft Auto IV and two of its own major expansions (and a whole new GTA V in between a crap ton of other Rockstar titles due next year).

At this point there's now way this is just an episode running on Source. If I was a gambling man, I'd wager Valve used the time to work on other series, while also making a new engine and working on a full new Half-Life title to use on the engine. At this point, the gunplay and mechanics are getting dated, so it would make sense I think for them to be doing that.

That's fake. Someone searched for the domain thingy and it belonged to some random person :(

This is interesting though, and real:

:o

Domain Name: BLACK-APERTURE.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/ Name Server: NS65.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Name Server: NS66.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Status: clientTransferProhibited Updated Date: 19-dec-2011 Creation Date: 19-dec-2011 Expiration Date: 19-dec-2012INTERNIC

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Even if they register a trademark and domain, that doesn't mean the game will come out anytime soon. >_>foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

SovietsUnited

Source is old. Simple as that.

don't want

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"] Source is awesome, who cares if it's not on a new engine? Portal 2 looked fantastic.Stevo_the_gamer

Source is old. Simple as that.

For a game series so influential and revolutionary, it would be a shame to run it on Source, again. This game deserves a new engine, new technology, even if they develop it for a very long time. Point blank.

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"] Source is awesome, who cares if it's not on a new engine? Portal 2 looked fantastic.Stevo_the_gamer

Source is old. Simple as that.

Even if they register a trademark and domain, that doesn't mean the game will come out anytime soon. >_>foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

Source is old. Simple as that.

SovietsUnited

For a game series so influential and revolutionary, it would be a shame to run it on Source, again. This game deserves a new engine, new technology, even if they develop it for a very long time. Point blank.

For a game series so influential and revolutionary, it would be a shame to run it on Source, again. This game deserves a new engine, new technology, even if they develop it for a very long time. Point blank.

SovietsUnited

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

For a game series so influential and revolutionary, it would be a shame to run it on Source, again. This game deserves a new engine, new technology, even if they develop it for a very long time. Point blank.

locopatho

Timespan between Oblivion and Civilization 4 is about 6 months. Timespan between HL2 and HL3 ?

If the game ends up looking great--why does it matter what engine it's running on? Don't tell me you're expecting cutting-edge defining (bar setting) level of graphics here...

Stevo_the_gamer

Yes. They've done it before, haven't they ?

Will we stay forever in this gen ?

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES MAKE IT HAPPEN VALVE

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

Mozelleple112

Yes. They've done it before, haven't they ?

Will we stay forever in this gen ?

SovietsUnited

>Source engine

are you serious Valve?

HaloinventedFPS

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

Yes. They've done it before, haven't they ?

Will we stay forever in this gen ?

Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

Yes. They've done it before, haven't they ?

Will we stay forever in this gen ?

SovietsUnited

[QUOTE="SovietsUnited"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"] Why? Because Half-life 2 was a great looking game for its time? Valve needs to invest more resources into their AI, not their graphics. Their games look great but the AI is laughable.

Stevo_the_gamer

I'm saying that it's time to MOVE ON. The new engine offers new possibilities, both gameplay-wise and graphically. But saying I want a new engine makes me a graphics whore, doesn't it ? :cry:

I'm saying that it's time to MOVE ON. The new engine offers new possibilities, both gameplay-wise and graphically. But saying I want a new engine makes me a graphics whore, doesn't it ? :cry:

SovietsUnited

The guy who owns the domain is not related to Valve, so it's a hoax. No HL3 for the next long while.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

Half Life 3 better NOT be on Source engine. I'm expecting a brand new mindblowingly awesome engine.

SovietsUnited

Could be a new iteration of source. Like how unreal engine gets new version all the time.

No, just no.

Half Life 3 needs to be a stellar game.