PSU faked 'interview' with Valve? (Update)

From evilavatar.com: " If you ever come across an interview with an anonymous developer from Valve, it might be a good idea to take a closer look if he uses terms like 'complexer'. It looks like the supposed 'interview' with an unnammed Valve employee was actually cobbled together forum posts by a ps3forums poster named 'HalfLifeDev'."

[TriggerHappy]

Guys think twice about the source that you get your news from because you never know.

[bung tickler]

i wouldn't say i knew, but i had a stinking suspicion. valve has been very vocal in the past about not enjoying the ps3... no dev was named, and the grammar was horrible.

[CNIVEK]

Anyone who EVER thought PSU was a credible source of ANYTHING besides FUD and unabashed fanboyism, is an idiot. They're about as legit as $599USD.com, PS3Fanboy.com, and SonyDefenceForce. :o

[ShiftyLookingCow]

I don't think PS3Fanboy is anywhere near SDF. 599USD is a parody site(with a giant enemy crab).

[Rooftrellen]

$599USD.com is a satire site isn't it?

I know its not 100% pro Sony, anyway, after reading an article on there about everyone joining together with the PS3 to kill casual gaming. It was pretty funny.

[RadientFlux]

Wow that is bad, PSU should lose all credibility with all gamers

[madness]

fo sho. they just lost me as a regular.

[BIadestarX]

Actually they will lose credibility with Sony fanboys community... That's the reason why they come up with these lies. Sony fanboys are not interested in the truth but on someone like(PSU) to tell them what they want to hear. Let me give you an example. The review that PSU gave Lair (8.5/10).. compared to other more credible sites (IGN 4.9).. which one do you think Sony fanboys will take as true? Instead they just justify the bad game by saying that IGN are a bunch of xbox fanboys...
PSU will be ok... they can lie and make stuff up as much as they want... nothing will change. These fanboys sites are there to serve and protect Sony... wherever it takes... and Sony fanboys encourage that.

[Lex Luthor]

Spot on Bladestar.....as always.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

smh... and irrational people believed that 93-94% power garbage

[Meus Renaissance]

I contacted those who know the Admin of that site to get confirmation of this.

[TriggerHappy]

NoU.....

Well the link to the site have been taken down, it used to be over here : http://www.psu.com/PSU-Inte...

[The Dude]

Is this not the same and only site that gave Lair a good review. Wow they lost all credibility. How low.

[MK_Red]

If true then PSU could be in real trouble.

[Maldread]

Yeah, unfortunately PSU is gaining a history of reporting stuff which was untrue. They need to change their journalism style or journalists soon, i think.

[Agriel]

isn't this from a forum posts? when has that been news? how did this get approved. Unless Valve comes out and says that the interview was fake, then I don't trust this anymore then any other forum post I read.

[TriggerHappy]

Yeah you right, is a forum post alright but am confused though ? Why would valve tell them to pull the 'interview' of their site if it is true ?, I mean if the supposedly interview ever took place, why pull it ?

[Agriel]

how would I know. All I know is that forum post are not news.

[tplarkin7]

So I guess Half-Life 2 doesn't use 94% of the 360's power. (Duh)

[Drunken Moogle]

I'm a fan of PS3,but one thing that p!sses me off is bull garbage like this.Come on everyone knew valve was not digging PS3 specs and here I thought oh well hey maybe they got the hang of the programming and found it was easier than they thought at first.BZZZZZZZ! guess again.These idiots make real fans feel like crap.I can take the good or the bad,but I hate being force fed sh!t MF PSU.Now how much money is the X-Box 360 in Canada damn man.

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[THE_JUDGE]

How are you supposed to believe anything from any forum posts? This is getting out of hand!

[tehcellownu]

did Valve come out sayin its fake though?? just cuz someone posted on another forum talkin about its not real...you belive him? lol..this is gettin dumb...

[Hugh Hefner]

PSU were also the ones that started the rumor of Bioshock coming over to the PS3

[Agriel]

and Kotaku is the site that has posted a billion MGS4 coming to the 360 posts so what does that make them? yet they are used on this and every other site as credible

[Kouga]

So much PSU hate.

Have you ever thought that the person reviewing LAIR actually "liked" the game? I would much rather have someone give an honest opinion than just going with what everyone else says. PSU isn't even an established site yet. Go start your own site and report back to us in acouple months.

And PSU / PS3Forums is not a fanboy site, it's just a place where PS3 fans can discuss PLaystastion games. Most members of the site love the Xbox 360 as well.

[pilotpistolpete]

Don't you get it? There is a war going on here, ps3 vs 360! Anything remotely related to any system is immediate ground for bashing. Never mind that a site does not speak for SONY nor the hundred million sony fans.

[cr33ping_death]

for any interview with an unamed source or the most famous of them all ( an inside source) we all know which ones im talkin about. this source said this.....well this source said that....enough of the BS i think news should only be approved if there is a name to the source.

[toughNAME]

its a bad day to be a sony fanboy...

[Bnet343]

PS1 and PS2 we're great, PS3? Pfft .....

[tonsoffun]

Isn't that what Kotaku does on a slow news day?

[pilotpistolpete]

This is corporate scandal day haha.

[Rhaigun]

...it's from an official site. If it was the official Sony site or Xbox.com, I would have believed it. But, coming from a fanboy site? Never.

[NoUseMerc]

This is a fake story BY EvilAcatar. Valve did not deny it--had it been fake--Valve would be all over the web degrading PSU---you dimwit

[TriggerHappy]

I submit news which I did not make up but simply posted and you calling me names ? I thought you were a 'Professional Journalist'.

[Agriel]

@Merc3nary
submitting news and submitting forums post are 2 different thing, its not like this an official statement by Valve. its just some random guy on a forums who its seems was also his first time posting there. Yea thats a great scoop there

[TriggerHappy]

Yeah but he provided links to prove that, that interview never took place. Whiles PSU claimed they had an interview with an unamed valve employee.

[ion666]

their a bunch of shythead dukeydwellers

[Lex Luthor]

Who the hell thought PSU.com was a credible source? There just a bad as sony protection group.

[IRONMAN_357X]

PSU lost credibilty yet people are still buying ps3, doesnt matter at all

[Meus Renaissance]

HalfLifeDev: "I find this hilarious. The interview wasn't with me. It was with two programmers who were already listed on the interview, and was approved by Gabe Newell.

It's not "Fake." I assure you. It's a coincidence that they mentioned the same thing that I had previously stated on these forums.

Also, I'm sure ---as I've been quoted thousands of times--- you all remember when I KINDLY explained that there can be "unforeseen" things in the future and that the PS3 version WOULD be delayed and no other one.

But of course, no one will bring that up. I love the selective reading. Honestly people, grow up. If this was a fake interview, Valve would be spewing negativities about it all over. The interview was requested to be pulled for a DIFFERENT reason.

Expect this to be the last and final time you are explained about it."

http://www.ps3forums.com/sh...

[BLACKJACK VII]

Yet Another example of SONY LIES ! Wake up people ! Lair sucks, HS is not a system seller or a AAA title. Warhawk is a good game, still not AAA. Why keep waiting for more Sony lies ?

Waiting for Killzone 2 @720p & 30 fps & shoddy AI *sometime* in 2008 ?

Wake Up Man & enjoy Next Gen Gaming NOW IN 2007 !!!

This message brought to you by: XBL, GEARS OF WAR, BIOSHOCK, MASS EFFECT, & HALO 3.

[jcgamer]

"This message brought to you by..." - freakin hilarious...

[immortal_cries]

Too funny. Your a fan of reviews arent you? All you said followed all that reviews have said. I think you should learn to get your own opinion, otherwise your future is nothing better than a hand puppet. I dont mean to be heavy with you, but please... speak for yourself from now on when you talk. Im looking forward to HS totally for cutscenes and that beauty (time issues...eh I say. Redheads never cease to make time stop in my mind. As for the supposed repition, comeon now. Played and loved both Drakengard 1 n 2). I never looked forward to LAIR (even though the whole dragon thing from my childhood still lives), it just didnt look 'right' to me.

What Im saying (for the stupid) is unless you yourself have played these games (which you havent...please state that next time for others that cant peice it together), dont share someone elses opinion as your own. Mindless?
Why am I even bothering? You spoke like a fanboy and I dont expect anything I say to get you to stop talking of things you know nothing about first hand. Anyhow, good day.

[Imalwaysright]

So ahhh if its fake why didnt Valve denyed it?? At 1st i thougth that was fake (PSU) but Valve didnt denyed it and then i thougt wow it must be truth... as far as im concerned until Valve denies this is a truth story.

[NoUseMerc]

The PSU interview was not fake. We were requested to tak the interview down by Valve due to the interview being posted on N4g. Gabe, the CEO from Valve apparently has a grudge against this site and when they found out it was submitted by someone from PSU they were very upset.

PSU.com would never just make something up and post it to gain traffic. Also if you look back to the Rockstar and Bioshock rumors. They have confirmation for Bioshock from Irrational Games...and as for Rockstar, we heard it during dinner conversation in L.A. with Sony.