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Half-Life 3 practically confirmed

With Half-Life 2: Episode Three planned to be the grand finale' of the Half-Life 2 story arc, you may be forgiven for wondering what's next in the parade of constant interruptions for the long suffering Gordon Freeman.

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zonetrooper55984d ago

There will also be a Half-Life 2: Episode Four as well.

Rooted_Dust5984d ago

Are you being sarcastic or serious? Where did you hear there would be a fourth episode?

Polluted5984d ago

As much as I love Half-Life I wish they would just let it die gracefully. Great series are always ruined when the developers try to extend them beyond their lifetime. Obviously there's a lot of money to be made off the Half-Life name. I just hope they can come up with a good reason, story wise, why the next game needs to be made.

Gamingisfornerds5984d ago

HL 2 had raised the bar like HL 1. I'm sure the lads from Valve can pull it off again with HL3.

The episodes weren't such a good idea imo. I always felt they needed to move on to HL3 even though EP1 and EP2 still turned out to be pretty damn solid.

That said, I seem to recall Valve stating that making a HL3 would cost too much development time, so that's why they changed the focus to delevoping episodes instead. I wonder what changed their minds on this now.

Polluted5984d ago

I certainly hope so. There are obviously cases where a game has had numerous sequels without starting to suck. Metroid comes to mind off the top of my head. It's just that more often than not when a dev forces an unnecessary sequel it sucks. I guess my point was Half-Life 1 & 2 were so well received it could just tarnish the series' good name if the third one sucks. Even if the third one is just average. Anyway, with any luck it will be awesome and all my fears will be allayed.

Gamingisfornerds5984d ago

But the reason I think Valve won't fail is because they will completely overhaul/delay/whatever this game to make sure it's something special.

Valve are one of the few developers that really want to deliver something fresh and special with a passion. They want to drive the industry, not just cash in.

That said, they could fail horribly regardless. But I believe in Valve! :P

Polluted5984d ago

Well it looks like some people disagree with both of us. WTF?

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Skerj5984d ago

Except HL3 won't be out until 2015.

Afterburn5984d ago

This year from EA games!! Madden 2015 - Vick's comeback tour! now with realistic NFL draft!

Charlie26885984d ago

yeah knowing how Valve works my children will be probably enjoying HL3 and my grandchildren the HL3 Episodes

XD

tatotiburon5984d ago

great news..hey VALVE you already know that the PS3 sucks right? your boss say that..so why wasting your time with EA for a sucket port to the PS3...make HL3 exclusivity for PC and Xbox

Polluted5984d ago

We're not likely to see Half-Life 3 within the 360's lifetime. Valve still has to make Episode 3. Then there will be a long ass delay before it hits PC's. Then we may see a crappy home console port way at the end of the 360/PS3 life cycle. Sort of like Half-Life 2 on xbox.

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5 Ambitious Games That Shouldn't Have Been Canceled

Sometimes even promising titles never see the light of day. These are five of the most ambitious games that shouldn't have been canceled.

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GaboonViper286d ago

Silent Hills cancellation was a travesty.

mrbearbear285d ago

I still wonder to this day if it was a reboot, or sequel.

cammers1995285d ago

Lol. The tags made it so I didn't have to visit your website.

goldwyncq285d ago

Kojima wouldn't have started his own studio if Silent Hills didn't get cancelled so even if it stung at first, I'm fine with it.

chobit_A5HL3Y285d ago

i remember being so excited for patriots for years, only to have them release that siege trash. i hate how multiplayer games, pvp in particular, have ruined so many potentially good games.

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15 Years Ago This Month, Valve Announced Half-Life 2: Episode 3

Zack Zwiezen writes, "It seems like just yesterday when Valve announced a trilogy of expansions for their super-popular PC game, 2004's Half-Life 2. But it’s actually been 15 years since Episode 3 was announced. And while Valve has since released a new Half-Life game, it wasn’t the one the developer announced back in 2006."

Orchard1066d ago

Still hurts a little that we didn’t get Ep3… and the “leaked” plans for it sounded like a great finale to the HL2 story arc.

-Foxtrot1066d ago

It sounded fantastic and it's a shame we'll never get that

The ending of Half Life Alyx and what it did basically put the nail in the coffin for those plans.

Fntastic1066d ago

Whatever they release next i hope it's not catered to consoles first. Back 4 Blood seems to be going that route by having automatic flashlights, but i have high hopes Valve won't water down any games as they are usually released on PC way earlier, like HL2 and HLA.

CrimsonWing691065d ago (Edited 1065d ago )

Man, I wish I played Half-Life 2 when it first came out so I could love it like the fans do.

I played it on Xbox 360 and I thought it was ok. I recognize it set a standard for a lot of things like physics in game and story-telling in an FPS, but I think by the time I played it the design had been improved upon by other games.

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Classic Valve Titles Now in Enhanced Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Collection

The Xbox One Backward Compatible versions of Xbox 360 titles Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, The Orange Box, and Portal are now enhanced for Xbox One X, Microsoft announced.

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lxeasy2022d ago

Nothing but great memories with all these games! Playing Left for dead series during the college years with friends was the best.

Skull5212022d ago

Love to see titles coming to BC with enhancements. Would love even more to see Half Life 3.

gangsta_red2022d ago

To not have another Left 4 Dead is straight up criminal.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH2022d ago

So many memories of throwing my controller with Portal lol.

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