What may be one of the most anticipated unannounced games of all time is without a doubt Half-Life 3. Some fans of the series are clamoring that the next game in the series will be Half-Life 2: Episode 3 but that’s unlikely considering what Valve’s Gabe Newell said about stopping episodic content.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two debuted in 2007 as the second expansion to 2004′s Half-Life 2, a game that suffered from lengthy delays. What we’re trying to say is that it’s simply been too damn long since we’ve played a new Half-Life game and all we’ve gotten instead in recent years is rumors and teasing.
There was a glimmer of hope that Valve could surprise us big at E3 2011 but they weren’t taking appointments to demo anything and in the end, still no Half-Life 3. In September, someone found what looked to be Half-Life 2: Episode 3 weapon code in the DOTA 2 beta client but that made little sense.
Maybe this latest rumor offers legitimacy towards Half-Life 3 or Half-Life 2: Episode 3 being on its way:
Nope. It’s just a T-shirt. This image comes from Twitter user @Ekanaut (Chandana Ekanayake), an employee of Monday Night Combat developer Uber Entertainment, who claims he saw a Valve employee wearing this shirt.
What does this mean? Nothing. We don’t know who it is, we don’t know if this t-shirt is from Valve or ordered from one of the million graphic tee manufacturers online. Also, it appeared at a gaming event so it was intentionally worn for fun. What we do know is the game still hasn’t been announced but that it’s inevitable that it’ll come eventually.
Since Half-Life 2 debuted, Valve has crafted a pair of Left 4 Dead games, a pair of Portal games, while creating and growning Steam into the ultimate source for PC game purchases. Despite all of that, Half-Life is still the flagship franchise and everyone in the industry needs to see Gordon Freeman return.
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I would totally buy that shirt! and i really hope they at least show a teaser or something this year at E3 its been long enough Valve haha
So much hype surrounding this series. How many games are there in total? I may purchase and check them out before playing any new ones. I have to play ALL games in order.
You can get all of the games for pc on steam, Half life, Half life 2, episode 1, and episode 2. Half life 2 and all of its expansions are included in The Orange Box (also available from steam). if you prefer console gaming there is a Half Life port for the ps2 (on ebay for $15.99 free shipping) and The Orange Box is available for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
Means no Episode 3.
I’m guessing it’s just a joke. Valve messing with our minds once again.
you guys remember that counter strike was just a bonus in half-life (at least in the one i played) what if thats exactly what it is again! wouldn’t it just be the most epic and genius thing valve could do. It would make valve legendary if they did that. For them they really dont need to advertise for the game because its so popular, so if they did this they would would be remembered for years to come, and think about it if you put in their job dicription ex. position for counter strike game ect. what a perfect way to hide it, ofcourse this is convoluted but it would be super neat-o
That would probably be the great thing ever, but it’s just too unrealistic
We can dream though!