Gamers have been clamoring for the return of Half Life’s Gordon Freeman for years now, and though developer Valve has put most of their attention towards the upcoming release of Portal 2, they have confirmed they are not done with Mr. Freeman.
In an interview mostly on the tech that Valve has instituted over the years, the developer revealed some very interesting pieces of information, including that they approached Microsoft with the same cross platform opportunity that the PS3 version of Portal offers.
While hearing about Valve’s very exciting new applications of Steam and how they approach the video game industry is all well and good, it’s hard to escape the big elephant in the room: Half-Life. Ever since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 shipped with The Orange Box (which ironically contained the first Portal), gamers have been expecting the announcement of Half-Life 2: Episode 3 or Half-Life 3 – anything that would help explain where the storyline is headed after a major cliffhanger ending.
Much like Game Rant was able to with their interview with Valve writer Erik Wolpaw, AusGamers was able to get one quick Half-Life question in when interviewing Valve’s PR Head Doug Lombardi, and his response at least keeps hope alive.
“You will ever see [more Half-Life], yes. We are not done with Gordon Freeman’s adventures. I have nothing other than that to tell you today, but hang in there with us.”
Valve has proven themselves to be a company that waits on a project, and are no strangers to delaying their surprises, making sure it is just right. Although we expect that is the case with the next Half-Life, that doesn’t change the fact that tons of gamers want to get their hands on it immediately.
Perhaps since Portal 2 launches before the summer, Valve can move away from that marketing campaign and announce the next Gordon Freeman adventure at this year’s E3. Only the event will confirm or deny that idea, so stick tuned to Game Rant for all the coverage on any Valve and Half-Life related news coming out of E3.
Do you think that 2011 is the year Valve finally unveils the next Half-Life? Do you think the PS3 and Steam are the perfect marriage or can you see it also being linked to the Xbox 360?
Source: Aus Gamers
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How patient do we have to be when it comes to this franchise? Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of my favorite FPS series of all time, but c’mon…even Battlefield’s coming back after a long hiatus.
I can’t freakin’ wait to see how the story ends. Episode 2 ended so dramatically, I think the Half Life games have affected me more dramatically than a lot of movies. Like that moment when you were trapped under some rubble as you watched Alyx almost get killed by one of those hunters, I swear my heart stopped for a second there. And obviously the cliffhanger ending to Episode 2 was also quite traumatic. I think Valve did such an amazing job with the narrative and getting you to REALLY care about the character in the game, that when bad things happen them, it hits you like a sledge hammer. A lot of movies fail at doing this, but their games succeeded big time with me. So I’m willing to wait as long as the quality will be on par or better than what we have seen, because that mean we are really in for a reward. But I hope not to have to wait much longer…
I never understood the excitement over Portal, so I am really looking forward to them announcing something Half-Life related.
Please get rid of Gordon Freeman.. he’s got to be the nerdiest, most unattractive hero of any game/movie. I find it obnoxious his image caters to the dorky scientist stereotype. I wouldn’t even call Gordon a character- I’ve never heard him speak in any of the half life games or seen him in the game.
Wow Shawn, you don’t like the character because you find him unattractive? Hm, I don’t think this website reviews gay pron games dude…
@Ken j
wow well said!
Plus Gordan Freeman is the only hero tha wears glass and he is a scientist. So nerd rules!
Wow! Shawn really is gay.