Beamer wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 11:09:
From a post I made a month ago:

Valve has never been fans of announcing games four years before launch. HL2 was announced in May with a release date of September (which it famously missed by a mile, earning Valve a ton of flack and making them guard in-progress games even more tightly.) Portal 2 was announced in March 2010 with a release date of "2010" (which it also missed.) Episode 1 was announced in February 2006 and released in June. TF2, in its current form, was announced summer 2006 and released October 2007. L4D2 was announced in May and released in November.

Verno wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 10:34:
They announced DOTA 2 because it has a long and lengthy beta period that requires input from "pro" players in terms of balance and whatnot. L4D1 was a purchased property announced by Turtle Rock.

We don't know what the actual Half-Life team is working on but presumably it's Half-Life 3 given the silence and refusal to comment from Valve. I also doubt there will be an actual third episode anymore, I think they'll just roll it into Half-Life 3 somehow. I'm more interested in seeing what they're doing with the latest iteration of the Source engine more than anything else.

Valve has never been fans of announcing games four years before launch. HL2 was announced in May with a release date of September (which it famously missed by a mile, earning Valve a ton of flack and making them guard in-progress games even more tightly.) Portal 2 was announced in March 2010 with a release date of "2010" (which it also missed.) Episode 1 was announced in February 2006 and released in June. TF2, in its current form, was announced summer 2006 and released October 2007. L4D2 was announced in May and released in November.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 10:45:
Or perhaps Valve has been working solidly on Half-Life 3 since 2007 and we're going to see a truly epic game, with mind-blowing graphics. And perhaps it will be entirely co-op, with some MMO elements. And perhaps they'll discount it and bundle it with other titles to create a follow-up to The Orange Box as a reward for fans.

Or perhaps they're sick of the Half-Life universe and have decided that making hats for TF2 is both more fun and more profitable.

Beamer wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 08:03:
And do you know why Valve says nothing? Well, according to Dev it's because they're too busy making Left4DeadVille, but Dev is wearing some tinfoil hats. Like, several of them.
They don't say anything because it's a lose-lose situation. If they say something, then they get delayed, or they discuss a feature that gets cut (Mr. Friendly?), they get a huge fan backlash. Suddenly everything they do is under a microscope. And even if they just say "we're working on it" then they get a billion questions about it (right now the question is just a standard "where is it" which is by now done more out of obligation.) And if they say anything at all now people will bitch about them "hyping" their game, a pathetically vague term.

Valve doesn't announce games until they're close to shipping. Ever since the TF2 debacle and the HL2 fiasco they've done it this way. They typically ship 4-6 months after announcement. Want HL3 announced? Wait until 6 months before it's in your hands.

nin wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 09:38:

I still haven't finished HL2 or even touched the two add-on expansions

The two Episodes weren't that great. But you should really finish HL2. The mad rush of storming the citadel is awesome!

I still haven't finished HL2 or even touched the two add-on expansions

Beamer wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 08:03:

Kastagir wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 02:39:
I met Gabe Newell back in 1998. He was half the man he is now.

If this group has 6000 signatures, that won't be meaningless, especially if they get press. I'll enjoy seeing Valve get scrutinized for their response. They've been given a free pass for far too long in my opinion.

Aside from your stupid fat joke your post is idiotic. "Given a free pass?" By whom? People whine about HL constantly. Constantly.

And do you know why Valve says nothing? Well, according to Dev it's because they're too busy making Left4DeadVille, but Dev is wearing some tinfoil hats. Like, several of them.
They don't say anything because it's a lose-lose situation. If they say something, then they get delayed, or they discuss a feature that gets cut (Mr. Friendly?), they get a huge fan backlash. Suddenly everything they do is under a microscope. And even if they just say "we're working on it" then they get a billion questions about it (right now the question is just a standard "where is it" which is by now done more out of obligation.) And if they say anything at all now people will bitch about them "hyping" their game, a pathetically vague term.

Valve doesn't announce games until they're close to shipping. Ever since the TF2 debacle and the HL2 fiasco they've done it this way. They typically ship 4-6 months after announcement. Want HL3 announced? Wait until 6 months before it's in your hands.

Kastagir wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 02:39:
I met Gabe Newell back in 1998. He was half the man he is now.

If this group has 6000 signatures, that won't be meaningless, especially if they get press. I'll enjoy seeing Valve get scrutinized for their response. They've been given a free pass for far too long in my opinion.

nin wrote on Jan 11, 2012, 21:53:
Occupy Gabe's Office!

Kastagir wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 02:39:
I met Gabe Newell back in 1998. He was half the man he is now.

Cutter wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 01:13:
Yeah, but this is just starting too. It could easily go into the millions. And wth is it going to hurt them to acknowledge that, no, they haven't abandoned or forgotten HL or that yes, we are working on it and it will be out when it's done.