Valve Teases Half-Life 2: Episode Three Debut

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• Bah... HL2:EP3 : Love-Man
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  DNF already lost. In the time of DNF's development Valve released Half Life, Half Life: Source, aided in... : manlyman
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    that was one mighty google adventure i must admit : DewFuel
    • No, I am just a whore for Valve. I purchased the Orange Box for PC and 360. : manlyman
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    Yes but DNF is gonna own! .... : deathofrats
    • Too bad we'll all be dead before WE have a chance to own IT... : heartsauce
  • Don't forget Steam. : Nighteyes

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• Wow? Should have been released in 08? They release whenever the fuck they want to, they don't owe you shi... : bigimp
• I seriously doubt Valve will get bought out by anyone for a long time. They're in one of the best situat... : deject

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  In other words they are delaying another episode to bundle it with another product. I'd rather them not c... : Pettytheft
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    I'm hoping Ep. 3 comes with Portal 2, considering the storylines are tied in together as of Ep. 2 : Evil Bones
    • orange box two : flasher 907
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  No kidding. It takes them the same mount of time to turn out a pathetic "episode" with 2.5 hours of gamep... : Rehevkor
  • Really? It does? Care to point to the last time Valve made a full-size game as quickly as they've made ei... : Chris Remo
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    There is so much wrong with this post I can't believe it's serious. - Refresh my memory, which of Epis : pupismyname
    • Why even bother, clearly a troll lol. : bam87
  • Who are you? : Sailor of Fortune
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  exactly. I love valve but I couldn't care less anymore about half life, just takes too long to build up a... : niceguynick
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    Episodes 1-3 = HL3. You just aren't waiting 5 years for the whole thing. Also HL3 is the end of the stor... : adsriordan
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      Episodes 1-3 are Episodes 1-3. HL3 will be the story following up after Episode 3. I don't understand wh... : Bingo
      • Yes, HL2 Ep. 1-3 were going to be HL3, until Valve decided they better put out some content every year or... : aqtrans
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  Whoops i meant EP3 at the end there. : adsriordan
  • AAAND you misreplied! : bam87
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  How long are people going to keep harping on this? Valve said AGES ago that "episodic" was the wrong w... : Chris Remo
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    I think I must have missed THAT bit of news :S But the name is misleading to say the least. But like, if ... : Renalicious
    • They're just shorter games. They're shorter games that take less time and cost less money. I don't know i... : Chris Remo
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    Even still, the whole HL story is taking far to long to close out. HL1 was in 1998 and the story isn't go... : dlr(2)
    • Oh and I forgot that Portal is also part of HL, that makes 8 games to tell the story! : dlr(2)
    • That's really an unrelated argument. You could say the same about any series that's been around for ten y... : Chris Remo
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  they're essentially the same thing? i dont see how that would speed up releases.. especially for Valve si... : ballystix
  • Yeah, they probably should have use the phrase "expansion pack" or "mission pack" (Id's term), but I thin... : mn3m0n1c

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• Ooo, don't forget dynamic shadows! : Jobos
• This would be sweet! : DJ Clipdat
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  Dear George Lucas, Please release the original, unedited versions of Star Wars IV-VI in HD. ... The... : mwhr1986
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    Excelt that Gabe Newell said it would http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13201238#itemanchor_13201238 : Schnapple
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      If this comes out before Episode 3 I will go out, purchase a hat, and eat it. : mwhr1986
      • witness : XchumpoX
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        Paging locash... make this happen! : Schnapple
        • And I don't mean bundled with episode 3, this needs to be patched in for free before ep.3 hits. Also,... : mwhr1986
• I bet that's what is taking them so long. They're going back through and revamping the HL2, Episode 1 and... : aqtrans

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  I would assume that's whats taking so long. Although honestly I really love the source engine. It runs... : Finchypoo
  • agree 100%. For episode 3 they will probably just refine the engine some more and added a few bells an... : flasher 907
  • this is very well put : spaceyme
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    except..... vehicle physics, I really can't get the grips of it, its to 'loose' in lack of a better expla... : BigT
    • Really? I never really had a problem with the vehicle physics in that final segment, at least when it cam... : Finchypoo
• You do realize they constantly update the engine? Episode 2 looks infinitely better than HL2, and with a ... : Wisp!

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  Yea, the thing is, it takes time. And... source is getting old. : Snipergen
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    Source's age didn't stop TF2 and Episode 2 from being two of the most visually striking games last year. ... : slackshoe
    • My point is that they still keep using .bsp I'm not anti Valve at all, don't get me wrong. Hell I play s... : Snipergen
  • Left for dead is being released 4 years after the debut of the source engine. nuff said : bam87
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    IMHO, source is one of the best looking, most stable, scalable 3d engines ever designed. just because ... : brainchild420
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      A very large part of why many source engine games (Most of which have been developed by Valve) look good ... : mchart
      • So true Just take a look at vampire masquerade (source engine) compared to valve's work. It's all abo... : Decepticon Matrix
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  Source is still a robust engine. Also, valves gameplay, story, setting and general game dynamics well mak... : leutroyal
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    I'm also sure Valve enjoys the benefits of people who haven't upgraded in a few years being able to easil... : Chris Remo
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      That's true, but come time for Left 4 Dead I'll be out of the picture. :( I'm not upgrading until Episode... : formkatze
      • I've been forced to upgrade my comp (parts are being shipped as we speak) and it looks like I'm doing it ... : bstrad
    • Amen. : bam87
    • ding ding ding : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I expect a cliffhanger for episode 4. : baron calamity
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    If that happens I will personally give gabe newell the fisting of his life :P : slackshoe
    • "Why was episode 4 delayed again gabe?" "........" : ElArabDeMagnifico

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  Yeah, cause those two things are all that happen in HL2, Ep:1, and Ep:2 right? : oO SilentK Oo
  • No there are also defend the position against antlions/combine soldiers sections. And a few lacklustre se... : GreatGooglyMoogly

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  Wrong. just... wrong. : mwhr1986
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    Prove it ;) Seriously though, no, I don't expect that to be the case, but I am fairly certain that the... : twicesliced
    • Portal is set in the HL universe, so yes the storylines do and will cross. : Scoots06
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  I would like to not play as Gordon until Half Life 3. Give Gordon a rest, I want to play as Adrian Shepa... : dancingpolkabear
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    i want to play as dog : davislovestacobell
    • and I promise to feed you twice a day if you behave like a beauty queen with a collar : anal justice

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  The best at everything the do? lol : Pneum0
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    I'm sorry, do you have someone else in mind? I don't know of any other company with a track record like V... : Mystery0000
    • i think he's commenting on the "best at everything THEY do" part. of course they're the best at what they... : waxthirteen
  • Well, expect release dates. : bigexplosions
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  brand new source engine i wish! probably updated source engine : flasher 907
  • I should have said updated, I meant they'll add brand new features to it. : Mystery0000
• I doubt it. They will most likely release Source 2 with Half Life 3 : dancingpolkabear

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  I read that as 2 + 1, meaning it'll be over 3 years after episode 2. Which sucks. : deathofrats
  • well looking at it it's actually 1 year and 6 months + 1 year and 4 months but it all comes down to kinda... : vujinovicm
  • "longer than the distance" doesn't mean time, though : Jobos
• Is there the possibility that he's talking game time? (Although i think they were quite instantaneous ... : millakazuya

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• That's how I interpreted it. : marmite
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  Or maybe you don't play as Gordon? : mafu5150
  • This is what I was thinking "The next time you play as Gordon will be longer... etc" hmmmm : fluke
  • indeed. weird that he specifically said "next time you play as gordon" not "when you play episode 3"... i... : waxthirteen
• It's episodic in terms of storyline, it has nothing to do with the amount of time between each release. : Mystery0000
• That's how I read it as well. However that doesn't make sense. Episode 2 ended with Eli getting killed ju... : jtthe2nd
• That would be interesting, for sure. I for one would like to see a bit of time passing between the end of... : Renalicious

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  Yeah, what the fuck are they trying to pull? Put out HL3, not a fucking expansion pack 6 years after the... : deadhorse
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    I wouldn't phrase it quite that way, but I have to say I agree. I wrote Valve an email requesting the sam... : formkatze
    • Think of the episodes as a single game, put them all together and you have a game which is paced very sim... : Wisp!
• I agree. Long development time, final chapter in the story, no reason why it wont be a full blown game. I... : Finchypoo

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  False: more like 9am-2am : Jiven
  • That's like a homicide detective's work schedule... : heartsauce
• Hey, that's a good schedule, don't knock it. : antareus
• What? No coffee breaks? : mizeriq
• Probably the same work day as Blizzard. I was pegging it to be between 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Hehe : 3dchipset

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• where have you been? Adobe is about to release CS4! There are too many acronyms in gaming. : Finchypoo

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  jesus christ. obviously they aren't doing it like ep1 and ep2. that is the whole fucking point of this ... : Luminair
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    Yes it would. This is Valve we're talking about here. OK, maybe they're doing something a little more ... : Schnapple
    • And to be clear, EP2 was awesome, EP1 was awesome, Valve is awesome. They make pure fucking gold and pure... : Schnapple
    • the news article says it took a bit over a year to do ep2 : Luminair
    • Uhm - 2 years to come out with EP2, TF2, and Portal. Granted EP2, and TF2 were WIP for an even longer pe... : dedgecko
• Yep, episodic gaming sux. The episodes are too short. I just want a proper sequel. : Steamed Pork Bun

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• Nerds gnash teeth in response! : antareus
• Who are your sources? Best let them know that this is old news ;) : bam87

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• I lol'd : bam87

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• I'd say that's probably true. Though I don't mind waiting at all, I still have to play HL2+Eps again befo... : BitCrusher

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• I'm seeing a correlation between these two companies recently, and not in a good way. : deadhorse