When the hell is Half-Life 2: Episode 3 coming out?

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#1  Edited By meaninoflife42

Goddammit I want to play this game bad.  But why do I have the feeling that this will be the next Duke Nukem Forever?

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#3  Edited By JasonR86

It'll come out when it is ready.

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#4  Edited By Twitchey

When Gordon Freeman speaks.

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#5  Edited By Brendan

Oh come on, there's no way you believe an Episode 3 is coming out now. It's clearly going to be Half-Life 3 that comes out next. We get this thread about once every three months.

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#6  Edited By LordXavierBritish

  

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#7  Edited By Marz

it ain't, quit asking.

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#8  Edited By s7evn

I'd like to think 2012, but probably not :(

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#9  Edited By DAFTPUNK

NEVER

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#10  Edited By Afroman269

Haha

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#11  Edited By jmfinamore

I should probably replay the games at this point. I honestly can't remember too much about them.

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#12  Edited By Oscar__Explosion

WHEN IT'S READY

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#13  Edited By wrighteous86

Giant Bomb should just say that Episode 3 will be their next Endurance Run. Then we can lump all of those threads together.

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#14  Edited By nintendoeats

Come now. Have you not learned to pretend that Valve doesn't exist until they release things? It'll be done whenever, and it will be awesome.

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#15  Edited By SethPhotopoulos

I feel this is as valid
 
  

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#16  Edited By capt_ventris

@DAFTPUNK said:

NEVER

NEVER!

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#17  Edited By BeachThunder

When Gearbox decide to take over Half-Life...again...

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#18  Edited By slyspider

I stopped caring.... L4D 4 will come out first

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#19  Edited By salad10203

Next consoles, Valve is multi-platform now and they probably realize that with the current generation it would be hard to really improve over HL2.  At least thats my theory.

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#20  Edited By JB16
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#21  Edited By xaLieNxGrEyx

When they find the right voice actor for the main character
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#22  Edited By Sticky_Pennies

3/21/12.

Obviously.

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#23  Edited By toowalrus

Hopefully never.

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#24  Edited By John_Lawlz
@JB16 Love.
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I don't care anymore. Portal has replaced Half-Life as my favorite Valve franchise. Which isn't to say I wouldn't be insanely hyped when Valve finally announces a new Half-Life, but it's just not something I think about anymore.  
 
Having said that, I think it will be next year. They don't have any other big releases on the horizon. I doubt they would make another Portal so soon, I can't see them doing another Left 4 Dead or Team Fortress for a while. The only two games they're working on, that I'm aware of anyway, are Half-Life and DOTA 2. Unless the rumor about them reviving Prospero is true, in which case, they're working on that as well. But my point is, they've been working on a new Half-Life for a long-ass time, and now that they don't have any other big games to get in the way, I think  the time is right. 

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#26  Edited By iam3green

it's never going to come out. stop asking, it will come out when valve says so.

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#27  Edited By ThePhantomnaut

O U MEAN HL3.

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#28  Edited By ShadowSkill11

Whenever Valve damn well feels like it. Their primary cash cow is the Steam store not making video games.

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#29  Edited By big_jon

I gave up on that a long time ago.

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#30  Edited By DeeGee

Why do people keep comparing this to Duke Nukem Forever? It's been what, 4 years? A huge majority of games take longer then that to make.

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#31  Edited By Mr_Skeleton

Lol, look at this guy he thinks that Episode 3 is a real thing.

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#32  Edited By mylifeforAiur

You guys are forgetting one specific difference: the Half Life games were legitimately good.

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#33  Edited By Soap

@Capt_Ventris said:

@DAFTPUNK said:

NEVER

NEVER!

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#34  Edited By phrosnite

NEVER!

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#35  Edited By emem

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Very nice idea and funny, but the dialogue is a nightmare.

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#36  Edited By Tanikaze
@DeeGee said:

Why do people keep comparing this to Duke Nukem Forever? It's been what, 4 years? A huge majority of games take longer then that to make.

I do not think the majority of games take four years to make. Additionally Portal 2 was Episode 3, sorry you missed it
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#37  Edited By ShadowConqueror

Half Life: Episode 3: Portal 3
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#38  Edited By vidiot

The real question this late in the game is if Episode 3, will be "Episode 3" at all. 
Who knows what form the next installment of Half-Life will be. I'm guessing at this point they just make Half-Life 3.

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#39  Edited By PhatSeeJay

They've been waiting to get Portal 2 out the door so they can go nuts and release Episode 3, Portal 3 and Team Fortress 3 in March 3 - 2013.

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#40  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

Never. They're probably going to jump straight to HL3.

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#41  Edited By Vodun

Haven't they stated they're abandoning the "episodic" thing?

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#42  Edited By borodin

@JB16: that is amazing!

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#43  Edited By Pinworm45
@ShadowSkill11 said:

Whenever Valve damn well feels like it. Their primary cash cow is the Steam store not making video games.

Which perfectly explains why they've been releasing more games and game content than ever before 
 
...?
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#44  Edited By Hizang

I think too much time has passed for them to just go and put out Episode 3, they would also have to put it out on years old hardware, they'll just put out Half Life 3.

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I maintain my theory that they wrote themselves so far into a corner that they just can't come up with a decent script - and here is why: 

 But then again, I am no writer. I just don't see how they could pull that off without taking lame cliched shortcuts.
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#46  Edited By hockeymask27

I'm going for when hell freezes over.

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#47  Edited By AndrewB

@Pinworm45 said:
@ShadowSkill11 said:

Whenever Valve damn well feels like it. Their primary cash cow is the Steam store not making video games.

Which perfectly explains why they've been releasing more games and game content than ever before  ...?
Actually... 
 
It does. Valve purchased Turtle Rock to develop the Left 4 Dead series, and Portal 2 is a combination of two separate teams of promising college grads with brilliant ideas.
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#48  Edited By spartan1017

The next Half-Life will come out when it comes out. Whether that's HL3, Episodes 3... who knows.

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#49  Edited By Karl_Boss

its never coming out....they'll probably just make Half-life 3 picking up from the events of Episode 2.

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#50  Edited By Karl_Boss
@iam3green said:
it's never going to come out. stop asking, it will come out when valve says so.
You contradicted yourself, bud.