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    Half-Life 2

    Game » consists of 18 releases. Released Nov 16, 2004

    Several years after the Black Mesa disaster, Gordon Freeman awakens from stasis to aid a resistance movement against the Combine, a collective of trans-dimensional aliens that have conquered Earth.

    Half Life 2: Episode 3 not till 2010!

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    #1  Edited By WickedCobra03

    What have they been working on!?!?!  Seriously, that flop Left4Dead?


    I dunno, I am kind of interested in Left4Dead and really  want to see how it turns out(its not going to be a dud because well, its Valve).  But come on, no Chronicles of  Gordon Freeman  until 2010? :(



    http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55310 [via Shacknews ... via SystemWars]

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    #2  Edited By PureRok

    They might as well just call it Half Life 3.

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    #3  Edited By WickedCobra03

    That is what I almost think about at this point, I mean just work on a new engine and all new assets.  I mean I am not going to cry that its still on Source or anything but then again who would they really attract by making a new, prettier and more involved game?  I mean they already have me sold... and its not like in the 3rd expansion in the 2nd installment of a franchise some random kid is going to see this and be like .... OOOOOOOO AHHHHHH!

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    Don't you ever call a Valve project a flop.  Ever again.  :-p

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    #5  Edited By AaronBelfast
    WickedCobra03 said:
    "Seriously, that flop Left4Dead?]"
    Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

    But yeah, they should just start on HL3 now. Their beginning to milk the franchise.
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    AaronBelfast said:
    "WickedCobra03 said:
    "Seriously, that flop Left4Dead?]"
    Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

    But yeah, they should just start on HL3 now. Their beginning to milk the franchise."
    Seriously.  The whole point of doing the installments in episodes like this was so that the fans would not have to wait five years for the third in the trilogy.  Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are Half-Life 3.
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    #7  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    Um.......

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!
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    #8  Edited By Stevokenevo

    at least i'll have time to have an episode before they release the next one!   

    Seriously,....that sucks.   If i have to wait that long, i want HL3, not episode 3.

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    #9  Edited By Vinchenzo

    Noooo! :(

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    #10  Edited By Linkyshinks

    You had me lol at "dud". Left 4 Dead is a Valve game of the very highest caliber, a game that is far more complex than it may look on the surface. Fuck Episode 3, I would much rather have Left 4 Dead right now, especially with RE5 now coming in 2009 it will be the Zombie fix many need.

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    #11  Edited By Snail

    Isn't one of the objectives of episodic gaming to make sequels release more often? What the hell Valve?

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    #12  Edited By wafflestomp

    That sucks.

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    #13  Edited By Stevokenevo
    Linkyshinks said:
    "You had me lol at "dud". Left 4 Dead is a Valve game of the very highest caliber, a game that is far more complex than it may look on the surface. Fuck Episode 3, I would much rather have Left 4 Dead right now, especially with RE5 now coming in 2009 it will be the Zombie fix many need."
    Fuck episode 3?!  Arhhh....Blasphemy!
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    #14  Edited By LuckyWanderDude

    You just ruined my day!

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    #15  Edited By albedos_shadow

    Ohhhhh.... :(

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    the only way i could possibly see this as a plus is maybe since we have to wait 2 more years that its gonna be long and epic, maybe they'll schedule it to release with portal 2! and maybe a multiplayer game? maybe deathmatch 2 or the next counterstrike thing? OPTIMISM FTW

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    #17  Edited By kush

    This is absolutely ridiculous...and L4D is not a flop; far from a flop actually.

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    #18  Edited By WickedCobra03
    Sir_Ragnarok said:
    "AaronBelfast said:
    "WickedCobra03 said:
    "Seriously, that flop Left4Dead?]"
    Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

    But yeah, they should just start on HL3 now. Their beginning to milk the franchise."
    Seriously.  The whole point of doing the installments in episodes like this was so that the fans would not have to wait five years for the third in the trilogy.  Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are Half-Life 3."
    At first were they not saying 9 month development cycles for each new episode?  I mean I am just about as big of a fan as you get but when Ep2 came out I kinda forgot a little bit of what happened in the original game since it was released like 3 years prior to Episode 2 being released.
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    #19  Edited By RHCPfan24

    That is too bad. Hopefully they are working on some other stuff to make and ultra omega color box again for the consoles.  Portal 2 and another multiplayer game?  The blue Box?

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    #20  Edited By Vinchenzo

    I kept my Orange Box save file on my 360 for episode 3, but guess it'll be on the next Xbox! Lulz.

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    #21  Edited By Vaxadrin

    It'll take at least two years to create ladder climbing, hands on a steering wheel, and door opening animations.

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    #22  Edited By Pibo47

    Mmmmm....i want more gordan and alyx....

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    #23  Edited By Dr_Feelgood38

    ...but ...but ...but I can't wait that long! I need my Gordon!

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    #24  Edited By BoG

    I must have closure. How are Portal and Half Life conencted?! What is Aperture labs up to?! What has become of Dr.Mossman!? Where is John Freeman?!

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    #25  Edited By pause422

    "that flop Left4Dead" You're a moron if you think that will flop. I want HL2 episode 3 bad too, but I kinda expected it would take long..thats just valve.

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    #26  Edited By xruntime

    I'm not going to go as far to say that Left 4 Dead will flop, but I'm not sure it will be that successful, considering the prospect of shooting AI controlled zombies over a few levels doesn't seem to have that much longevity in it.

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    #27  Edited By HandsomeDead

    I thought the point of the Episode system was to cut out stupid delays like this?

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    #28  Edited By TwoOneFive
    unless the graphics are wayyyy better i wont be interested. not saying the other HL2 games have bad graphics, just that thats way too much time. 
    they should just release half life 3 by then or something new and stop relying on lame ass gordan freeman who never utters a word and its really wierd. the story and characters are great, just his ass never speaks and it ruins the dialogue anytime someone turns to you and says something
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    #29  Edited By ZombieHunterOG
    PureRok said:
    "They might as well just call it Half Life 3."
    i agree 
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    #30  Edited By clarke0

    If it's going to take this long to release each episode then what's the point in having an episodic format in the first place? When Episode 3 comes out it will have been 6 years since Half-Life 2 was released!

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    #31  Edited By TEAMHOLT

    Left 4 Dead is being developed by Turtle Rock, so what the Half-Life guys are doing with their time is beyond me. Maybe engine stuff.

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    #32  Edited By Milkman

    Jeez,  2010 is already shaping up good. No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle and Half Life 2: Episode 3...

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    #33  Edited By Hamz
    TEAMHOLT said:
    "Left 4 Dead is being developed by Turtle Rock, so what the Half-Life guys are doing with their time is beyond me. Maybe engine stuff."
    I'm actually hoping HL2:Episode3 will be the last game to follow Gordon Freeman, as has been hinted at already, and be the first game to use a new engine by Valve. Otherwise there is really no excuse for how long they've taken to release Episode 1, 2 and now 3. Honestly i love Valve but they need to really look at improving their release dates, getting games out faster and on time for a change.
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    #34  Edited By DARKIDO07
    Hamz said:
    "TEAMHOLT said:
    "Left 4 Dead is being developed by Turtle Rock, so what the Half-Life guys are doing with their time is beyond me. Maybe engine stuff."
    I'm actually hoping HL2:Episode3 will be the last game to follow Gordon Freeman, as has been hinted at already, and be the first game to use a new engine by Valve. Otherwise there is really no excuse for how long they've taken to release Episode 1, 2 and now 3. Honestly i love Valve but they need to really look at improving their release dates, getting games out faster and on time for a change."
    Valve has to have something up their sleves....seriously they have to upgrading or making a new engine to launch with Episode 3. I just can't see the Source Engine in 2010.
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    #35  Edited By Manks

    *Goes into hibernation until 2010.*

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    #36  Edited By xplodedd
    clarke0 said:
    "If it's going to take this long to release each episode then what's the point in having an episodic format in the first place? When Episode 3 comes out it will have been 6 years since Half-Life 2 was released!"
    coming to think about it, its pretty ludicrous. I mean it doesn't even sound like their working on a game.
    and from my understanding, they have got all the source and engine stuff done, why does it take so long...
    hopefully this will be the last part of these games, I just want to see a conclusion to all this gordon freeman madness.

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    #37  Edited By xymox

    You know what, I could sit here and say episode 3 is just going to be portal with guns, but I'm not going to. 
    Seeing as how ep 2 was a total blast in its own right, and yet came in a pack with TF2 and portal, two more great games, I have to say I'm not worried at all about the quality of ep 3. And I look forward to the ep 3 + left for dead pack.  
    But 2010 & source? Have a hard time picturing that. Looking at Far Cry 2 and Crysis: they're already miles apart... Think what another two years will bring :/

    Like compare a 2006 game with today... 
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    #38  Edited By vilhelmnielsen

    It better be longer than 6 hours.

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    #39  Edited By Claude
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    #40  Edited By BiggerBomb

    Let's say I was even a fan of Half-Life, another great game during an economic downturn that just so happens to be packed with countless amazing games is the last thing I would want.

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    #41  Edited By BiffMcBlumpkin

    Well this whole Episodic Content thing has just been a blinding success.

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    #42  Edited By mracoon

    2009 will be the year of L4D and TF2 updates. I hope they release some game next year, wether it be Portal 2 or something brand new, but I doubt it.

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    #43  Edited By BiggerBomb
    BiffMcBlumpkin said:
    "Well this whole Episodic Content thing has just been a blinding success."

    Your posts have been unusually tame lately.
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    #44  Edited By BiffMcBlumpkin

    Don't question it.

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    #45  Edited By mracoon
    BiggerBomb said:
    "BiffMcBlumpkin said:
    "Well this whole Episodic Content thing has just been a blinding success."

    Your posts have been unusually tame lately."
    Valve have already said that they're not going to do any episodic gaming any more. Anyway, would you rather have waited 10 years for all the episodes to be made into one game or have three smaller games over like 4 years (HL2:Ep1 was released in 06).

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