No Half-Life 2 EP3 as E3 Suprise

 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101146-Gabe-Newell-Valve-E3-Surprise-Isnt-Episode-3
 
This makes me incredibly sad and angry at the same time. I really hope for Valve it´s not L4D3. What would be cool though is a new Source Engine.

Someone was actually expecting it?

" Someone was actually expecting it? "

YAY :D Looks like it's straight to HL3.

" Someone was actually expecting it? "

I'd imagine it's probably Half-Life 3. Personally, I don't really care about episode 3. The Source engine is adaptable enough to still look and perform good even by today's standards, but the prospect of an all-new Half-Life game going from where episode 2 left off sounds much more appealing to me.

I agree that it will be Half life 3. It could even be a combination of Half life episode 3 and Portal 2, as in, where their stories intertwine. Just speculation, because that would be one hell of a surprise.

They've left it too long for Episode 3.  Half Life 3 / New Engine is about the only exciting announcement Valve could make at this point.

Day of Defeat 2.

" Day of Defeat 2. "

Half Life 3 by 2015

" @ThePhantomnaut said:

" Day of Defeat 2. "

Final Fantasy 7 remake. "

I wouldn't be surprised to see them skip straight to Half-Life 3 and announce it now. I also wouldn't be surprised if it is finally released in 2015.

After such a long gap, I don't know how anyone could still be interested in a Half-Life Episode 3. That ship has sailed.

They should have made Episode 3 instead of team fortress, L4D2 etc.
Or perhaps the sales of Episode 1 and 2 wheren't good enough for them to trust into making 3.

"They've left it too long for Episode 3.  Half Life 3 / New Engine is about the only exciting announcement Valve could make at this point. "

That game doesn't exist.

Probably a new engine alongside some announcement for Half-Life 3 which would in reality be whatever Episode 3 was intended as and much more.
 
Unless they announce something to do with Counter-Strike, but it seems right now Valve are pushing TF2 as their online game of choice so I'm not sure they'd want to announce a competing product for that.

 I suppose L4D3 would be a surprise to everyone, cause why would a company announce a game that will probably get them all lynched?
 
I'd settle for CS2. I don't like HL anyway.

I'm glad. I hate the half life series with a passion. Roll on a new source engine I say!

I seriously doubt Valve will completely skip Ep. 3 and go right to HL3. If the surprise isn't Ep. 3, I don't think it will be anything Half-Life-related, unfortunately.

" @HandsomeDead said:

" After such a long gap, I don't know how anyone could still be interested in a Half-Life Episode 3. That ship has sailed. "

half life 3 on the other hand.. "

They never said specifically that it wouldn't be Half Life 3, which would be amazing and a long time coming. I'm was almost considering it to be a lost cause like Duke Nukem Forever.

Because we all know it's impossible to shop an email. 

I just figured out what it's going to be- Source 2.0 reveal that will blow us all the fuck away, along with an Ep 3 tease. I'm positive of it.

Could be a little trick Gabe is playing on us, not Episode 3 but HL3.
 
New Source Engine would be epic too.

lol that's the E3 surprise? ;P

http://steamunpowered.eu/valve-to-release-duke-nukem-forever/

The legend never dies.

Probably a hoax, but still.

Of course there won't be Half-Life: Episode 3.
 
They'll announce Half-Life 3.

LEFT 4 DEAD 3!
Nah, on a more serious note, at this point I have to question if Episode Three will ever come out. They would need to do something absolutely crazy and unique for that franchise to work here in 2010. Maybe it's just me, but I can't really go back to the old Half-Life 2 games - either I've just played them too much, or the simplistic gameplay formula has just aged with time.
Valve is not one to settle with sub-par games, so I almost expect something crazy like Portal 2 IS Episode Three or something of that nature. There's no way they're just going to release "just another Half-Life 2 episode", right?

Now that I think about it, of course the surprise isn't going to be episode 3. Everyone's expecting them to announce episode 3, so it wouldn't be a surprise at all.

" Valve is not one to settle with sub-par games, so I almost expect something crazy like Portal 2 IS Episode Three or something of that nature. There's no way they're just going to release "just another Half-Life 2 episode", right? "

Valve really seems to have missed the point with making the games 'Epsiodic'. At least we can wait for that Half Life 1 remake, Black Mesa I mean oh what nothing's been announced on that front either.

Half Life 3 will be the surprise, and it will be available this holiday season!

" Valve really seems to have missed the point with making the games 'Epsiodic'. At least we can wait for that Half Life 1 remake, Black Mesa I mean oh what nothing's been announced on that front either. "

FUCK GABE NEWELL