Valve announcing something "with a three" in it at E3

I'm like a little kid waiting for his long lost father to come home. Please Gabe, don't let the announcement be my abusive might-be-a-pedophile uncle.

Please gabe, let Gordon come home a third time.. Pease.. :'(

I really couldn't care less about Half Life as I was never a huge fan of it. Would like to see L4D 3, but I doubt we will see one of those any time soon. I would laugh my ass off if the game was just called Three.

Guys, get real. This can't be anything other than half life 3. It will be on source 2.0. It will fucking blow your mind.

portal 3 folks...eff half life

@punkxblaze said:

Bold prediction: At E3, Valve announces Half Life 3 or Episode 3.

And it's finished and available for download on steam that day.

*Orgasmic Jeff creeper groan*

@punkxblaze: I remember when, at E3 2003, they said HL2 would be available only a few months later in August or September of that year. And the game hadn't even been revealed up til that point. Didn't work out that way, but for Valve to attempt a quick release wouldn't be unprecedented.

Of all the possible valve titles, I am least excited by half life 3...

I hope it's Portal 3. I've never really honestly liked Half Life, and so at this point HL3 would be just another Valve game I'll never play. I loved Portal 2 though, really did.

@Shookems: I want to believe you, but I remain skeptical about this.

@NickL said:

I want Portal 3.... IIIIIIN SPAAAAAAAACE!!!

There ya go!

@SamFo said:

Of all the possible valve titles, I am least excited by half life 3...

Yeah, Half Life never gripped me. Portal 3 would be great; though it's probably too early for that.

@nail1080 said:

@End_Boss said:

Fuck all y'all, I hope it's L4D3.

sorry but don't THQ have the rights to Left 4 Dead now? I thought this was obvious? Am I stupid or are all of you?

Valve acquired the Left 4 Dead developers (Turtle Rock) while that game was in development, so they own the rights to the franchise. However some of the Turtle Rock guys left Valve to reform their old studio, where they are now working with THQ. I don't think they were able to take Left 4 Dead with them though. You can't sell your company and its properties and then just take them back.

CS 1.3 ported to source.

It must be true if reported by the crack journalists at "Player Affinity."

The long awaited third expansion pack to the first game. Half-Life: Episode 3. This time you play as the Administrator, Dr. Breen.

Orange Box 3D for Nintendo 3DS.

I Am Number 3: The Movie (of the Sequel to I Am Number 4) - The Game.

Gaben is such a troll.

Well they're just setting themselves up for internet rage with this.

Any article that references two random ass websites with Valve-property logos on them without doing any work to find out who owns the websites in question isn't worth the internet paper its printed on.

Article about some old and fake stuff on some unknown website
 
Must mean one and one thing only... Day of Defeat 3! 

Left 4 Dead 3

or

Portal 3

or

Team Fortress 3

or

..... nope got nothing.

@mikeeegeee said:

You can say that you'd rather have Portal 3 or L4D3 over HL3, but ultimately their most innovative IP has always been Half-Life. And it's that innovation that leads to more imaginative and creative mods.

Half-life (2)? Innovative? >_>

In some ways- sure... To an extent. At least arguably in terms of story presentation and certain aspects of gameplay... (Physics/Gravity Gun)

But in terms of the core game design- Half-life (2) wasn't innovative in the slightest. You're talking about the modding potential though- so replace innovative with versatile- and now you're talking. :D

As for my own prediction- if this announcement/rumor is at all true- I actually wouldn't be surprised if it is finally Half-life 3 at this point. I HIGHLY doubt it'll be Portal 3- cause it hasn't been that long since Portal 2.

But then again- there was the tiny gap between L4D1 and 2... So we'll just have to wait until E3 to be sure. >_> (That and L4D3 is another definite possibility at this point)

If it is Half-life 3 though, Valve better be smart by showing it off on a brand new engine and not label it as 'Episode 3.' Otherwise, there will probably be a lot of rage from the fanbase. :|

they're announcing that they'll be at next year's E3 (<-- there's your 3^^)

he said SOMETHING ...not "a game" :)

L3FT 4 DEAD

Now I know this is a far off and could be very unlikely but what about another Team Fortress?

The Orange Box 2: All Threes Edition.

I hate to say this, but I'd rather them troll us all than an announce the actual announcement ahead of time.

Seems way too soon for a Portal 3. It would be neat if it turned out to be Half Life 3 but, well, you know. It's probably some new franchise with 3 in the title.

Guys. The article is bullshit.
 
Please exercise a little critical thinking here.

It won't be Half-Life 3 or an episode 3. People who honestly believe that are fucking idiots.

I wouldn't mind more L4D or team fortress. The people who currently play both of those games are kind of people I don't want to interact with, so some new players would be welcome.

@msavo said:

It won't be Half-Life 3 or an episode 3. People who honestly believe that are fucking idiots.

Why is that

Source Engine build 4693

It would be utter madness if this isn't HL3. I don't even like HL, but I at least recognize that this business with never announcing HL3 after ending the previous game on a cliffhanger is lunacy. I feel bad for the actual fans of the series. Honestly, though, it totally wouldn't surprise me if it's Portal 3. Not one bit.

Ricochet 3.

I actually fucking loved Ricochet. More than humans should.

Left 3 Dead. It's a mutator for L4D2 that cuts a player out. It'll be widely considered one of the weakest mutators, and be permanently retired after a week.

Well it won't be Half Life.

Half Life 3 if its anything else ima burn Valve to the ground.

Portal 3 would be great news.

I'm not too interested in anything Half Life anymore. HL2 was good but I didn't like ep1 or ep2 as much as I guess I expected to.

Speculate away

@xobballox said:

Left 4 Dead 3.

I'm gonna catch flak for this... I would actually rather have Left 4 Dead 3.

I think you mean Left For De3d.

Left 3 Dead?

Left Dead 4 3?

3 Dead Left 4 Dead?

Deadleft 3: Logan's Shadow - Reckoning: Retribution - Retributory Shadows?

Opposing Force 3 (They are just skipping two).

Day of Defeat 3. A game so bad ass Valve thought 2 would be too low of a number to be in the title.

Valve can count to three?

Three: The One that Never Existed.

But guys! Valve can't count to three! AREN'T I SO ORIGINAL?!?!?

@Winternet: Am I seeing an 8 and a 6 in that first period when zooming in?

and once again I'll be getting my hopes up for a new Half Life and then probably get my soul crushed again.... but hey I'll take a Portal 3

though how great would be if it was a new ip with just a 3 in the name?

either way... any chance it's not on source?

left 4 dead 3, portal 3, it's not going to be half life 3 or episode 3. half life is never going to be released.