IT IS HAPPENING

[Dr.Shawn]

Yesterday Half-Life Episode 1 and 2's writer Erik Wolpaw rejoined Valve (Source!
So is it happening ?

[ripmemes]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

[Ryne]

Ok now what?

[morphine]

[Sezar]

CONGRATZ

[Knucis]

He's mostly known for Portal, but yeah, it might be a good sign.
Some Half Life VR files and configs have been found within Artifact's game files, which means they have been developing something at least. But it might just be a HL2 VR port.

I, honestly, wouldn't mind getting any IP from Valve, as long as it isn't more TCG bullshit like Artifact, but realistically speaking, Erik Wolpaw's return probably means nothing.

Valve is getting all the moneyzz they want with Steam, no need to make games (though, perhaps Epic Games Launcher's competition causes a paradigm shift, or a resonance cascade , and they start making games again).

[Dr.Shawn]

Ok now what?

now wait paji
maybe a few years, remember he use to write "story line of half life" games as well
Currently VALVE own popular games like CSGO, DOTA 2,TF 2 and none of these have any sort of story line.

He's mostly known for Portal, but yeah, it might be a good sign.
Some Half Life VR files and configs have been found within Artifact's game files, which means they have been developing something at least. But it might just be a HL2 VR port.

I, honestly, wouldn't mind getting any IP from Valve, as long as it isn't more TCG bullshit like Artifact, but realistically speaking, Erik Wolpaw's return probably means nothing.

Valve is getting all the moneyzz they want with Steam, no need to make games (though, perhaps Epic Games Launcher's competition causes a paradigm shift, or a resonance cascade , and they start making games again).

Well maybe you are correct but then why do they need to hire a story writer then ?

[Zatch]

ahhhh I want to destroy Borealis right now!!!

[ripmemes]

Valve is having competition, so to get back to be the king of gaming it needs to produce games again. Don't forget that GabeN said in one of his interviews that the portal/halflife universe is not over yet and there is a future game set within that universe.

[Knucis]

Well maybe you are correct but then why do they need to hire a story writer then ?

Most games, even if they are very simple in terms of lore, require a writer. Specially in games developed by big companies like Valve.
Games like TF2 do require loads of story writing... have you seen the comics? They have a universe and a lore behind it all. It's insane.
Same applies to DOTA2, afaik. Every champion has its own background story, and that requires a writer to do so!

Erik was only involved in HL2:ep1 and HL2:ep2... the real genius behind HL lore is Marc Laidlaw and the guy is long gone, unfortunately... (he did release a possible storyline for HL2:ep3 here http://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/ ).

Erik Wolpaw, like I said previously, is mostly responsible for Portal (which does take place in HL universe).

I wouldn't mind - in fact, I would love - if HL2:ep3 or HL3 was to be released soon, though I wouldn't expect much from this news alone.

Valve is having competition, so to get back to be the king of gaming it needs to produce games again. Don't forget that GabeN said in one of his interviews that the portal/halflife universe is not over yet and there is a future game set within that universe.

Competition? The king of gaming? Lol, they own the most profitable digital game platform in the world. They don't need to make games to earn money or any fancy title. They are dominating the industry with Steam, and they don't even need to make games to promote it anymore. Money always speaks higher in cases like this. It's sad, but it's true.

About GabeN saying that in interviews... how long was that? 4 years? 5 years? The main writer of the series posted a draft of the storyline online because, he, himself, was tired of all the waiting... Something is wrong with HL's development... and that sucks ass.


Now, to feed our emptiness of HL, here's a cool trailer of Black Mesa: Xen that is scheduled to release this year valve time, we all know how long these guys take to release something...!

[Sawyer]

Interesting. better even if comes of you

[Dr.Shawn]

You see, black mesa is an indication.
It is clear that black mesa is based on a new engine that we have not seen before in any of the half life games. A story writer, a new source engine, it's only the matter of time we see a new game. *Hope* is a strong word m8

[Knucis]

You see, black mesa is an indication.
It is clear that black mesa is based on a new engine that we have not seen before in any of the half life games. A story writer, a new source engine, it's only the matter of time we see a new game. *Hope* is a strong word m8

What do you mean with indication?
Black Mesa is not developed by Valve! It's a mod made by the community... it's a very old one, that has been in development forever.
They are using a highly modified version of the Source Engine, made by themselves.

[ferrari32]

Half life 3 won't happen. Valve doesn't make singleplayer titles.

The guy who said it's been confirmed in this topic.. it was confirmed more than 10 years ago. Apart from that all we've heard is "no comment".
In order for hl3 to even happen, you would need a half life 2 ep. 3 to happen, which also won't happen because a salty ex employee posted the entire script for the game online after being sacked.

If Valve would even go with a sp title it would likely be a portal game, which is by the way set in the same universe as HL, and it might be how they resolve the cliffhangers from the series (hints as to what happened after ep.2)

[Knucis]

which also won't happen because a salty ex employee posted the entire script for the game online after being sacked.

Erm, afaik Marc Laidlaw left, he was not sacked... Sources for this? He retired from Valve due to being old (which is bs tbh) and personal issues within the company. He was not just a salty employee, he was responsible for pretty much all of Half-Life's story... He didn't release the plotline right after he left, he waited until Valve HL2:ep3's NDA expired, which lasted a period of around 10 years.

Tbh, Marc did what Valve should've at least have done for the community... Give us a little bit of information of what's been left incomplete. But, Valve, being the cunts they now are, couldn't have bothered to finish a singleplayer game that was responsible for their success. Heck, even an official statement from them saying that HL was cancelled would've been better than this silence. But I digress.

I do agree that HL3 is long gone... Like you said, maybe Portal will enlighten us with what's left out of HL. Though at this point, I could only expect an online Portal trading card game coming from them.