Remember Half-Life 2? Specifically do you remember the crazy stuff that went down? Well 4A Games' Huw Beynon does, and he wants that reminiscent spirit in Metro: Last Light. They had it with Metro 2033 where gamers would discuss "things they've seen and the moments they experienced." It's the moments that matter - "filler content" must be discouraged.
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[Update: The developers released eight new screenshots, pronouncing that the game is in Final Release Phase.] For the first time in several years the dev team working on Black Mesa Source is finally going to release some new media. It's suspected that a new trailer will be what is unveiled.
Many gamers have assumed that Valve has abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3, the final chapter of the episodic add-ons to the popular shooter. They're now getting a glimpse of what could have been, as four year old concept art have been unveiled by Valvetime.net.
Leaked concept artworks for Half-Life 3 from Valve artist Andrea Wicklund are legitimate, say moderators on Steam forums. Others echoed the confirmation that they are indeed real. The art was created in March of 2008. One moderator wondered if Valve would "officially comment on these pictures?" The album containing the works has since been pulled from the net.
Valve's business development director Jason Holtman explains how Gabe Newell, his boss, isn't his boss. Yeah, those crazy Valve guys and gals really do work without a dictator. It's like they share ideas equally or something - oh wait, they do. Holtman says the bossless atmosphere "tends to work" when you resist looking for 'the leader'. "It's totally worth it."
Viktor Antonov played a crucial role in Valve's Half-Life 2 as it was he that concepted a lot of City 17 and the Combine architecture. Why did the art director leave Valve of all places? Actually his explanation is quite a simple one. Valve "stopped making epic, triple-As," and turned to episodes. That just wasn't enough to satisfy Antonov, who has worked at Arkane on Dishonored.
According to a compiled list by Gamescom event staff, Valve will be bring Half-Life 3 to Cologne, Germany while EA's BioWare will formally announce Dragon Age 3 - or will they? There's a cheeky little fine print in the PDF containing a "list of all the new hardware and software" due for this year's Gamescom. Their sources include the infamous Internetz!
Austin Grossman is a writer for Arkane's Dishonored which releases this week. He drew inspiration from Valve's equally mute protagonist Gordon Freeman in what not to do with a silent lead. He 'hates' what Valve do with Freeman, finding it "incredibly awkward and really creepy." Valve treat him as an empty vessel as people talk "at him, about him and sometimes even for him."
Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw wants Guillermo Del Toro to direct a potential film adaptation of the popular franchise.
April Fool's Day can be so cruel.
A new rumor has popped up on Reddit as user ‘Afforess’ has uncovered a Steam entry for Half-Life 3, complete with bug reports for the unannounced, long-awaited sequel.
An easter egg in indie developer Bossa Studios' wacky surgery game Surgeon Simulator 2013 got gamers all hot and bothered, thinking it was tease for Half Life 3.
PC trend setter Valve is launching their 'Pipeline' service which will be informing aspiring high school hoodlums that want in the video games industry what they can expect, and how to go about preparing. What's more is that Valve will be giving the reins of Pipeline over to teenagers themselves, or more specifically, the high school interns at the studio. It'll cover art, sound design and filming.
Sven Co-op turns the original Half-Life campaign, as well as others, into a playable co-op experience. Valve is so impressed they're supporting a full standalone version to release over Steam. That means you wouldn't need to buy Half-Life or it's add-ons in order to enjoy the Sven Co-op mod, which is currently at version 4.8. They get total control over the engine.
How, within a simple few seconds, do you get a significant player base frothing at the mouth? You get a Valve executive to teasingly point at the number '3' in an elevator, before choosing another level in the building. Naturally this might be thought of as a Half-Life 3 trolling, but there's a real significant chance this might be for a Left 4 Dead 3 reveal. It's got an 'L', a '3' and a '4' in the clip.
Voice actor John Patrick Lowrie, best known for playing Bruno Lowrie in No One Lives Forever, had revealed in his blog that Half-Life 3 is not being developed at Valve. The statements were later removed.
The PC version of Minecraft has passed 12M units sold, passing the sales figures of such classic games as Half-Life, Battlefield 2 and Starcraft.
Gabe Newell during his presentation at LinuxCon in New Orleans has said Valve will be unveiling their plans for Linux-based hardware soon, as the studio boss cried Linux was the "future of gaming". Next week they'll discuss their open source platform based on the OS, promising that "none of the proprietary closed platforms" will come close to their dreams.
Valve knows how to stir up trouble, don't they? NeoGAF is reporting that the studio has filed a trademark for Half-Life 3 with Europe's Office For Harmonization In The Internal Market for "computer game software, electronic game software, downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices, and videogame software." The trademark was filed a mere 2 days ago.
In one of the odder events of the year, Half-Life 3 has been removed as a registrant in the Trademarks and Design Registration Office of the European Union (OHIM).