Am I the only one happy about this? A new IP by VALVe would be great! Or even a portal sequel/prequel.
The longer HL3/ep3 takes the longer they have to make it awesome.
Or even more support for L4D2/L4D1/TF2 is cool too. VALVe isn’t the only one making games.
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Also Valve isn’t the only company to have delays 
Valve has figured out what most other companies haven’t, yet. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel in order to make an awesome game. That’s not to say they aren’t constantly improving their engine. Not having to start from scratch on an entirely new engine means that they can afford to take the time to improve technologies and add some new ones. Episode 2’s facial animations are still some of the best in the industry, and its cinematic physics still amaze me every time. To my knowledge there’s nothing like the AI directors in L4D1&2 out there. And even if its no Crysis, Source engine games still look great and are still capable of surprising you from time to time. Perhaps most importantly, they spend more of their time working on improving gameplay and story telling methods than making everything look pretty, which is more than most other developers can say.
If that wasn’t enough, because the source engine is older its a lot more friendly to graphics cards, and therefore more accessible to people than say Crysis.
Funny thing about cliffhangers, usually, even if you’ve convinced yourself that after x-amount of time it won’t feel as… important, that’ll change when the resolution to said cliffhanger comes.
In short…
You’ll buy it.
HOWEVER: Should valve decide to scratch EP3 for now, and instead work on L4D The Movie, I would likely go and yell at Gabe, or more precisely, his marketing advisers.
L4D the movie? Was there a press release that I don’t know about or more baseless speculation?
…I hope Valve at least reveals something at E3 this year.
I think it’s highly likely that something to do with Portal is going to show. I can picture it at the E3 event.
The orange box was so successful that maybe they are going to to release portal 2, episode 3 and maybe counter strike 2 in the same box (mauve), along with hl2, ep1, ep2 and portal, all with an engine upgrade, then making the fans pay for hl2 and ep1 for a third time and portal for a second time 
Moar support for their current games and make the mod community closer to them than ever?
That would be fun.
4 years damn it 4 years! and we don’t even have enough concept arts. İ feel like they have done nothing since ep2! it’s not even Half- life 3 it is a f**** episode! Oh my God i am losing my mind!
It’s part of the mating ritual for a Kakapo (a rare flightless bird). There was a show on BBC2 about them not long ago where one tried to mate with one of the presenter’s head (that’s where the footage comes from).
Episode three will be released at the end of 2010 they have not released yet a trailer https://www.vgreleases.com/PC/ReleaseDate-106151.aspx
Note the ‘expected’ behind the date. They’re not sure.
There’s no saying whether it will be released this year.
Maybe they are just saying this so that people will be pleased when it is released early.
ALthough I think it is worth the wait anyway. They probably have some people working on hl3 at the same time anyway.
your sig makes me so sad 
It’s only been 2 years and there is concept art. I mean not a lot but there is. And they’ve been working on other things like the L4D series. You should check yourself into the funny farm :3
No.
lolwut
And remember, guys, every time you call Gabe fat, Ep3 is delayed another week…
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