So Valve is actually working on a DOTA game

[RandomSpoon]

@Ond kaja

Ugh… These impatient retards really need to learn how to wait.

This.

[DrasarSalman]

@jerry

Where is Episode 3

Your mario avatar made me post this:

Over there!

[Surplus]

@Fnoigy

I’m not upset about the pushback of Portal 2, because they had the decency to actually tell us. And yes, Valve has multiple teams, but they have only so much money to go around, I can’t imagine it’s not already spread thin between Portal 2, porting to Mac, porting to PS3, updating game engines, supporting released products, constant additions to TF2, that new Alien Whatever game they just released (which isn’t even generating revenue back for the cost of making it), and now DOTA.

Also, how the hell does Valve have any legal rights or access to the content of DOTA? Isn’t that just a special way of playing Warcraft 3? Aren’t they basically filing a copyright for content another living, active company made? Oh god how this happen i no good with law.

Are you kidding me VALVe is one of the most prosperous game companies around and the Alien Swarm generates revenue through getting more steam users.

Bottom line, Valve isn’t spreading thin. Its just not sitting on all its resources its using them to their full potential.

[DrGonzo]

Why does everyone make out like Valve owe them something? Buy the game or don’t. STFU

Also, it’s better to be split between a few projects. Then if one of them flops you have other games to fall back on.

[JeffMOD]

Alien Swarm was made in the developer’s spare time. (When I was a lad, developers had no spare time, and years were spent on any single project)
Also, haven’t you guys heard? Ep3 is being made in the style of DotA.

[Android11x]

I love this company 'n all, but it’s annoying the piss out of me that they are pushing other projects. THEY KNOW HOW BAD WE (I) WANT EPISODE 3! Yet all we have is 3 bits of concept art.

[JeffMOD]

Maybe next E3 Gabe will unveil it completely finished and shipping a week after E3 ends. That’d be cool.

[Psyborg]

@jerry

Where is Episode 3

what is episode 3

[Fancy_Pants]

@JeffMOD

Maybe next E3 Gabe will unveil it completely finished and shipping a week after E3 ends. That’d be cool.

and then it comes out a year later.

[xalener]

@Ramirezoid

I used to hate Daft Punk, but then they made Tron 2’s soundtrack

[Fnoigy]

Or maybe Valve doesn’t want to deal with the fallout caused by angry fans hearing Episode 3 is on hold for now, so they’re just not saying anything at all.

[Surplus]

@Fnoigy

Or maybe Valve doesn’t want to deal with the fallout caused by angry fans hearing Episode 3 is on hold for now, so they’re just not saying anything at all.

I don’t think they would put Ep 3 on hold. Half-Life is probably the biggest franchise they have, not only that I don’t think that in the midst of a story arch would make much sense for a hiatus.

[Medevilae]

@SURPLUS_NiNjA

I don’t think they would put Ep 3 on hold. Half-Life is probably the biggest franchise they have, not only that I don’t think that in the midst of a story arch would make much sense for a hiatus.

Frankly, the Half-Life series sucks and I think they should just scrap it and make another Left 4 Dead.

[jerry]

Yeah, and leave Half-Life to Activision.

[Zhi_ka]

I’m sure simply creating droppable and collectible hats for DotA wouldn’t take that much time.

[Omega_Absolute]

OOOooooOOOOooooOOOOooo HATS!

[DrasarSalman]

I give all my money, my soul, my knowledge, thrust, religious believing and my life for:
[COLOR=‘Red’]THE HATS![/SIZE]

[saivert]

yeah. Valve has run out of ideas. it is all going to be hats because that is all they know now. damn that Team Fortress 2 game was the end of Valve after all.

[Pyroclase]

This guy isn’t being serious, is he?

Seriously guys, I can’t tell.

[Pettifogg]

I don’t know if anyone’s noticed, but there’s also a DotA view mode in the Alien Swarm model viewer.