According to various insiders:>Steam Frame announced on the 12th>Half-Life 3 announced on the 19th>Steam Controller 2 announced on the 26thYou hyped?
nothing ever happens
12th of what?
Unless they reverse their stance on H-games, remove Mary, and send Paypal the scarlet letter, I don't really see a point in buying the steam frame I'm afraid.
when does Deadlock sex update drop?
if they had half life 3 ready it 100 percent would be announced along side the steam frame since way more people would see it
fake and gay nobody cares about this game and give me one (1) good reason why half life 3 should come out
>>725452305Let it go
>>725452560You just wanna havs sex with Ivy
I stuff my balls into my ass
>>725452305where are the sources on the different dates? I also believe something from Valve is about to happen but nothing I've seen has given a date, let alone three
>>725453827People made up a bunch of copium theories based on the gap of Steam events in mid-November. Also November tends to be the month when Valve announces stuff.
>>725454001I'm fully on board with that particular copium, it's OP naming three differents dates that caught my eye
>>725452305Post these fucking insiders mate
>>725453827McVigger told us
>>72545246812th erection that Gaben can maintain for longer than 2 minutes
>>725452305Half life 3 tomorrow actually
Listen, although I know HL3 is being worked on, I will not believe it until I see it.18 years is a long time to wait. I refuse to join the hype train until I see it with my own eyes.
>>725452305the fuck is a steam frame
>>725452305>various insiders:Such as?
>>725452305Dont care. See you in 3 years when the deck 2 is announced.
>>725452305Nobody cares about Half-Slop 3
>>725458328>>725458328standalone VR helmet that runs on an ARM processor
GABE JUST FLEW OVER MY HOUSE
>>725458524didn't the index and steam deck fail? Why are they still making hardware?
>>725458950>Why are they still making hardware?they have infinite money
>>725458950Some people don't learn. I sincerely doubt they put a whole lot of capital towards this project. Probably hoping that a significantly reduced barrier to entry will help the medium. I have my doubts since the medium is basically dead... but... if it's cheap enough I might check it out.It's going to need to be very cheap though.
>>725458950>indexNo? I'm not a VRfag but from what I heard it's still considered to be the best helmet for richfags>deckanon, they successfully compete with fucking xbox now
>>725459180>anon, they successfully compete with fucking xbox nowMicrosoft’s level of failure should be studied
>>725452305Nothing ever happens.
>>725458950Are you living under a rock or just delusional? Considering this is /v/ I am assuming the latter.
I'm too poor for a 'eck... I think I need to get.. a job...
>>725459605>Microsoft’s level of failure should be studiedthis too but the fact that their investment into GNU/Linux and hardware now makes M$ butthurt is a obvious sign of their success
>>725459180That's just Microsoft constantly shooting itself in the foot. The Deck can't compete with big boys like Nintendo and Sony.
I have to believe that you guys are smart enough to not fall for this shit AGAIN.
>>725452305nobody even knows what steam frame isit sure as fuck isn't the name for their headset
Maybe the HL3 announcement... maybe it's made of chocolate...
>Tyler McNigger
>>725460080This time there is weighty evidence.Actually, last year had weighty evidence too. So maybe you're right.
>>725458950based on what metric? retarded shitposts you saw on /v/? really, nigga?
this hl3 shit is just sad nowlet it go
>>725459605how about we study the failure of the entire west instead
>>725460183Never.
>>725457141After 18 long years...
Man, I feel like Gordon Freeman!
>>725452305I bought a Steam controller when they were basically giving them away for $5 to get rid of stock like 5 years ago and wish I didn't because it's basically unplayable. It's really bad for controller games and worse for M+KB games than M+KB , so I have no reason to use it for basically anything. I can't imagine how they would fix this in a new revision.
>>725460009>The Deck can't compete with big boys like Nintendonintendo literally DMCAs all YouTube videos that show Deck running Switch games on an emulator
>>725460345the new controller is basically just a deck without a screen
>>725460183>let it goIt is an objective fact that Valve is currently working on a Half-Life game.
>>725452618They might be scared of associating it with VR too much so people don't get the impression that it's VR only and get mad like what happened with Alyx.
>>725460415They do the same thing for chinkhelds.
Valve only makes casino gacha shit, they're not the same company they used to be. Couldn't care less what they do. Nowadays I only use my PC for piracy
>>725460586...that are just clones of Deck
>>725460662>Valve only makes casino gacha shitWhat part of Half-Life Alyx had "casino gacha shit"?
>>725460662>Valve only makes casino gacha shit>except the times it hasn't over the past 5 years, but that doesn't count
>>725452305>Half-Life 3When will people learn that titles and franchises mean less than the people making the games? The devs and culture behind HL2 are gone. Not saying HL3 will be bad, just to not get hyped before we see the actual game.
>Forza team was hired for future Valve projectValve literally hiring teams just for something as simple as the suspension system of Gordons buggy.
>>725458950It's not like the old days, you need to power through not selling until you start selling. Everything's hyper competitive now, you need to prove your shit is worth buying. Valve can afford to lose money, so they just keep making stuff, and it's slowly working. The Steam Deck's sales improve year on year.
>>725460549When wasn't Valve last working on a Half-Life game?
Valve will only 100% greenlight a game if the idea for it is good enough to be totally committed to. There are so many scrapped Valve games that just weren't good enough, fun enough or had the engagement of enough people to be released.
>>725461042In-between 2014 and 2020.
Morning Mister Freeman, looks like you're running late!
>>725452305>various insidersgonna need a source (engine) on that, chief
>>725454302It's me. I'm inside your mom.
>>725452305Fell For it Again Award #???
>>725460345I bought one on release and it's been my main controller. It's decent if you take the time to configure your games. The biggest issues are the lack of D-pad and the build quality, so a new revision based on the Steam Deck would solve everything.Also>mfw they promised me I'd get every future Valve titles for free for buying the controller, but they haven't released a paid game since
>>725452305I refuse to believe any rumor milling when it comes to Valve. If it's not coming directly out of their mouth I don't care.
>>725461723>they promised me I'd get every future Valve titles for free for buying the controllerLmao, no way they actually ran that as a promotion. That is some devious shit. Did you at least get am early Deadlock beta key?
>>725461526SteamDB datamining mostly
>>725457141Oh please he's rich enough to have whatever Weinstein had, probably adrenochrome
>>725462092It got added to my library after the leak so not really, but at least I didn't have to beg for an invite. I got access to the Artifact beta though lmao.
>>725462615Really? SteamDB is public. Can you share a link to this then?
>>725462771what about HLAlyx?
>>725462892Any in depth patch analysis for Deadlock and CS 2 for the past several years have consistently referenced HLX elements and Source 2 resources that have never been seen before that hint at HL gameplay.
They're waiting for the HL3 announcement before adding the character cosmetics to CS2.
>>725463048Yeah, that too.Here's the package if you want to look at it.https://steamdb.info/sub/14/info/
Even if HL3 gets announced, a linear shooter game won't be anything special with all the games out today. Fanboys will try to hype it up but it will be forgotten in a few years max. Valve prides itself on releasing new innovative games and that's something HL3 can't really be.
>>725463625whats wrong with linear shooters?
>>725463625>Valve prides itself on releasing new innovative games and that's something HL3 can't really be.hlx strings imply full physics simulation of everything
>>725463202Everyone knows about that. I'm curious about the source on the dates in the OP.
>>725463625>a linear shooter gameIf the rumors are true, it won't be a linear game. It will be more like you have a bunch of different choices and it's all directed by some AI like the L4D director system on steroids.
>>725463836not OP but pic rel from private (?) VR-related pisscord(fag is apparently a big leaker of VR stuff)
>>725463836There is a gap in Steam's calendar for events, so people are assuming it is this/hl3
With Alyx now a black slate again. Gordon can go back to returning to his true blossoming relationship, his H.E.V. suit.
>>725464075>>725464104Why would people use that over the Index?
Guys this is just sounding like 2024 Game Awards cope again.Are we closer to HL3 than last year? Yes. But that's the only concrete fact. Everything else is pure trust me bro hype. I say this yet I have already fallen for the hype so I'm a walking hypocrite.
>>725464075>>725464104Interesting. Wednesday's not that far at least. We'll see.
>>725464210standalone (ARM) & cheaperalso from what I heard Steam Play is going to be updated to include x86-to-ARM translation layer (at the moment Steam Play is literally just Proton)
>>725464152>HEY GORDON!! I FUSED WITH YOUR SUIT!! IM HEV ALYX!!!!
>>725464210Valve cocksuckers.
>>725464309>standaloneWithout a PC? Interesting.
>>725457875hlx is 100% not the game that will accompany the steam frame it is still deep in development and the steam frame will drop this year
I wonder if steam frame will be on the cheaper end to attract the Quest crowd.
LMAO!! LOOK AT THIS THING! Please tell me this isn't real
>>725464210PCVR is barely alive because most people are on Quest, but if there's an active install base of higher end standalone headsets, that might revive PCVR
>>725464309Wouldn't surprise me desu. The last few wine releases have been working heavily towards arm support.The company who valve partnered with and who employ most major wine developers recently released preview for arm support on their own commercial wine releases:https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/codeweavers-launch-a-new-crossover-preview-adding-linux-arm64-support/
I'd figure this build-up will end up focusing mostly on the Steam Frame announcement; only that the announcement will contain a curious little snippet of footage of an unnamed game from Valve, and Valve won't bother commenting on what it was.
If they announce HL3 I will eat my socks
>>725452305BRING BACK DANGER ZONE! BRING BACK DANGER ZONE!BRING! BACK! DANGER! ZONE!
>>725464760Nah it's real. An icon for it was datamined months ago.
>>725464930Prepare... to eat... your socks...
>>72545246812th year of the 30th century
>>725452305Every Half Life was a technological miracle that advanced gaming as a medium. What new things will Half Life 3 introduce?
>>725465251A fun game.
>>725465251Materials, apparently. Materials can now be dipped in certain liquids and gain properties from dipping or not being dipped in certain things. For example, gasoline.There's also a bizarre new parameter in Source 2 which isn't used in any currently available game that allows materials and gravity to be manipulated. I think Gordon Freeman will be given a gravity gun.
>>725464578>hlx is 100% not the game that will accompany the steam frame it is still deep in developmentThey have been in the finalizing stages for a while. They have been testing save/load systems lately, which is something that's usually done near the end of development.
>>725465251advanced jiggle physics
>>725464760bro imagine signposting on v with this thing, you're just not seeing the vision
>>725465251If you die in the game, you die in real life.
>>725465398>I think Gordon Freeman will be given a gravity gun.A never before seen feature
>>725465404there are also no mentions of this game even supporting vr, it probably will but its mainly a flat game so why shadow drop it with a new headset?
>>725465683It's over Half Losers.Valve has nothing left to offer the industry but improvements to Steam. Take the back seat old timers.
Worlds first 4D game (metrocops tyrannise you and force you to keep your indentiband clean and visible at all times in your house as you play)
>>725465683>>725465795>posts Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator??
the true /v/itizen appreciates the comforts of half life threads, but uses discretion
>>725465251The only thing I can think of that could make the game revolutionary right now is probably water physics. Hydrophobia did it first but its application was janky. A proper implementation of it would be greatly welcomed
The more time goes on the more I realize that Posthuman was probably just one guy at Valve's pitch that got rejected for being shit from a butt outside of one cool piece of concept art.
>>725466028I'm almost certain this was always bullshit.
>>725466010>water physicshave you seen source 2s wateryou can almost feel the sloppy foamy fecal oily film on top of the water brush against your shoes
>>725465251some kind of AI slop could be incorporated into the gameplay somehow. That's all I can think of.
>>725452305will they dare to use the "big 3" logo from c. 2013?
Make an official coop mode. Come on.
>>725466427forgot pic >>725466485Decay
>>725466421There will be procedural generation (I'm not sure how that will work for a linear story FPS) but nothing that utilises AI as we call it that we know of.
>>725452721um yes obviously?
>>725465251Real time growing vines. They will finally happen.
>>725466028Could be considering there are no other concept arts regarding the idea. It probably harkens back to when Gabe wanted HL3/Episode 3 to be some kind of horror game.
>>725466517Make Decay 2.
>potentially bringing back the Xen worlddo not fuck this up, look at how Black Mesa tried to tackle that
>>725465251Thermal physics simulation
>>725466517>>725466785>valve said they were going to port decay to pc back in the early 2000s after it came out>just never didstill is weird to me since they did blue shift
>>725466864I like Black Mesa's Xen a lot more than Half-Life 1's Xen, but Interloper still sucks shit in both if not more so in Black Mesa just because of how long it is. Someone needs to make a mod to just cut some of it down.
>>725466907Isn't that up to Gearbox? They're very fuck-y about these sorts of things.
>>725466864The glimpse of Xen environment seen in HLA looks promising at least. We'll see on the gameplay side of things though. They need to create a proper alien ecosystem for it, hell do that moss growth thing Gabe's been asking about since the beginning.
I'm making a presentation video on Deadlock...
>>725466785Tbh I feel like they might do something for hl3 just because Portal 2's co-op mode was GOTY in a game that was already GOTYimagine having two Half-Life 3s kek>>725466907BShift was from the Dreamcast port they never released, porting it to the PC was rather trivial since it was just a singleplayer campaign on HL1 assetsport of Decay would require them to make their own Sven
>>725452305theres no reason steam controller 2 would be announced separately from steam frame
>>725458950steam has infinite moneythe devs just do whatever the fuck they want / make whatever newell thinks is cool with no thoughts towards profit. if they think vr is cool they'll make vr shit, and damn the poor sales.
>>725467104the moss thing he said he wanted to do was meant for if you backtracked to earlier maps somehowbut since that doesn't really happen in HL1 there was just no real reason for itwould make more sense in an immersive simand the 'moss' I think was in reference to Xen fauna anyways (which does spread through Black Mesa as the player progresses through levels) so he kind of already did it
Why the sudden feeling from Valve to actually make shit? Hardware and Software? Did the lay offs and money problems in the 2010s really screw with them that badly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6LI-QA-OvQ
>>725452305no
>>725467057Gearbox was new back then and they'd do the work if Valve paid them to.
>>725466864This is a fan made recreation of Xen using the assets from HLA, safe to say it's not going to look like Black Mesa'shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6RhKy5pIyQ
>>725467428oldfags @ Valve want to leave the industry with a big bang
>>725467428What do you mean "sudden"? They have always made games and they have regularly been working on hardware for a decade by now.
holy shit its out BROShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0l5N6Exjz0
THE GAME YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FORALIEN SWARM 2
>>725452305wtf is steam frame?>HL3don't care>cunt roller 2DEFINITELY don't care
>>725467656>ALIEN SWARM 2there's a fan-made mod on Steam that's literally just this>>725467684>wtf is steam frame?VR
>>725467139you and every other parasite 'content creator' on the planetfuck you
>>725460871and they wanted to improve physics so they just hired the lead dev from rockstar
>>725458950no they were not you retard, stop making shit up>>725467428it takes time to make things you fucking retard, they never stopped, that's like saying Nintendo stopped making consoles because the Switch had an 8 year lifespan.>>725461115Alyx was developed from 2016 - 2019 after the original HL3 was cancelled in 2015>>725461723They did but you're too poor to afford VR clearly>>725461764Except every Valve rumour from the past 10 years turned out to be true with very few exceptions
what if Half Life Three gets announce-ounce-ounce-ounce-ounce-ounce *water_splash*
>>725467886Node Graph out of Date. Rebuilding...
>>725467684Wow thanks for sharing your dogshit opinion anon
>>725467656Alien Swarm 2 was happening for real and Valve canned it.>alien swarm (the unreal tournament mod) was getting a sequel on source called infested>project goes quiet for years until it is randomly announced they're making an alien swarm remake on source for valve>this comes out of no where and fans are curious about infested>alien swarm comes out, bombs, and infested is canned>last mentioned of it was in the portal 2 day 1 files where there was a prefix for it and some particles
People keep talking about Steam Frame but where's this? It's been almost a year since the announcement and it's still not there yet.
>>725468001the website still hasn't changed the fact it's still coming out this year I think it'll be released alongside the announcement trust the plan
>>725468001Waiting for the release of HL3It's supposed to cover concepts from the canceled Episode Three, but they might be using some of those concepts for HL3 so they want to introduce them via HL3 first
>>725468001My guess is they canned the re-release and will just release RTR2 with EP3 / HL3 2013 / HLX stuff
Will Otis be in it?
>>725467789I think you will find value in it. Remember to like and subscribe!
>>725468178About that donut I owed ya...
>>725467739>VR Didn't they already have Index? Hope it's priced more sensibly this time around so people actually *buy* it.>>725467960Good job literally wasting a post, idiot. Dipshit wretch, fuck outta here.
>yfw
>>725467656if valve were smart they could have made an alien swarm sequel like helldivers 2
>>725452305I'm too old to get hyped about HL3 anymore. Remind me when they release the trailer or better yet the whole game. Hope its for real this time tho.
remember thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2557K2YNeI
>>725452305Going by insiders, Half-Life 3 might not get announced until sometime next year.
>>725452618They could also just randomly drop on Steam with a pop up that 30+million people will see with in 12 hours.
>>725468685>source: my own ass
>>725467886I really hope they kill loading screens for level transitions for HLX
>>725468858So HLX has procedural generation. I don't know what is procedurally generated, I'm sure some nerd will dig up the datamined code to figure that out. But I also know the game has elements of open area gameplay. Each chapter of the game will be more open to explore around giving you a variety of choices on where to go instead of set paths to follow. You end up at the same place but you get there in different ways. I think the transitions will be more seamless.
>>725468858>level transitionsIt's semi-open world, there won't be any loading screens or levels.
>>725460009>SonySony's on their way out like Microsoft.
>>725469049For the procedural generation stuff it'll either be what you said or just some stuff used in development to generate land and maybe some misc. objectives on the side. Probably just a more advanced version of Left 4 Dead's director.
>>725465398>Materials can now be dipped in certain liquids and gain properties from dipping or not being dipped in certain thingsthat was already in portal 2 with the blue/orange gels
>>725452305>According to various insiders:lol
>>725469376That was just a texture with certain properties.
>>725468823Insiders said that Valve has some kind of announce window, if they miss it, they push it to the next year.
>>725469489But your ass is not an insider.
>>725469489and who are these insiders
why do you guys doubt the information? tyler mcvicker and gabe follower have contacts with insiders, mcvicker himself leaked half life alyx beta build when he got drunk on his livestream, then he got into trouble with their legal team. how do you get a beta build from fucking valve without having some contacts?
>>725458950Modern Valve will do literally anything other work on video games.
Gordon doesn't need to hear all this he's a high trained professional.
>>72545246812th child sacrifice
>>725469704Tyler got blacklisted after that shit and you can tell he's never had an insider since because all of his "insider" info is either parroting what other people have said or wild and obviously false speculation.
>>725469704I trust datamines from Valves works itself. I do not trust """insiders""" who say they know shit. If you watched the Tyler and Gabe Follower videos, you'll know they have have no concrete proof the """insiders""" are genuine Valve employees.In fact, Valve employees spilling the beans on a simple forum is more common than a Valve employee secretly anonymously emailing some guy on YouTube.
>there are STILL people who unironically believe hl3 is coming outthis level of delusion isn't healthy
>>725470116Go doom somewhere else.
>>725470116>Valve is just throwing massive updates at something called HLX every month for them to not release it
>>725470116Most people on /v/ are probably too young to remember Valve Time.
>>725470179>>725470215go away tyler
>>725470265tyler doesn't even think it will be announced this year
>>725470116>there are still people who think HLVR is a thingthis level of delusion isn't healthy
GORDON FREEMAN, SAVE MY LIFE!
>>725469547>>725469560Some dude in reddit talking about Valve time, someone posted the link in the last thread about the Steam Controller 2.
>>725452305yeah man and then they'll announce artifact 3 on the 31st of November
>>725470372Anon we already knew about the Steam Controller 2. Its icon was leaked months ago, it was right there in an update patch.
>>725463625Deadlock is a fucking Overwatch/Battleborn clone with an ugly coat of paint on it.Valve has no standards anymore.
>>725470116how is it delusion when i have verifiable information in the form of code that i can find myself in my current copy of counter strike 2 and deadlock files?
>>725470568I dunno, I liked it.
>>725458950In what fucking world did the steam deck fail? Are you actually fucking stupid?
Gabe pretty much all but said they're working on Half-Life 3 at the end of the HL2 20th Anniversary documentary. Combined with everything else, if you're denying HL3's existence at this point you're the delusional one.
These things, they take time.
>>725469473as opposed to?
>>725470116its just a game, all they have to do is make it and release it, you obviously don't pay any attention to Valve or Half Life Alyx existing at all because its more than obvious at this point
I'll suck an anon's cock if it actually gets announced
>>725465398yeah lemme boot up Gmod and record a video of the "physical properties" tool.
>>725461764>I refuse to believe any rumor milling when it comes to Valve.why? They literally leak shit all the time with every patch they release for their games
>>725470872A system whereby models that are set with a certain material can have their properties changed by a single or combination of elements aka water, fire, gasoline, oil, snow etc.
>>725452305>>Half-Life 3 announced on the 19thfake, half life 3 never-ever
>>725470936L O N D O NONDON
HOLY FUCKING SHIT GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUS98mngPA4
Half-Life 1 and 2 were mostly good as modding platforms. Fine for one single player playthrough too, of course.
>>725470991>can have their properties changedlike the texture and the aforementioned proprieties the gels changed?
>>725470641>muh HLXno one even knows what it is. there are zero signs they intend to release it. for all we know it could be some internal-only project they're using to test source 2 features and nothing else.>but muh strings in the code!kys zoomer retard.
>>725471192Imagine if you were able to dip a plank of wood INTO propulsion gel. That's more akin to the system.
Did you know HLVR strings were found in other Source 2 games before its announcement as Half-Life: Alyx?Here's people talking about it in the two months before it was announced. The denialism may seem familiar to you. https://arch.b4k.dev/v/search/text/hlvr/start/2019-10-01/end/2019-11-30/order/asc/page/1/
>>725471289>there are zero signs they intend to release the 5-year consistent projectlisten to yourself
>>725471350God, VRAlyx's model is so odd.
>>725471289Yeah, there are zero signs they intend to release it. It's not like Half-Life: Alyx's ending was literally a teaser for HL3 or anything. It's not like in the past 5 years Valve employees have constantly said in interviews they intend to keep working on Half-Life or anything.
>>725471289you could remove the datamining and rumours from youtubers entirely and we still have enough proof that they intended on developing a game after HLA with the same team, most importantly the HL2 doc from last year and Valves own words
>>725471350I never thought I'd say this, but god I miss 2019.
>>725471493you will find that a lot of these people tuned out in 2017 or so and just repeat stuff they heard back then
>>725470671Yeah standards have slipped over the years.
>>725463625>I can’t imagine anything innovative in the genre so that means no one possibly canYou should genuinely just not speak.
>>725471472It's blatantly unfinished, hell, it's probably a leftover from the canceled HL3 in 2013. You can literally see through parts of the model, the flexes are terrible and the materials are set up wrong.
>HL3 is coming this month because *unsubstantiated claim*>HL3 is never coming out even though there is an obvious Half Life project in the worksRelax. Every year since 2020 with this shit.
>>725470936a-are you cute??
>Episode 1>Episode 2>Picking resin out of toilets in Alyx so you can put a sight on your gunValve lost the plot ages ago
>>725460009it doesn't have to compete with them, it just has to be profitable. it's not a winner take all game
>>725471350UGLY ALYX EW GROSS
>>725452513Sasha is for fat man cock
>>725465578cs2 traders already do that though>>725470116anon this is just the average half-life waiting cycle
>>725465398Underworld Ascendant had dynamically propagating fire across flammable objects, while stopping at non-flammable. You could also carry a 2x4 on fire to spread the flames somewhere else. Just about the only interesting thing to come out of that awful game.
>>725471493>It's not like Half-Life: Alyx's ending was literally a teaser for HL3 or anythingYeah, it's not like Valve ever end a game on a cliffhanger then never follow up. They've never done that before. Retard.
>>725471702no one thought they could have realistically made another game after Alyx since this time last year, so maybe stop reading fake gaming news on Twitter
i am convinced some of you wouldn't believe HL3 existed even if it was literally in your steam library
So basically the main reason why people are hyped this time is because the patterns that lead up to the release of Alyx, CS2, and Deadlock are happening again under this codename "HLX", right?
>>725467428desu i think it's just that gaben's kid is out of high school. you see this a lot with things driven by abnormally successful individuals, once their kids are independent they have a second wind of productivity as they suddenly are faced with massively more free time
>>725472065that is literally the point, they did follow it up, you just proved that
When Jesus said most will not believe the second coming he was talking Half Life, not himself.
>>725472147Exactly.
>>725472147No? HLX is happening alongside all these games. HLX isn't "all of them". We know that because all things related to "HLX" have all sorts of Source 2 concepts no other Source 2 game both in development or released has them.
>>725472147Yes plus its 5 years since Alyx came out and that's the average AAA dev time these days, also Valve have been celebrating Half Life 1 and 2 anniversaries the last 2 years
I hate HLX
>>725472198>they did follow it upYou mean when they took 15 years to advance the plot by 15 seconds?
>>725472489yes, if you're going to be anal about it.
>>725472489so do you think it will take another 15 years to go another 15 seconds? keep drooling
Gaben here. You guys were mean in this thread so we’re cancelling Half Life 3 now. Fuck the lot of you.
>>725472818Gabe, your wife was chosen as miss /mlp/don't cancel hlx, please
>>725472818Thanks Gabe.
>>725452305>>725472229It’s all lies, they are lying. Everything on twitter was a lie.
>>725464152>>725464314HAZARDOUSENVIRONMENTVANCE
>>725452305absolutely shocked and horrified to realize that of the things on this list the most interesting one to me would be the steam controller 2
I don't know about you but I'm ready to join Civil Protection just to get some decent copium.
>Half-Life: Alyx's ending was a teaser for HL3>Valve's all but stated in employee interviews and in the dev docs that they're working on a new Half-Life game>Gabe at the end of the HL2 20th doc: I think Half-Life represents a tool we have and promises made to customers to capitalize on innovation and opportunities to build game experiences that haven't been involved previously, and I think there are no shortage of those opportunities facing us as an industry right now.>Mike Shapiro, G-Man's voice actor, teased on his Twitter that something Half-Life related would happen in 2025>Mike Morasky, Valve's primary composer, accidentally let it slip in a 2023 interview that he's worked on two Half-Life games (Alyx was the only public Half-Life game he worked on) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92w2633MCPI&t=1942s)>we've been consistently getting strings in other Source 2 games for a game codenamed HLX for 5 years now, akin to how we got HLVR strings from 2016 until Alyx's reveal, and we've gotten more strings for HLX and its related features than any Valve game up to this point>Valve's been hiring a bunch of devs since 2021, most of them skilled senior devs with years of industry experience>leaks and datamines have revealed that Valve's working on a trifecta of hardware also predicted to come out soon - Deckard/Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset (with new controllers codenamed Roy), Triton, a new Steam Controller (basically a Deck without the screen), and Fremont, a new Steam Machine (which admittedly is the least likely to come out soon)>Valve conspicuously moved their Autumn Sale from November to September/October this year, with this message:>“Is Steam crazy? They’re two months ahead of schedule!”>Yes, we are crazy, and yes we are earlier than usual, but also that’s intentional>November is a common month for Valve releases and announcementsI know you don't want to have your hopes crushed again. But it's coming. It's real.
>>725470179lol
>>725452305>According to Tyler McNiggerftfy
>>725470568It's not, deadlock is a smite clone.
>>725470301>I'm more delusional then Tyler McVickerJesus is that even possible?
>say HL3 is coming>say people who don't think it's coming are going to be real embarrassed when it does>HL3 doesn't get announced>It's okay I can pretend that I was fooled by othersI do this every year.
if hl3 is happening it's going to be mid as fuck, valve has been out to lunch for too long and has no idea how to make games anymore
>>725474036Not only that but all the people that made their old popular games left over a decade ago.Or died
>>725473530No this kind of thing is a conspiracy theory. There is no evidence only happens because it happens. People lied for popularity, what will you even do after they were proven false. Nothing because you believe too much on a dead game.
>it's not happening>okay it might happen, but it will be bad
Valve already made statements F I F T E E N years ago on a gaming magazine, I forget which that they needed to wrap up the main HL games before age "tarnishes their talents".
>>725452305nope. nothing ever happens
>>725474227cope
>>725464297We're getting closer to HL3 much in the same way one of the Voyager spacecraft are getting close to a nearby star.
>>725474324is this 'p?
Gnome Chomsky got into space before HL3.
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>>725471289>testing featurestesting for what you dumb nigger? 5 years of tests for specific half life related things that would make no sense in their other titles? testing for fun?
>>725452305>>725470179https://youtu.be/a2fQmGe_9tc
>>725474865I don't think you understand how Valve functions. They had a L4D project going until the very last second of pre-production when they couldn't get a consensus of choosing Source 2 or Unreal 4 by the team. This wouldn't happen with actual leadership, but since Valve relies heavily on a "flat management" system they decided to shelve it. And this is why we get snippets of "work" over the years, usually done by one person who is interested while everyone else isn't. Eventually they get fired for not working on other stuff people want to do.
>>725473889This.>NOOOOOO YOU WERE FOOLED!!OK and?
>>725459771get a sugar daddy
>>725452305>According to various insiders>various insiders>insiders>literally whos>Not ValveYall niggas have been screaming for Half Life 3 for a decade now, but it never happens just like with Left 4 DeadLet it go, nigga. It's over
>>725458950They were constantly sold out and you think they failed? Are you mentally deficient?
>>725475257ok then screencap this you dumb retard within 6 months announcement
Crow-
>>725452305Tyler McNigger is not an insider, stop giving attention to an attention whore, you dumb NIG-GER
>>725475257This sounds ridiculous, why would valve game devs use anything other than their own highly developed in house engine?
>>725452305and> my cock announced in faggot OP's ass on the 31st after I'm done with (You) I'm going after gayben and his band of dorks
>>725472818You were never going to make a third installment to Half Life, Left 4 Dead or the other games in the first place lol
>>725475817what numbers?
>>725475257hey there 2019 wants its opinions back, do you even know if Valve still operate under a flat structure? Or are you talking our your ass?
What people should really be giving Tyler shit for is that he said earlier this year that it would be announced in the Summer and released in Winter and he said this with a very obnoxious confidence and then walked it back towards the end of the Summer. Now he's too scared to say anything other than the trailer rumour.
>>725477081I believe him that the Steam Deck 2 will be AMD ARM-based. It just fits Valve so well to do it.
>>725477081The worst thing about Tyler is that he's made it impossible to reasonably discuss any leaks or datamines about Valve because he's muddied the waters so much with his constant "speculation" (making shit up)
>new steam event>points shop items not freewtf you had one job
>>725475340Only one can happen at at timeL4D is zombie slop and Valve would be right to wait another 10 years to do that againI would prefer TF3 and Portal 3 before L4D3
>>725452305thats really fake and really gay. If real tho why not just wait for the game awards?
>>725452305Even if it's true, no one cares about Half-Life 3 anymore. Everyone's moved on and if it DID release, it'd just flop.
>>725477339I'd rather they continue experimenting with new games. Let l4d/rd/portal rest, not everything needs 50 billion sequels
>>725477280>making shit uphe doesn't make shit up, he listens to others making shit up and trusts them like a dumb retardsee>if you're a woman, hello!
>>725477339Anon, Deadlock IS TF3. >b-but deadlock is nothing like TF-Its a competitive hero shooter that started development coincidentally right when they abandoned TF2 in 2018 because turning it into a hyper-competitive e-sport failed. Hero shooters are the spiritual successors to class shooters. "Gamers" dont want 12v12 casual clusterfucks anymore. They want compslop with "dailies" and other gay skinnerbox shit to keep them hooked, which is antithetical to what Team Fortress is.
>>725477547it would be better if the HLX teammoved onto a completely new IP after thisthey have built up the experience
>>725477427>If real tho why not just wait for the game awards?Maybe it's just an announcement and teaser, and then the trailer/gameplay will be shown at TGA.
>>725477427Valve does not care about the Game Awards
>>725477339>>725477547I'm not asking for Left 4 Dead 3 nor do i care, I just like Left 4 Dead as it is for the memes and mods lol. But I agree it doesn't need a third installment, but nothing ever happens so yeah
Why the fuck is this retard spamming CP in a half life thread
>>725478338They're emboldened by the fact that our esteemed, very competent manager literally had to whine on Twitter about the constant cheese pizza to the FBI only to absolutely no response
>>725478338I saw someone posted some gay porn here. It was up a couple of hours until it deleted. Honestly if they can post this type of stuff on here without getting banned or reported, then im gonna stop coming to this board, same /pol/
>>725478461Tbf the CP negro plagues multiple platforms (KF, Sharty) and Null (KF owner) literally put bounty on his (now doxed) head
>>725479820>now doxedso he's actually been identified now?
>>725479329>then im gonna stop coming to this board, same /pol/is that supposed to be a bad thing?
>>725479953>so he's actually been identified now?yeah and he's literally a nigger
>>725480056Thaddeus?
>>725459180the index is still the best headset overall by farit might not have the best resolution, framerate or fov but it is the best complete packagenothing can beat the finger tracking controllers either
>>725480056Wasn't he some Peruvian dude?
>>725479954No, but i only come here to post funny random Left 4 Dead images and talk about the game, nothing else really. I'll either make a thread on November 17 or I'll just go to Twatter, idk anymore
>>725480295Texas, actuallyidk go to visit Kiwi Farms for his dox
Dr. Breen is asleep, post CP
>>725480518>dat grammarI'm losing IQ points while discussing the pedonigger. Sad!>>725480198>nothing can beat the finger tracking controllers eitherI'm surprised no one managed to copy them or do something even more revolutionary like gloves
>>725480518>the post is still not deleted and the poster was identified Wow>>725480564Nigger
>>725452468>suddenly
>>725452721But even in-universe that isn't possible.
isn't Fremont supposed to be announced soon as well or is it still gonna take longer to release? I don't even care about any of those, I just want Valve to get them out of the way so they can focus on 'eck 2 sooner
>>725480701>I'm surprised no one managed to copy themid imagine its entirely a budget constraint. finger tracking from headset cameras is infinitely cheaper and is updateable over time whereas valve's controllers are dated hardware from the day of releasesee picrel and compare it to the cost of a quest 3 (400 bucks on amazon)if you were Mark Zuckerberg and had to decide between a 600 dollar headset with fixed contollers or a 400 dollar headset with updateable handtracking that will gather more sales because its cheaper, which one would you pick?
>>725480564
>>725481103Fremont is the project we know the least about and some insiders think it's a low priority project at Valve. So the chances of it releasing with everything else is pretty slim.Also, last I heard Valve was waiting for a significant breakthrough in battery tech for the Steam Deck 2.
>>725452305>announcing a fucking controller after the flagship title's long awaited new entry how much of a retarded nigger do you have to be to believe this shit?
>>725472198they ruined the ep2 ending. mind you, I know we are talking about fucking sci-fi but death should be finite. now any time other character dies, why not just ressurect it? "it was only once" yeah and even that is one too many because it ruined the impact Eli's death had
>>725463810I dream of a 3D Noita
>>725481523That'd be kino
>>725467618>>725467831Explain why there's a gap.>it takes time to-Explain why there's a gap, and not a gap anywhere else. Keep in mind no one is counting The Lab. And frankly no one counts Artifact either.
With how Valve is nowadays would HL3 even be good? Has it just been too long? Totally different writers as well no?
>>725470116Absolute doom over Half-Life died with the release of Alyx.
>>725481314hurr durr they wouldn't never announce a controller at da same time
>>725481848Not for the people without VR headsets
>>725481848huh?
>>725482008...those are precisely the people for whom absolute doom died the most for.
>>725482008>>725482265Nevermind didn't notice you said without.But even without a VR headset, you basically know valve haven't completely forgotten about half-life now.
>>725481294According, to Tyler, Steam Deck 2 is ARM-based from AMD, according to insiders like Kepler_L2 and Adroc_Thurston, it'll use UDNA. Kepler and Adroc never point out the CPU of the Deck 2 while Tyler never point out the GPU of Deck 2. To me, this tells me that both go hand and hand. The Deck 2 is probably using some kind of AMD Sound Wave successor with far more compute units and using UDNA instead of RDNA 3.5+. This also explains the 2028 release date.
>>725481726
>>725482394>ARM-based from AMDI'm pretty sure AMD doesn't do ARM processors
>>725459826>GNU/LinuxIt's systemd/Linux
>>725460415Nintendo fucking despises emulation regardless of the platform doing it. The Deck is not the issue here.
>>725482826They currently have one in development called the Sound Wave, but it currently only uses 4 compute units of RDNA 3.5+, which wouldn't be viable for a Deck 2 despite being on a 3nm node. If we follow AMD timeline, UNDA is coming in 2027, so that would mean they'll release a Sound Wave successor that's more for gaming handhelds by 2028, perfect time for a Steam Deck 2.
>>725482394After getting jettisoned out of Valve insider-ship I wouldn't trust a word Tyler says honestly
>>725465251Proper fluid simulations.
>>725482601So the answer was there's a gap because valve wasted time on this shit.
>>725482923Devuan, Artix and Gentoo are free from SystemD>>725482980they don't nuke all videos mentioning existence of Switch emulators, emulation on Deck is a special case where they nuke every fucking thing about itfuck IP law and fuck DMCA, hope Trump nukes them when AI companies get fucked by them
>>725483095When did he get removed, like how many months back?
>>725483138>Devuan, Artix and Gentoo are free from SystemDBut steamdeck is on Arch, and arch is systemd/linux
>>725483125That's just a fraction of the projects they worked on
>>725483185nta but back in early 2020 he just did an unannounced stream of HLA Beta just for lulz and Valve obviously lawyered him for being a fucking retard
>>725483185April 2020 when he revealed he had a beta build of Alyx and livestreamed it online. As you can imagine this pissed Valve off tremendously.
>>725483307>>725483335Fucking retarded, how does he still have information on the Steam Frame, Steam Controller 2, Steam Deck 2, and Half-Life 3?
>>725483451Because he's just parroting what other people like Gabefollower and SadlyItsBradley have said.
>>725483451most of that stuff comes from string leaks on Steam and/or Source 2 gamesAlso leakers who have better relationship with Valve (like Gabe Follower, who's a janny in Deadlock dicksword) often cooperate with him
>>725483125the gap between Portal 2 and Half Life Alyx was 9 years, and now its 6 years for Half Life 3>>725483451most of it comes from GabeFollower and SadlyItsBradley
>>725483247Even in that pic there wasn't much.
>gordon, you will now fuck my daughter>and don't let me catch you not cumming inside her, I will be watching
>>725483986But Eli, your daughter is in the void being 'trained' by dozens of alien tentacles.
so after reading all this shit, this is whats on the horizon from what i understood from you schizos>steam frame/deckard - valve vr headset that can play flat screen games also ARM compatibility layer>steam controller 2.0 that can also integrate with the steam frame>steam machine 2.0/fremont>HLX/Half Life 3>Deadlockis that right? anything else
>>725484209there's also "TF" game on Source 2
>>725484209dont forget Artifact 2
>>725484472That got mentioned like once and I'm far more hesitant to say that actually means anything. If it is anything, it's likely just a VR minigame for the Deckard or something akin to Aperture Hand Lab.
>>725484209I would say the Fremont is at least a year or two away
>>725484209>>725484624The Steam Frame is getting some small demos, no?
>>725484982wasn't it in development for years now? I'm pretty sure some prototypes were leaked already
>>725483537I've been looking it up, yeah, I'm seeing it. Gabefollower and SadlyItsBradley say things first and then Tyler says something.
>>725484209Yeah, but replace Fremont with Deck 2, that's coming first.
will the big pink cookie be in hlx
>>725483451Brad is the one that has legit sources in the vr hardware spaceMcnigger is just piggybacking off of him
>>725485417wouldn't it make more sense to release Fermont with Deck 2 hardware along with Deck 2? Market them as Deck 2 and Deck 2 TV or Deck 2 Home or whatever
>>725458950They failed so hard Microsoft started panicking and are now copying them the same way Sony is copying Nintendo
>>725471605it's been true for the past 15 years
>>725485597Ignoring Tyler, other insiders of Valve are saying it's lower priority and could either release after Deck 2 or not at all.Deck led to Frame which leads to Deck 2, any progress beyond that could lead to Fremont but not yet.
What seems to you a sacrifice is merely to us an oscillation. We do not fear the interval of darkness.
Is the Alyx Vault just a testbed for the reality-fuckyness of the Borealis?
>>725458950Real companies shouldn't give up a good concept after one or two failures, it leads to stagnation. Also, they didn't fail, Valve isn't trying to replace the Nintendo Switch or whatever.
>>725458950Steam Deck more or less made handheld PCs an actual market
Freeman?
>>725485598kek, Microsoft is even working on a first-party Xbox handheld with Windows on it but trying to act like a console with BC while Sony plans to make the PS6 more like a PC without custom hardware this time.
>>725486154certainly, HLX leaks have a ton of stuff related to "gravity fields" and how NPC (enemies) interact with changing gravity>fight against combine soldiers on a Borealis that constantly breaks laws of physics and/or outright uses non-Euclid geometryhope my i486 is able to run HL3
>>725487535>Microsoft is even working on a first-party Xbox handheld with Windows on it but trying to act like a console with BCanon, they already released itimagine having Steam, Asus and Microsoft overlays available at the same time. Shit's worse than all the forced /g/ memes about KDE being buggy>while Sony plans to make the PS6 more like a PC without custom hardware this time.I'm pretty sure that that's M$'s plan for their next home console. Never heard any rumors about Sony doing the same
Where is Barney? Is he safe? Is he all right?
>>725488159I really hope he's in HL3. I'm gonna be pissed if they say he died getting people out of City 17.
>>725488159It seems in your boredom... you threw a barrel at him.
>>725487535The first party handheld was cancelled because microsoft ain't buying 10m chips when the deck didnt even sell close to that.
>>725488254Wasn't one of the leaks from a while back that he was your travel companion this time? Or was it just speculation bs?
>>725488254he's fan favorite, why would they kill him off-screen? I expect one cutscene where he actually gives Gordon homemade beer while they discuss Rebels' plans or some other major topic
>>725488159Still waiting for that beer he owes us.
>>725488458>>725488528>>725488458>>725488528he'll pick up one of those euroshop ass plastic bottles that just says "beer" on it
>>725458950Yeah they failed so hard that M$ immediately tried to copy them with a shitty downgrade version, as well as a dozen other hardware companies.The point was never to lock people into the hardware, it was to introduce more people to steam and linux - and it absolutely succeeded on both fronts.
>>725452305>Various insiders
mmmmmm beer
>>725457875Silksong was released. Have faith brother.
>>725458950>didn't the steam deck failnigga it barely sold more than the ngage. it wasn't a failure, it was a colossal gigafailure fuckup
>>725459605That and SonyWhat was that one anon post again? Buy up major studios for billions, release no games, and what is the business strategy called?
>>725488123>anon, they already released itThat's not the one using their next gen Magnus APU>I'm pretty sure that that's M$'s plan for their next home console. Never heard any rumors about Sony doing the sameMark Cerney recently said it, they're done with raw power and custom hardware for PlayStation and have shifted towards something similar to what Microsoft is doing while, like Microsoft, working heavily with AMD's roadmap goals for it.
If Steam Frame just works on my Index I already own, cool.If not, bummer, I'd like a better setup that doesn't involve piping Steam Link through monado and gamescope to have a VR display for playing vidya on via my Steam Deck (Even if I'm not totally opposed to using my Steam Deck as a remote operator for actually running game, it's just that CURRENTLY it doesn't work great because you were probably never intended to use Steam Link the way I'm using it.I only really care about Half Life 3 if it means we're finally getting Linux Source 2 SDK tools, I want to make maps for SteamHome.And I'm looking forward to a Steam Controller 2 if it actually is releasing soon.
>>725452305nowake me up for L4D3
>>725488159Is he secret? Is he safe?
>>725489224>That's not the one using their next gen Magnus APUoh yeah, I forgot about that thing>they're done with raw power and custom hardware for PlayStationI'm pretty sure they stopped doing custom hardware after Cell kek
>>725489353NEW ZEALAND!!GABEN!!!
>>725488286The console-only first party handheld was canned, they're working on one that's basically just the next gen "console" with full Windows. Probably releasing in 2028, most likely going to cost a lot. It's also using the same APU as the home console but cut-down because Microsoft is unwilling to commit to 10 million units sold in SoC.
>>725467343And fucking Microsoft doesn't have infinite money? They bought out Activision for christs sake.Microsoft could compete if they weren't so pants on head retarded. Elitists may bitch about NG4, but the quality and performance of that game is leagues above most others. Microsoft can be a competitor, but it's just mismanaged so badly that a literal zombie can do better at this point.
>>725489274>Source 2 SDKthis tooS&Box and Workshop Tools for S2 games are shitI want the new age of modding to begin with HL3
Microsoft throws its money and hopes it sticks. Valve is strategic, maybe way too strategic, with money.
>DOOOOOOOCTOOOOOOOOR FREEEEMAAAAANNNN....>HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS PLAYSI AM GOING TO CUM IN MY PANTS SO FUCKING HAAAAAAAAAAAARD
bro just shut uppost when something ACTUALLY happensalso I don't even care because it's inside out heavy as fuck garbage probably
>>725489391According to Cerny, they switch to AMD but were still using custom hardware which is why it took so long to port to PC, PS6 games and PC seem like they're going to be one and the same, so day one PC releases going forward starting with PS6.
"Late is just for a little while suck is forever."-Gabe Newell
I wish I had a H.E.V. suit gf.I would wear that motherfucker forever.
>>725489503I mean S&box is shit because garry newman is in charge of it and he's had literally ZERO good ideas since gluing a LUA game engine to HL2:DM in 2005 and inadvertently letting linux developers and server operators write custom shit for it.Hammer 2 imo is pretty good, my main issue is that your option for running is basically>Get a second hard drive JUST for windows and the SDK or go fuck yourself
>>725489587>were still using custom hardwareI don't know about PS5 but PS4's "custom hardware" components are just shared GDDR memory and weird engineering decisions like HDMI actually being DisplayPort >>725489773Hammer being for Windows only comes from its origin (a Quake level editor Valve bought back in 1996)GNU/Linux port would require a complete rewrite of weird GUI frameworks they are currently using
>>725490034The Source 1 SDK is windows only because of proprietary middleware.GoldSRC from what I remember has SDK tools for linux and Source 2 has (intentionally and by designed) moved away from middleware that's caused legal issues for porting it.
Why didn't Garry just wait until the Source 2 SDK came out. I don't like sausage men.
>>725490365he's retarded and his Roblox for manchildren sucks asshope some Russian kid makes GMod2 with HL3 / S2 SDK
sorry poorfags but HL3 = VR ONLY
>>725490365His nigger game will have 100 players meanwhile some brazilian guy will make gmod2 and have 10 million downloads
>>725490443Honestly with Vscript you pretty much can, and SteamHome's client aside from being VR only is pretty close to an actually perfect sandbox environment.
>>725464104>Told by a few sources>the several farts that probably came out of his asshole at the time.Look I want half life 3 to be real too boys, but let's be honest here, it ain't fucking happening.
>>725489434microsoft is a public company so they have 0 spare money. it all goes to generating shareholder value. a dollar of profits you didn't make is the same as a dollar lost.
>>725489712Thats cute anon, imagine all the hugs whenever you are staring at the green glowing goo and the suit knows you have to go through it so you can keep fighting the monsters from another dimension
I did not play Stanley Parable Redux because it was not made in source.
I'm still here waiting for Ricochet 2
>>725490801That reminds me that it's impossible to legitimately obtain the Dear Esther Source build anymore.
>>725490806If Ricochet 2 was a VR game, I might buy a cheap VR headset.
>>725490737/v/'s understanding of how public companies work is always a marvel to me
>>725490967nta but public companies literally and legally can't do long-term projects that don't generate instant money
why does it feel like this could be bigger than hl3>inb4 copeyeah its cope but it also lines up, another orange box or something, deadlock is probably included somewhere in that
>>725491124truly, a marvel
>>725491236I wonder if it'd be interesting to get her and Krystal's VA to interact with each other.
>>725491303I think deadlock will be a game you have to pay for? Maybe? The beta I played had no indication of pay-to-win or even paid cosmetic elements.
>>725491443you're foolish if you think that shit isn't eventually going to be addedthe only reason that's not all not there yet is because deadlock is an alpha game and if it weren't for uncle dane's retardation it still wouldn't be public knowledge
>>725491443I'm pretty sure they dropped the idea of doing pay-2-play live service games Dota 2 and F2P updates TF2 and CSGO>The beta I played had no indication of pay-to-win or even paid cosmetic elementswell yeah because it's Betanot even the art style is finished
>>725491565I'm not saying it won't be added, I'm saying it won't be as disgusting as Dota or god-forbid Team Fortress.>Uncle DaneFuck that non-fun having retard.
https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/555756515113304416here's your big november announcement, what franchise should crossover with HL?
>>725490893Whats so special about its build?
>>725491642Eh, at least him leaking it opened up the opportunity for Valve to legally compel him to stop running the bots.
>>725491621>games Dota 2after Dota
>>725474865>testing for what?do you know how engine development works you dumb nigger? testing to see if the engine works before releasing it for free like they said they would do 5 years ago.
>>725491723The game was a technical marvel on Source, but eventually it got outright replaced by a Unity port and you can't obtain the Source version anymore.
>>725491980how is it a technical marvel? it literally just uses the portal 2 version of the source engine.
Has any source game that isn't from Valve release on other platforms?
>>725490893also search it up, you can still get the source version on humble bundle, just not on steam
Omg so many hlx files in dota update, gman model mentioned
>>725492140apex legends
>>725472168>second wind of productivityThat might be true but he lives at sea now and owns a whole bunch of $$$$$$$$$ yachts. Recently buying into the company that built his newest one Leviathan. Now sure he can run and direct Valve from anywhere in the world with a lap top. But I suspect his newest passion and focus is research boats and all the tech. https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/gabe-newell-yachting-oceanco>One project in partnership explores aluminium oxynitride, a transparent ceramic stronger than titanium. “It’s so strong that titanium becomes the gasket material,” he said, eyes lighting up through the video link. >The aim, to build a fully transparent, full-ocean-depth submersible hull.
>>725492246bullshit, give me proofs I am not strong enough to look at Dota files for Half Life juiciness.
>>725452305
>>725492246That better be true anon, I'm checking right now.
How reliable is sadlyitsbradleyI know mcnigger is a tossup and gabe is a zigger
>>725492140vampire the masquerade and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic are on Humble or GOG>>725492247titanfall and apex legends are not really source, its like calling goldsrc "id tech"
Hey Mister Anon. I had a bunch of dataleaks for you but we had a system crash about 20 minutes ago and I'm still trying to find my files.
>>725492494hes the one that leaked the OLED model of steam deck a couple weeks before it came out
>>725492494more reliable than mcnigger, but he did say deckard was going to have varifocal just because of a hardware patent, and said it was coming out any day now like 3 years ago.
>>725491124lol are many public companies that don’t make ANY money, including Twitter before Musk took it private.
>>725492140Titanfall and Apexalso according to Wikipedia Dark Messiah is available on 360
>>725492494Most normal out of 3 i feel like. mcvicker and gabefollower are autistic manchildren lolcows
>>725492649didn't he think that was going to be deckard too? i remember the quest wireless thing for steamvr he said was for deckard when he datamined it.
>>725492494>gabe is a zigger1) Russians have Source Engine in their bloodstreams 2) He's actually a Belarussian who migrated to Argentina
It's heavily implied in code the Tau Cannon is coming back.
>>725492686>target quickbux instead of normal money>get fucked
>>725492494EXTREMELY reliable.The guy actually has connections with people in the know in China and other supplylines.He doesn't just leak Valve hardware too and he has never mentioned any date about Valve stuff. This is the first time he's ever talked about a date about Deckard.
>>725492810>mcvicker and gabefollower are autistic manchildren lolcowsTyler is a cow, Gabe Follower has yet do to anything retarded like HLA Beta stream or creators.tf drama
>>725492989anon, like, the most famous characteristic of the zirp era was literally every company taking massive losses on purpose with the intent of making even larger profits later because they could paper over the interim with cheap debt
I don't care about who they are. Tyler is a guy who provides me with info, he is like my personal Half Life slave.
its actually Alien Swarm 2
>>725493215>Half Life slave
>>725493215he mostly presents the digests, the actual file digging is done by others
>>725493313I preferred their eyes in 2.
>>725493313galunga...
I have a brain injury.My brain is injured.Ow.
i actually believe this time, the memetic forces of half life 3 are at an all time high, poster energy strong, the vibes are strong, WE ARE BACK. 1 MORE WEEK.
will he speak?
>>725493723actually it will be announced in just 14 days (two more weeks (a mere fortnight))
Theyre going to let steam frame breathe a bit before dropping half life 3
It'll be out when it's out, and we like that, it'll be out when it's out.
>>725458950Their company is in a never-ending era of the "Universe 25" experiment. They could sit around and do nothing, making 600k/year each (on the low end) and be happy; pushing out little updates every now and then, but they're at least trying to do something. I rather them try weird experiments and fail over and over then just give up and print money. I would say they're an astounding success, people here just have a hate boner for Valve despite no lifeing their steam every day. They won
>>725493803Gordon has brain cancer from radiation, blunt trauma to the brain, PTSD, profound confusion and is doped on morphine. No he will not speak.
>>725452305>3 separated dates for 1 announcement each>not just doing a small direct or dropping all trailers in 1 dayok
>>725493698I really don't like that style of writing in Half Life. It works for Portal, but it just sounds off in HL
>>725492246This is the update.https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-Dota2/commit/b25cf388af98e477a008b27c3cdfaef4ecc5e324I'm not done looking through it yet, I have to yet to get through the asset strings, but there are a lot more optimization strings here, most notably in libparticles_strings.txt, where's also more unique strings about fans and the liquid oil/water spill system seen before. There's also a lot more choreo system strings in libscenefilecache_strings.txt and libscenesystem_strings.txt. I'll post if I see anything else more interesting for the layman.
>>725494030>valve directstop
>>725494172Have you played the original Half Life?
>>725494231why not? there is always a first time for everything, fill the direct with tf2 mvm update stuff and call it a day.But honestly and most realistic scenario, they just shadowdrop everything as trailers on their youtube channel and remain radio silent until release.
>>725494172>>725494340yeah HL may be more serious than Portal but it's still humorous at times >I repeat, if you weren't already, you're fu-
>>725494369Because that's not how Valve operates. They don't have a fixed schedule. They either shadowdrop or they announce ONE big thing. Never several smaller things.
AND IF YOU SEE DOCTOR BREENTELL HIM I SAID FUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOU
Hi this is Gabe Newell and I'm posting on /v/
>>725494214is all the rope stuff new
>HL3 comes out this year and is a smash-hit>Praised by every reviewer and game journo site>Considered a new chapter in gaming innovation>Millions of copies sold and everyone loves it>/v/ immediately dismisses it as wokeslop normie garbage I can see this happening 1000%
>>725493991They make a minimum of 750k/year each because they make more than the average of all employees at facebook.>>725458950This is some great b8
>>725495034It will. But eventually the HL threads will become the comfiest places on /v/.
>>725493313nigga where is original hl2 crunchy vortigaunt?
will we get hl3dm tho?
>>725470568deadlock is Dota 2 but in 3rd person, and Dota 2 is the greatest game ever made that nobody plays, so who gives a fuck
>>725494781Some of it is, yes.
>>725461049and yet there's Deadlock and Shartifact.
>>725495034I can assure you right now the only thing I'll bitch about when/if HL3 comes out is if they don't give people that actually make shit SDK tools, and it ends up like HL2 getting workshop support and all that was added model swaps, Krystal, and a few already existing memes like the Gman go fuck yourself thing.
>>725495256Dota 2 is not fun.Deadlock is fun, but not casual enough for people like me. I like L4D, because games usually last only 10 minutes or so. Deadlock expects you to play for half an hour or more.
>>725492494Very reliable, he worked on the VR industry.
>>725495631I mean more importantly he actually uses the shit.
>>725495034I was here for TORtanic. After that /v/ always complained about everything trying to reach that high again. Even if the games were good...
>>725495356I can't say it'll lead to this for certain, but the datamined strings as of late indicate Valve's been doing a lot of tool and engine framework development recently. That doesn't mean an SDK will come out, but signs are positive towards them getting the engine ready for an SDK release.
>>725463625The actual reason why it will be easily forgotten is that modding a game has become too complicated. HL1 became a massive hit because of its mods, HL2's mods were already a joke in comparison and really only the mainline source engine games carried the legacy. There is no way HL3 mods will cause a golden age of modding again, that time is over, everything has become too fucking complicated.
Are we gonna have another HL thread?
MAKE A NEW HL THREAD DADDIES HUNGRY
WHERE THE FUCK IS IT, ITS ALMOST A YEAR SINCE IT GOT ANNOUNCED
>>725495910soon
>>725495910got Valve Timed, sorry
>>725495759I guess let me elaborate for people that don't make shit.>SDKMeans software to make shit for Source 2 games.Not a barebones version of the engine itself to fuck around with and develop entirely standalone software like a Source 2 Base SDK.Not that I wouldn't want that, but to be clear, I just want mapping tools.
>>725477771>"Gamers" dont want 12v12 casual clusterfucks anymore.They don't think people do and haven't made them in ages, which means there's an untapped market for that now. I prefer 16v16 btw
>>725495121you called?
>>725477771>>725496157I don't remember who said it but 5v5 competitive shooters are shit when people are allowed to play on overcrowded servers that run some shitty community-made maps (cp_orange for tf2, killbox for hl2dm, etc) with a couple of Russians micspaming music through their microphones
>>725495034>Considered a new chapter in gaming innovationThat's the one thing I don't see happening. Valve have legitimately struggled to know what to do for HL3 which isn't just "the past game but better graphics".
>>725493451ga la lung
Someone make a new thread we got some new code in dota
>>725496425Honestly one of the major things that's got me worried that HL3 won't be good is their preoccupation with desperately trying to do something "innovative" for the "sake" of it.Having priorities centered around doing something arbitrarily "innovative" is directly running into the issue that the entire fucking industry is allergic to actually making fun games.
>>725496663I just want a good base for Source 2 mods so we can have all the good shit again like CS, Day of Defeat, Etc.
>>725489032maybe if it was another console with its own ecosystem, but no. Its another pc that's attached to an existing ecosystem with over 160 million users. Which is why asus and chinkheld manufacturers can easily spit out 10 different versions of their handheld pcs and still churn out a profit at like 10,000 sales. valve only needed 30 core engineers for their steamdeck team, whereas nintendo needed ten times while needing to build a new ecosystem and software.
>>725496663When Valve's talking innovation, they always mean gameplay innovation.
>>725496663Relax bro they are one of the smartest devs in the industry, they asked themselves and analysed all the questions and doubts you might generate in your head and then 100 more that you can't even comprehend. I worked with a world class team on a certain product - it is magic if all the right people are in the room
>>725452305I dont have any money for VR but I will take out a loan, a payday loan, and sell my organs - spare me gaben
>>725477771>b-but deadlock is nothing like TF-Deadlock is nothing like TF2. There I finished the sentence for you.Hell Deadlock even feels like the antithesis of TF2. TF2 originally was designed to be accessible to new players, be a casual fun game you could drop in and out of. And perhaps most importantly had efforts go into to NOT be a visual mess and had an entire commentary section going into the efforts that (originally) went into good visual clarity.Was TF2 perfect? Hell no, there are fucking problems with it. Some that actually got fixed in Deadlock. Which is why it's infuriating that Valve would care to fix these problems but then spend the effort on something like Deadlock.Hell even the idea of the 12v12 being too much of a clusterfuck is laughable. Deadlock manages to feel like an even bigger clusterfuck with half the players.
>>725452305>rumors surrounding HL3 suggest particle-simulation models and real 'weight' to everything in the world>minimal hud and open world>sections to the game, variable physics depending on the environment affecting the puzzlesThey're swinging for the fences on this one, really going out with a bang, this is probably going to be the last main HL game not counting potential spin-offs. They're pushing Source 2 to it's limit. The engine is a lot more stream-lined and efficient so it should be interesting to see what they come up with. There's a high chance of a reveal in the next 2 months unironcially, but I really won't believe it until I see it. I do think a simple "Half-Life 3 Official Trailer" on Valve's youtube page will rack 50 million views. It will be a spectacle and temporary break the internet. Even normies will jump in on the meme knowing barely anything about the series despite having a steam.
Don't give me hope.Can you guys stop giving me hope? Thanks
>>725496578Ok, now I need some hopium adminstered stat
Old Gabe Newell had a farm, Ee, i, ee, i, o
>>725496663I'm sure making a great shooter and trying to innovate aren't exactly mutually exclusive. Hopefully this time they can have the cake and eat it too now that they have the resources, the technology advancements and the talents from all over the industry to choose from.
>>725497182HOPIUM ADMINISTERED
>>725458950valve is only interested in VR as stepping stone towards BCIs the steam deck on the other hand was meant to be a dry run for steamos as a ecosystem for when they launch the fremont
A shift from Windows to Linux, making their own OS for gaming, switching from x86 to ARM64, making their own gaming hardware, Proton, Proton for ARM.>Steam Deck>SteamOS>Steam Frame being ARM-based>Steam Frame sharing tech with Steam Deck 2>Steam Deck 2 being ARM-based as well but AMD>possible culmination to a Steam home consolePutting all of this together, what is Valve's plans against Microsoft when it comes to PC gaming? Did Valve predict what both Microsoft and Sony were going to do eventually with PC gaming and are shifting away from their directions?
