With Portal stealing the show when the Orange Box was released, with TF2 being such a huge, ever-changing success, and with everyone holding their breath for Left 4 Dead, Half-Life 2 Episode 3 has, well, slipped off the radar a bit.
However, the saga of Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance is set to once again enter the crowded spotlight, as it’s been reported that Episode 3 will be showcased at this year’s E3.
Good! I’ve been feeling the itch to go back and play the first and second episodes again, and maybe seeing some gameplay movies and screenshots, or even just a teaser trailer, will get my mind back on the HL2 series.
EDIT: Apparently, this is bullshit.
47 responses so far ↓
1 Coded One // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Yay! Can’t wait to see what Episode 3 is gonna look like.
The way Episode 2 ended, it looks like EP. 3 will end with a bang.
2 J3553 // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Finally!!! (I hope there’s a portal gun!)
3 Sortie // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:22 pm
@J3553
You just wait for Portal 2 (Confirmed, almost)
I was rather surprised how little Valve told us about Episode Three after Episode Two had launched, yet we all got some clear idea what will happen next, no one knows how.
4 Draco_2k // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:24 pm
It’s a scary thought, but EP3 should mark the new generation Source engine and yet another graphical overhaul…
Anyway. HALF-LIFE 4 LIFE!!!
5 AlphaHawk // Jun 27, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Seriously? Awesome. I REALLY hope they bring Shepherd into Ep 3. And the Borealis is in that mountain peak that you saw in Ep 2.
6 Pixi // Jun 27, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Is EP 3 gonna be the last in the series?
Are they gonna stop with the whole episode thing, or just stop with Half Life ? o_O
Or is there coming a Half Life 3 at some point?
7 K5 Josh // Jun 27, 2008 at 3:04 pm
EP 3 is the last episode of HL2, but not the last HL game. So, yes after EP3 there will be a Half Life 3.
8 Eother // Jun 27, 2008 at 3:10 pm
How do you know there will be a Half-Life 3? I mean, is it just speculation, or do you have you heard it somewhere?
I imagine there will be. Gotta milk that franchise!
9 Dan // Jun 27, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Sorry Chris, e3.net is not affiliated with e3. No confirmation for you.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/27/rumor-ugo-owned-e3-net-lists-kid-icarus-alan-wake-hl2-episod/
10 Dan // Jun 27, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Eother: Valve has stated before that they will make Half-Life 3 using the Source engine. At some point.
11 J3553 // Jun 27, 2008 at 4:03 pm
@Sortie
I agree.
12 SenatorPalpatine // Jun 27, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Considering how long it takes between episodes… it’s mind-bottling to imagine how long before HL 3 will come out.
13 Gryphon // Jun 27, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I think you mean mind-*boggling* SenatorPalpatin :).
14 Enedok // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Valve has denied it. Episode 3 will not come up at E3
15 Alexander // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:22 pm
It would be nice to see the people from past games come into play. Shepherd would be nice, but he was in a game made by Gearbox with Valve, so don’t count on it yet. After all, it was kind of a loose end how Opposing Force ends with
*SPOILER*
him stuck in space
*End spoiler*
And while we’re on the topic of future stuff, anyone know about this “Counter Strike: Source Gold” thing that is supposed to come out?
16 chris12 // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:49 pm
ahh, i say, will there be frohman to look out for a job interbview in ep. 3?
17 RPharazon // Jun 27, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Erm. Kotaku says otherwise.
http://kotaku.com/5020376/will-half+life-2-episode-three-be-at-e3-valve-says-no
18 CitrusFreak // Jun 27, 2008 at 7:11 pm
This post is made of fail.
But thanks for posting the “Hot New Trends” draft.
19 jackrabbit // Jun 27, 2008 at 11:46 pm
god dammit. at least i checked back. first i have to get a computer able to run episode 2 and then i will get really excited
20 Gothic // Jun 28, 2008 at 12:32 am
I want Grigori back.
He was awesome.
21 AlphaHawk // Jun 28, 2008 at 12:45 am
I love the edit you made. On a related note,:
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
22 Nophysicalbody // Jun 28, 2008 at 1:51 am
Still, a reminder about ep3’s (eventual) existance. I can’t wait for a trailer or two, or even some info on it.
23 DeCreaux // Jun 28, 2008 at 4:43 am
In Portal, if you look at the keyboards, apparently the letters in “Adrian Shephard” are highlighted. This may just be a little bit of ‘haha’ trivia, or it MAY be a wink saying “our boy Shephard is related to this game,” and he might appear in the sequal. It may also mean nothing at all and my cource about this could be lying.
24 J3553 // Jun 28, 2008 at 8:24 am
DAMN IT!!
I was looking forward to seeing at least a glimpse of a peek of a pixel of the game.
Oh well, back to building my gaming rig.
25 Xbogey // Jun 28, 2008 at 8:50 am
:(
26 Sam // Jun 28, 2008 at 9:10 am
It was quite a cliff hanger in ep2. It should be some awesome stuff in ep3.
Shame we won’t see it till 2029
27 V-Man // Jun 28, 2008 at 9:34 am
At DeCreaux:
The letters highlighted also spell HARDPENIS.
28 S-Guy // Jun 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I just want to see a few things at least:
a: How Aperture Science ties into it all. An idea popped into my head about Prototype portal technology, like maybe a prototype portal gun that isn’t as accurate/safe, and breaks if you use it too much. Or something like that. >_>
b: I really want to see what happens with Shepard. They have to put him in eventually, since the G-Man captured him as well. Also, I want to find out what happened to Barney.
c: I really want to kill an advisor. I hate those things.
29 jordan // Jun 28, 2008 at 5:54 pm
advisors sappin’ mah mind!
30 nmanguy // Jun 28, 2008 at 7:26 pm
You got had. Also, I did a fun thing with this “Submit website” thing.
31 nmanguy // Jun 28, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Awww, I listed my site as about:robots and it didn’t work.
32 jackrabbit // Jun 28, 2008 at 11:49 pm
they should start a group or something opposing combine advisers. something like the
*SPOILER WARNING*
“God dammit we liked Eli”
he was there from the resonance cascade to the 7 hour war. lived the rebellion and lead the resistance and you fucking kill him off?! if i didn’t love valve so much i would burn there offices down.
*SPOILERS END*
33 Mr_Wizard // Jun 29, 2008 at 12:19 am
I think I have never wanted to kill a video game character as badly as I’ve wanted to kill a Combine advisor. If it doesnt involve a shotgun at somepoint I am going to be disappointed. :D
34 Eother // Jun 29, 2008 at 12:50 am
Lousy racist combine advisers! >:(
35 Eother // Jun 29, 2008 at 12:51 am
All the more reason to kill them, I guess.
36 Erased.. // Jun 29, 2008 at 1:55 am
You Fools! Valve has stated that all three episodes fully make up Half Life 3 Itself!
37 Ricotez // Jun 29, 2008 at 4:40 am
But then why the hell did they call the games Half-Life >>2<< Episode One/Two/Three?
38 Dave // Jun 29, 2008 at 6:49 am
Red Herring, that’s why.
39 razzle-frazzle // Jun 29, 2008 at 9:28 am
well, im happy about episode3 but isnt E3 closed to the public???
oh, and a portal gun in HL2-3 is a terrible idea.
40 Sinister Minister // Jun 29, 2008 at 1:41 pm
@DeCreaux: I think it says in the commentary that they did that in response to the whole ASHPD conspiracy before the game came out.
41 AlphaHawk // Jun 29, 2008 at 2:26 pm
You have to admit though, that coincidence is like fate screaming in their ears to bring him back.
42 J3553 // Jun 29, 2008 at 5:42 pm
@razzle-frazzle: But then they’d have to make a Gordon Freeman model, an accurate one! A portal gun in Half-Life 2, Ep.3 would be great. In portal we never really got to experience combat with portals, just puzzle solving. An ASHPD is a must.
43 Vman // Jun 29, 2008 at 7:05 pm
We can’t have a Portal gun because that would at some point necesitate seeing Gordon through a portal at some point, an act which would violate Valve’s “tradition” of sorts that you never see Gordon.
44 jackrabbit // Jun 29, 2008 at 9:45 pm
i don’t thinks so myself. they just keep you looking out through his eyes to keep with your emotional attachment to the character, among other things. otherwise they would not have put him on the box art
45 jackrabbit // Jun 29, 2008 at 9:50 pm
but have you tried that thing where they put a portal into half life? not that fun although it was enjoyable sniping combine from behind. it would basically lead to a total re haul of the combat system where cover is no longer useful for the enemy. strider battles cease to be frantic with the ability to get behind them with a click of a button. hunter chopper chases? you would have to have a huge area with no places for portals or it would be easy to outrun it.
46 Druid Aidan // Jun 30, 2008 at 10:13 am
I want GLaDOS to apper in Ep 3…how kickass would that be?
something from half-life wiki
It is also possible that there will be a reappearance of GLaDOS, possibly on board the Borealis, this could explain her saying that she was ’still alive’. She may be used against the Combine, as she said she is the ‘only thing between us… and them’ suggesting that she may have formulated a plan to defeat the Combine or have the ability to hold them at bay. However given that she stated that “I have an infinite capacity for knowledge and not even I know what’s going on out there” This seems unlikely. It is most likely that she knows that some entity is doing bad things, but not that the entity is the combine, if that is indeed the entity in question. Also given the exiting of the aperture science facility into a parking lot in what appeared to be a forested area, it’s unlikely that GLaDOS is on the ship, but still possible, given the numerous spheres shown at the end of portal, which contain GLaDOS’s central files and operating kernel.
47 jackass // Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14 pm
yea that would kick ass. GlaDOS is my favorite villain ever encountered
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