Things were going so well. In recent months, the hopes of Half-Life fans rose a little bit thanks to what appeared to be (if you squinted REAL hard, that is) a mounting silent campaign by Valve that was apparently leading up to the long-awaited Half-Life 3 reveal. Well. It turns out that we've all been punk'd.
Half-Life and Left 4 Dead writer Chet Faliszek beats fan hopes senseless with his crowbar made of words in a new Steam forums post (via Kotaku). I've put the full text of the message after the jump, but his first four words on the subject really tell the whole tale: "You are being trolled."
Faliszek writes:
You are being trolled.
There is no ARG.
Wheatley's speech was set in Portal 2 fiction - that is all.
There has been no directive from Gabe to leak anything. That is all false.
I just want to say this so there is no confusion. This is the community trolling the community nothing more. While it is nice to see people excited about anything HL, I hate seeing people be trolled like this.
Thanks
Source: Steam forums
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cheesypuffs
lol out of control trolls got lose again
thx134
wwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh i wanted to explore aperture science labs with a shotgun and crowbar.
T-T
Blue_Vortex
Or perhaps this is all part of Gabe's plan, the conspiracy thickens
jdshgusddsvjsk
I know what Valve a doing they a making a new Counter strike so people forget HL3 so Valve can make it in piece! or Counter strike is kind of a demo for HL3. OOOR Gabe is just a fat nerd thats trolling all HL fans
HEY I'm Gabe noodle. PLS eat me i am tasty
ShaggysaStoner
This makes me want to earn the "pit boss" (portal 2) trophy/achievement in real life.
Lacking_Fractal
Well, HL2 took them six years....
BlackMesa3
Valve Half-Life 3 PLEASE!
BlackMesa3
Ugh so disappointed that Hl3 ain't here yet...
wolfman2010
I are now sad. Oh well. I holds you in great faith Valve, I trust that you won't pull a Duke Nukem Forever. You're too good for that. But it would be nice to see a screenshot every now and again. Maybe once every few months? Seriously. Throw us a bone here.
Fiddytree
I just don't get it.
WayToPlantAnn
i cant believe we've had to wait 5 years for a game that will probably only be 3-6 hours long.
Colesl4w
Son, I am disappoint.
But we'll just have to wait it out. We've already waited this long, I'm sure we can wait a bit longer. Of course who knows how much longer it will be until an official announcment? It sure took them quite awhile to come out with this response. Also, a post in a forum rather than an official release? seems rather odd. something seems fishy. all kind of hush-hush. And what about the twitter account dealy? I mean it is possible it had been hacked I guess.
Also a few days ago, when you went to "half-life3" dot com there was an actual web page and then it linked to the orange box website when you clicked the graphic or something. (actually saw it). Of course someone could easily make a page like that, but now the page isn't up and just auto-redirects to the orange box page.
This seems fishy to me. *puts on tin foil cap*
MissTwiztd
Now I'm mad. D:
kshell11724
Wow Gabe, way to blow off the community. Not only are you denying that there is even a glint of a hope that HL3 will be out soon, your bashing your fan base for being excited about your game. Quite disappointing.
BrenLeahey
Half-Life 2 is my third-favorite game of all time (after BioShock and Skyrim.) Come out with a damn sequel already, Valve.
IntelliMoo
WHERE'S BLACK MESA?!!!
mikegonzalez2k
Valve!!! Are you trying to be like Capcom who took many years to release Street Fighter 3. Or Blizzard who is STILL working on Diablo 3 :) Please tell us you'll hit ur 3 before Blizzard.
wigglyevil
im sure they are working on the game but will be a while before they can release anything probably building new game engine
yogi_bear_rules
Half life 3 will most likely be developed during the early to mid stages of the next gen consoles. i cant see it being made any earlier or later.
lilhotdude1313
Cue "Valve can't count to Three" jokes in 3...2...
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