Umm... the site doesn't seem to work. Perhaps it's already been taken down?

OMG HALFLIFE 3 ANNOUNCED!

Or maybe it is totally real and Valve is pulling the biggest fuck you ever

Fuck, why did I look at the picture before I looked at the headline? T_T

I like the logo, but I doubt Valve would go with the same exact design. Half-Life 1 and 2 don't even share the same logo!

Oh, nevermind, it's back up, it seems. One thing of note is that it links to half-life3.com, not the Orange Box site. However, half-life3.com redirects to the Orange Box site.

Not that it matters, though; this is probably a load of crap.

My feeling on this is that it's fake because the html is so rudimentary. Anyone could have typed that up in two minutes, and the image is insanely easy to cobble together.

Everyone knows Valve can't count to 3

I just want to play Half-Life 3.

it's fake, no stupid forced memes

I wish it were that easy.

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Under the Half Life logo, there something.
Only need to turn up the brightness....and...
here:
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3317/capture4122010210804216.jpg

Tadam!


But, i stil think is a hoax.

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Valve already said they're releasing an Episode 3 of Half-Life 2 long before Half-Life 3. Granted HL2:E3 is considered vaporware at this point considering the lack of information on it...I doubt they would suddenly go to HL3 before E3.

Eh at this point they might as well call it Half-Life 3. I certainly hope it's a big enough jump to justify a full new game. I think "just more Half-Life 2" isn't going to cut it any more.

@Jinx 01

Maybe, but i think to a new Half Life comes, a new engine gonna be made, maybe.

@polantaris

i seriously doubt your doubts. there is almost no way they can make ep3 and not hl3 at this point.

also, i wish it were real.

To me Half Life Episode 2 set up a full blown sequel anyway. Alyx will now be a cold, hard character looking for vengeance, the trip to the Borealis will take goodness knows how long, and I want to fight a slug telekinetic machine... thing.

Bunkus

This would be the most hilarious way to announce HL3. After the initial clamor over the site dies down, and the daily visitors plummet to under 100 or so, they update the site with the full reveal. It's so deliciously trollish.

While I am as skeptical as the next person, this would explain the fact that on those coupons Valve is giving away on steam for their games, have the caveat of "Not valid on games released after January 2" it might not be HL3, but valve is going to be releasing something soon.

Hey Destructoid!
I found a site that has Kratos plowing Bowser reverse cowgirl. I think Sony and Nintendo might be working on a super secret cross over title.

VALVE PLEASE REMOVE MY TESTICLES FROM YOUR VICE LIKE GRASP. (seriously though, stop this now. It's like teasing a poor, starving African kid with a hamburger, only like 12 times worse)

@scissors

yeah, me too.

http://geo.flagfox.net/?ip=182.50.134.1&host=www.black-aperture.com
since the site is hosted via godaddy and not on the valve servers I can safely assume its bogus

Wouldn't it be called Half-Life 2: Episode 3, not just Half-Life 3? They were supposed to give us 3 episodes and that would essentially constitute HL3.

I just want to believe.

Maybe it's actually the reveal of another Portal game (or a Portal-HL crossover, which would be fucking incredible).

@Kamen
Remember earlier this year when Valve commented on the episodic thing being a failure? Yeah. Episode 3 is probably never happening, HL3 is what it'll become.

Just in case this is real, there's an interesting property in the HTML source:

<meta name="Status: Mark 7" content="2012">

WE ARE FLAMING DRAGON!

Jim at least do some simple checks! If you check the geo IP location of that website it is located in sydney australia, and not owned by valve.

>Not episode 3

Get your shit togheter sons.

*Sigh, can we just have Half-Life 3 now and skip all the bullshit?

"Under the Half Life logo, there something. Only need to turn up the brightness" @LuizPSC, I think thats the aperture science logo.

@Disturbed Dreams

Eeem... CS: global Offensive?

@spartan480

Yap, but i didn´t wanted to make spoilers...
Even for a fake image...

Fake as fake can get. It even has the wrong logo compared to the infamous Valve employee HL3 t-shirt.

I thought that Half-Life 2 wasn't finished yet, (with a part 3 on the way) why would they skip ahead to just 3?

I personally don't give a fuck about lazy ass Valve's halfassed products anymore. If this is true, that they are planing to (FINALLY) do HL3 then good,, it's their thing I wont be so hyped about it, when it's dun it's dun. Btw only good thing they did was the Half Life series so far and that's it, the rest is simple made halfassed overhyped crap, all of it. They are out of ideas and especially since they started the Steam they totally stopped to give a fuck about making video games anymore. I realized lots of my friends share the same opinion and lost hope in Valve in general. So all in all fuck em and their HL3 and other shits. Oh and one more thing, Steam isn't secure enough, it was hacked plenty of times so far but the cunts wont admit it... Example Dirt 3 was free, not as free for a few days or as a demo but completely free and later on it was removed from the purchase list. It was down for a week or so. Same thing happened with other games, less known or more known. It was a work of a hacker(s) but they wont admit it. At least other companies admit their mistakes but Valve is playing boss in games industry while the truth is they are small shit...

The Half-Life 3 is great games, I played it

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