The Valve and Steam Platform Discussion Thread

[Just Locus]

 

[mediocrepoet]

Yeah, I'm sure that the private company that is Valve is trembling. Certainly gamers aren't going to stand for this!

 

[Gerrard]

Ideas so good they have to be mandatory.

 

[Konjad]

Warning

Skip to 18:00 for CRINGE OVERLOAD

 

[Alienman]

God, I hate these fags.

 

[Gerrard]

What's wrong with his face?

 

[Necrensha]

That video is old, just like everybody in this thread.

 

[Alienman]

That video is old, just like everybody in this thread.

Yeah, it is. Wonder what an updated video would look like.

 

[Caim]

What's wrong with his face?

Innsmouth native.

 

[Morgoth]

I don't think Gaben gives a shit about any of this anymore. He lives on a Yacht these days, probably to get away from all this guff.

 

[Necrensha]

That video is old, just like everybody in this thread.

Yeah, it is. Wonder what an updated video would look like.

He would be complaining about Gabe's army of yachts destroying the ocean or something.

 

[ultimanecat]

I don't think Gaben gives a shit about any of this anymore. He lives on a Yacht these days, probably to get away from all this guff.

Unfortunately I think he became a zero-COVID weirdo (someone who still wears a mask and isolates and shit). But he must be not totally absent because Valve seems to ignore most of the really annoying social criticisms that any other tech company would be going apeshit about.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I don't think Gaben gives a shit about any of this anymore. He lives on a Yacht these days, probably to get away from all this guff.

Unfortunately I think he became a zero-COVID weirdo (someone who still wears a mask and isolates and shit). But he must be not totally absent because Valve seems to ignore most of the really annoying social criticisms that any other tech company would be going apeshit about.

I dunno, if you have what amounts to an infinite and perpetual money stream, wouldn't you just fuck off and do whatever you wanted? The guy won life.

 

[Morgoth]

What's wrong with his face?

Innsmouth native.

He just got that generic dog face that's so common in the UK.

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/v...theorists-into-another-frenzy-of-speculation/

Valve's Steam page currently lists a second mystery game alongside Deadlock, sending Half-Life 3 theorists into another frenzy of speculation​

But before you get too excited, it could just be gift cards.

The Half-Life 3 speculation mill has been running hot over the last few months. G-Man's voice actor Mike Shapiro rang in the new year by posting a video in which he refers to "unexpected surprises" in the staggering voice of Half-Life's dimension-hopping villain. Before that, evidence that Valve was working on a "Project White Sands" was revealed on an actor's website—White Sands referring to an area of New Mexico where Black Mesa was supposedly situated.

Now, Reddit user Relevant_Basis5444 has spotted that Valve's Steam page currently lists two projects beneath its "Upcoming Releases" tag (via Eurogamer). One of these is Deadlock, Valve's third-person MOBA, which is currently in development, and technically unreleased despite thousands of people playing it right now. The other, however, is hidden from view. It's worth noting that Steam developer pages can hide games from view depending on your filter settings. But this mystery game remains obscured even with all filters disabled.

Primed to view any unusual behaviour by Valve as evidence of Half-Life 3's development, fans have naturally speculated that this hidden game is Gordon Freeman's long-awaited third adventure. But it's worth bearing in mind that it could really be anything, as the comments to Relevant_Basis' original post deliberate. Several users suggest this purported additional game is the result of a good old-fashioned bug, while others note this second title could be In the Valley of the Gods—Campo Santo's follow-up to Firewatch in development before the studio was acquired by Valve. However, Campo Santo has its own Steam page where In the Valley of the Gods is listed as an upcoming game, so it's unlikely to be that.

Another possibility is raised by user Accurate_Till 7811, who points out that on archive.org, Valve's Steam page listed 'Steam Gift Cards' in the upcoming releases section as late as December (despite gift cards being purchasable on Steam for years). Curiously, Steam Gift Cards are the only item listed as upcoming on the page at the time, with no mention of Deadlock on the upcoming tab alongside gift cards.

Right now, the most logical explanation is that the second game is the outdated gift card listing, which Valve hid from view when it updated its upcoming games to publicly list Deadlock. It could be a new game, but there's no additional evidence to support this beyond Shapiro's cryptic tweets and references to HLX that have been unearthed by dataminers. And even if it is a new game, that doesn't mean it's Half-Life 3. Remember, Valve works in mysterious ways, and rarely does the expected.

Although Half-Life 3 remains elusive, Valve has released a lot of information related to the conclusion of the Half-Life story over the past months. In its 20th anniversary documentary, the company revealed that the cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode 3 featured an ice gun that was 'kind of like a Silver Surfer mode'. Gabe Newell also admitted he was 'stumped' about how to approach episode 3, adding, "I couldn't figure out why doing Episode 3 was pushing anything forward." As was the case with Alyx's VR origins, this is the key ingredient Valve needs to justify doing anything Half-Life related, and until Valve can find that revolutionary idea or technology to wrap Half-Life 3 around, it will remain nothing more than wishful thinking.

 

[Konjad]

muh mysterious game woooah i wonder whhhhoooooooooooah

Spoiler

Is there anyone except gayming journalists who gives a shit? Announce your game or not, whatever

 

[KVVRR]

SHARTIFACTBROS.... WE'RE COMING HOME

 

[Big_poppa_pump]

I still think they should have just released Episode 3 and then fucked off into microtransactions and loot boxes forever. Their little "ooo we cant make half life 3 we need to make it UTTERLY GAME CHANGING" is such a bullshit excuse. So just go ahead and make Episode 3 like you planned it and then sit on trying to change the industry with Half Life 3 they could have just ended the City 17/Combine control on Earth story and then fucked off however it is far too late now. Its also not like Half Life 2 was that crazy I compare it to another game that came out the same year The Chronicles Of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay and it did a lot of the same stuff Half Life 2 did infact I would even say it looked better in some regards.

Also what exactly happened over the years? Asking for Episode 3 just slowly morphed into us asking for Half Life 3 fully.

 

[Fargus]

Yeah, they should've released EP3 and greenlit that Ravenholm expansion from Arkane before becoming lazy greedy cunts.

 

[KeAShizuku]

One day Gabe dies. Some shitty private equity firm will buy Valve.

 

[Inec0rn]

I still think they should have just released Episode 3 and then fucked off into microtransactions and loot boxes forever. Their little "ooo we cant make half life 3 we need to make it UTTERLY GAME CHANGING" is such a bullshit excuse. So just go ahead and make Episode 3 like you planned it and then sit on trying to change the industry with Half Life 3 they could have just ended the City 17/Combine control on Earth story and then fucked off however it is far too late now. Its also not like Half Life 2 was that crazy I compare it to another game that came out the same year The Chronicles Of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay and it did a lot of the same stuff Half Life 2 did infact I would even say it looked better in some regards.

Also what exactly happened over the years? Asking for Episode 3 just slowly morphed into us asking for Half Life 3 fully.

Yeah, they should've released EP3 and greenlit that Ravenholm expansion from Arkane before becoming lazy greedy cunts.

No. No. and No. (presumably gen z posters or ubisoft game enjoyers).

What they did was smart, make billions of dollars and keep the IP highly desired and not devalued. If they decide to make HL3 most people will play it because the IP isn't fucking garbage pumped out annually by a slop factory studio.

 

[Fargus]

No. No. and No. (presumably gen z posters or ubisoft game enjoyers).

What they did was smart, make billions of dollars and keep the IP highly desired and not devalued. If they decide to make HL3 most people will play it because the IP isn't fucking garbage pumped out annually by a slop factory studio.

Finishing HL2 story they dragged for two episodes and left with a cliffhanger and greenlighting a spin off from a talented (back then) studio, that continued the story of Adrian Shepard and expanded more on Ravenholm, one of the most interesting places in HL2 = ubisoft slop making. Codex is a den of hot takes.

They would have made billions regardless selling other peoples games. And HL3 would have sold millions regardless on name alone. VR is very niche and HL Alyx sold at least 2 millions despite being a reddited spin off and tech demo.

 

[Inec0rn]

Fortunately in this timeline Valve didn't take your advice like every other studio that's milked their franchises into the ground.

 

[KVVRR]

Since when is finishing off a story and having one spinoff game "milking a franchise"? By that logic Half Life has been milked to death since the day they got Gearbox to use the IP.

 

[Big_poppa_pump]

I still think they should have just released Episode 3 and then fucked off into microtransactions and loot boxes forever. Their little "ooo we cant make half life 3 we need to make it UTTERLY GAME CHANGING" is such a bullshit excuse. So just go ahead and make Episode 3 like you planned it and then sit on trying to change the industry with Half Life 3 they could have just ended the City 17/Combine control on Earth story and then fucked off however it is far too late now. Its also not like Half Life 2 was that crazy I compare it to another game that came out the same year The Chronicles Of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay and it did a lot of the same stuff Half Life 2 did infact I would even say it looked better in some regards.

Also what exactly happened over the years? Asking for Episode 3 just slowly morphed into us asking for Half Life 3 fully.

Yeah, they should've released EP3 and greenlit that Ravenholm expansion from Arkane before becoming lazy greedy cunts.

No. No. and No. (presumably gen z posters or ubisoft game enjoyers).

What they did was smart, make billions of dollars and keep the IP highly desired and not devalued. If they decide to make HL3 most people will play it because the IP isn't fucking garbage pumped out annually by a slop factory studio.

Why are valve fanboys like this? The original idea behind the episodes was they were gonna pump out smaller campaigns to keep people in engaged. Modern Valve obsession is so unhealthy to the point of a cult you cant even critique them barely. Im sure they are quite happy they didnt produce yearly slop and instead were the originators of promoting loot boxes, battle passes, and live service slop.