When will half life 3 come out

Gonna hit the refresh button again on Steam. Fingers crossed this time!

I thought it was cancelled...

When Gabe Newell wins an Iron Man competition.

Valve is working on a new engine now, most likely for a new Half Life.

I hope we see half life 3 on the new consoles.

When Portal 3 comes out

It won't.

They make more money absorbing every other property they come across and making multiplayer games.

Not to mention what they make from just owning Steam. They've got no reason to do it, and Gabe doesn't even seem slightly interested. He doesn't give a shit about Half Life anymore.

That last part isn't right. Gabe cares enough to make references to Half-Life 3 in videos and interviews - he certainly isn't just letting the series fade into obscurity.

I think the problem is that they care too much to release it. Valve are perfectionists. They have a tendency to scrap and remake game concepts/levels/scenarios/storylines/entire games if they aren't satisfied with the results. They don't need to release games to continue getting revenue, so without that urgency, they have no reason to release the game until it meets their own exceptionally high standards.

So I guess in answer to the TC's question, "when it's done" is the most appropriate response.

The day Gabe Newell is thin as a stick.....

......yeah i know these jokes are old and stupid.

Valve should just swallow their pride and Milk all their franchise, or at the very least add a level creator in Portal 2 for consoles. Aint no shame in milk.

I remember seeing an article not too long ago confirming that it wasn't even in development. So yeah... it's going to be a while. And the day it is finally announced, the internet will explode.

Yeah, Valve are definitely perfectionists. It took them 7 years to make Half-Life 2, and 9 years to make Team Fortress 2, a game criticized for lacking content in its initial release. It doesn't surprise me at all that they're taking their sweet time even figuring out where they want to go with Half-Life 3. I would also bet they want to build a new Source engine to put their new games on, which could also be holding everything back.

I would laugh and cry myself to death if they didn't want to make anymore after the massive cliffhanger of Episode 2.