Portal 2 Catch-All

If by taking over you mean ripping it out of games that using and replacing it with Steamworks I'm all for it. Although that would probably be the least likely implementation of such a merger given you integrated GFWL is in to some games.

THE PURPLE BOX! Half Life 2: Episode 3, Portal 2 and IceFrog's new game coming this summer!!!!!!! HUZZAHHHHH!!!!!!!
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I can dream can't I?

Portal 2 surprise? MULTIPLAYER! WOW!

Lots of different folks wrote:

Unfounded speculation about the Portal 2 surprise.

You're all wrong.

Spoiler:

The surprise will be hats.

Dimmerswitch wrote:
Lots of different folks wrote:

Unfounded speculation about the Portal 2 surprise.

You're all wrong.

Spoiler:

The surprise will be hats.

Spoiler:

The hat is a lie

Someone had to say it!

The 10th class!

Free hat?

Perhaps a portal hat that teleports headshots aimed at you to some other location?

BNice wrote:

IceFrog's new game

Right, I was about to post that. A month or so ago he stated that his project would be revealed shortly.

Chumpy_McChump wrote:

Perhaps a portal hat that teleports headshots aimed at you to some other location?

No sir, I don't like it!

The Portal 2 demo at E3 will be replaced with a surprise Portal 2 release party.

I can't realistically see an immediate game release as a surprise. I could only see it if it was a steam exclusive, if retail was involved it would have shown up already. If it was on the consoles, it would have shown up for certification already. If it had to be rated, it would have shown up already. The only exception would be ratings, I'm not sure if that's needed only for retail versus digital only, or whether valve would limit the countries it would sell this surprise in.

Valve are unlikely to do a PC/mac only, steam only release. They like money as much as the next developer so they need retail and probably the consoles (depending on the type of game)

BNice wrote:

THE PURPLE BOX! Half Life 2: Episode 3, Portal 2 and IceFrog's new game coming this summer!!!!!!! HUZZAHHHHH!!!!!!!
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I can dream can't I?

This made me SO hot.

Scratched wrote:

I can't realistically see an immediate game release as a surprise. I could only see it if it was a steam exclusive, if retail was involved it would have shown up already. If it was on the consoles, it would have shown up for certification already. If it had to be rated, it would have shown up already. The only exception would be ratings, I'm not sure if that's needed only for retail versus digital only, or whether valve would limit the countries it would sell this surprise in.

Valve are unlikely to do a PC/mac only, steam only release. They like money as much as the next developer so they need retail and probably the consoles (depending on the type of game)

Damn your rationality!

/hopescrushed

/Irrational thoughts of Episode 3...

OMG I can't wait for E3!!!

BNice wrote:

/Irrational thoughts of Episode 3...

Breaking News!!!

Irrational Games to develop Half-Life 2: Episode 3.

Hover testicles.

The announcement could only be Portal 2:Episode 1. Portal goes episodic with the third episode slated for release with HL2:Episode 3.

One thing I did catch a hint off from one of the devs, and it's hard to tell if they're joking at the best of times, is something involving the Black Mesa HL1 remake mod. It would seem a bit odd for a big surprise valve announcement though, a mod, and not done by them.

Maybe in the spirit of Portal the surprise is just their plan to kill all the journalists.

Scratched wrote:

One thing I did catch a hint off from one of the devs, and it's hard to tell if they're joking at the best of times, is something involving the Black Mesa HL1 remake mod. It would seem a bit odd for a big surprise valve announcement though, a mod, and not done by them.

I don't believe that one just because I think God himself will stop that mod from being released if it ever comes close. It's like the Tower of Babel of mods.

I wouldn't be surprised, honestly, if Valve rolled up the Black Mesa Source mod into some sort of Orange Box-style bonus for Episode 3. Rather than selling you Half-Life 2 and the first two episodes again, they'd roll up, say, Half-Life 2: Episode 3, Black Mesa Source, and another project.

Left 4 Dead 2: Episode 1

mrwynd wrote:

Left 4 Dead 2: Episode 1

Oh man. Hearing the lamentations would make me soooooo happy.

Good guess, Scratched. Words have been mummed on that for too long.

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Gabe makes me sad.

Gabe is made of pure win.

This is why I love Valve.

Saw this on the shack: http://i45.tinypic.com/110yhwl.jpg (be sure to highlight it or turn the brightness up)

As you know, I'm very cynical. What better opportunity to dupe people than when they want to believe something. Would valve change the typeface?

Is there room or demand for side-stories to HL2 like Opposing Force/blue shift?

Scratched wrote:

Is there room or demand for side-stories to HL2 like Opposing Force/blue shift?

If it's done by Valve? Hell yes!