Gabe Newell on Half-Life 3 for a decade

Interviews / events from archives in chronological order where Gabe Newell first talks about Half Life 2 Episode 3 then suddenly becomes silent about it. Some of this footage is from websites that are now down. The GTTV ones from February 2008 and September 2009 were not reuploaded to this day.
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0:01 AUG 2006 - 1up.com • Gabe Newell talks tras...
0:09 AUG 2007 - ign.com • Half-Life 2: The Orang...
0:21 AUG 2007- gt.tv • Half-Life 2: Orange Bo...
0:33 AUG 2007 - leipzig gc2007 • Interview with Doug Lo...
0:49 SEP 2007 - gamereactorTV • Gabe Newell interview ...
0:52 OCT 2007 - Half-life 2 Episode 2 developer commentary
1:00 FEB 2008 - GTTV S01E06
1:24 AUG 2008 - gamereactorTV • GC08: Left 4 Dead inte...
1:34 SEP 2009 - GTTV S02E20
2:07 NOV 2009 - machimina • Video
2:20 MAR 2010 - machimina • Video
2:25 AUG 2011 - gamereactorTV • GC 11: Gabe Newell on ...
2:44 AUG 2011 - pcgamer • Gabe Newell PC Gamer c...
2:52 JUN 2012 - clang kickstarter • These Things, They Tak...
3:00 JUL 2012 - dbtv • Gabe Newell confirms S...
3:09 AUG 2012 - GTTV Valve special episode
3:28 MAR 2013 - bafta • BAFTA Games Fellowship...
3:48 FEB 2014 - steam dev days • Welcome Address (Steam...
4:11 NOV 2005 - G4TV interview
gamereactorTV - / gamereactortv
gametrailers - / gametrailers

[@CosmicMapping]

he sounds like a politician

[@eduardojoseph1235]

Its the Governor

[@user-hy5hs2wk2i]

why waiting for a lame ass game when you got street fighter and overwatch :^)

[@user-hy5hs2wk2i]

***** implying i'd waste money for worthless game

[@strelokand7306]

#MakeHalfLifeGreatAgain

[@strelokand7306]

+Walnut yeah

[@TheIceBallsGaming]

August 2050: We have nothing to say about half-life 3

[@crspycs]

TheZen Gaben will never live past 2030 because of his fat ass constantly eating cheeseburgers.

[@Tsikarai]

Bento Box there's nothing wrong with being fat it's just a part of life and it's how the human body works so saying somebody is fat means nothing to then unless they're stupid and don't think properly

[@brainspackle2693]

ha hu hu ha ha im going to die to laghfter ha hahahaha eeehhhhh!!! !!!

[@WeissberV]

It's cheeseburgers now? Back in ye olde' days it was babies.

[@akimbodice6955]

There is everything wrong with being fat. Being fat and morbidly obese is an abnormality that was introduced once our ancestors have passed the stage of having to fight and hunt for food. Now all it takes is a trip to the grocery store. Now tell me again how theres nothing wrong with being fat.

[@sock496]

He went from 1- Being Confident 2- Not Confident 3-Trolling

[@TheSunkenShipWreck]

The 3 stages of gaben

[@lilfuzzballa]

The stages of money and fame: 1. Confident because it's early on and you have something to prove. 2. Not confident because you proved yourself, but now the expectations are even greater, and it's becoming overwhelming. 3. Trolling because why am I still subjecting myself to the stress of meeting expectations? F you I'm rich now lol.

[@pheilimobrien6634]

No it's 1. Confident 2. Trolling 3. Nothing (because he can't count to three)

[@pu55yEaterr]

at least he has 3 stages, unlike his games

[@Sefcear]

you mean stages 1, alyx, and 2?

[@robogen1331]

It would be fucking hilarious if they just released Half Life 3 on steam without saying anything, no trailer, no announcement. Nothing

[@Fantasylord2205]

Yeah hilarious…

[@bno6156]

They were considering doing that for alyx, weren’t they?

[@Kazmirl]

@@bno6156 They basically did

[@morgboat744]

CS2 smoke grenade trailer

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Still the biggest moment in gaming history since mario 64

[@indicadierof45]

Gabe Newell's tombstone: "I've got nothing to say about Episode 3"

[@anthrohypotenuse]

Rado Heineken Lol XD

[@christophergarrison2628]

Rado Heineken DEAD BRUH.....

[@trager8933]

I need to say about Half Life 3

[@trager8933]

***** 😄😂

[@coffeelink943]

LMAO

[@FORRESTtheunoriginal]

Gabe Newell slowly turning into George Lucas.

[@derekt7206]

Ohh God don't say that next thing you'll see is Steam being sold off...like what happened to Star Wars.

[@the_dook2145]

+Uncle Joey's Bizzare Adventure It's so dense, every single frame has so much going on

[@Pointingtothereality]

+xTankbeast Gabe Newell is so dense, his whole frame has so much going on

[@the_dook2145]

+Calvino it's like poetry, it rhymes.

[@derekt7206]

andreyzherebilov I don't know if you missed the memo but they are bought by Disney.

[@VitorHunter12]

Me: Dying peacefully at 83 years old Valve the next day: Half-Life 3

[@rufousthefox9766]

"Son of a bi-" **flatline sound**

[@ragerhot]

​@@rufousthefox9766 I will put god at gunpoint to revive me.

[@Dementia_Springtrap]

@@rufousthefox9766Moments before death: “Half Life 3 detected.” _”MORPHINE ADMINISTERED.”_

[@Cenot4ph]

Don't worry, you'll outlive Gaben

[@nikostalk5730]

@@Cenot4ph but that's can't speed up a release of HL3

[@eska4935]

valve has the opportunity to post “3” on their social medias and create hype just by making us guess if they’re talking about Portal, Half Life, Dota, or Team Fortress

[@d9zirable]

3 NEW HATS FOR TF2

[@Something_Disgusting]

..or Left 4 Dead. (Honestly the most plausible)

[@NorShii]

I doubt we'll get a TF3, I imagine we'll get Dota 3 or L4D3 before anything else

[@arnazian]

@@NorShii i doubt dota 3, they keep updating everything about the game for updates to dota 2 I can't think of anything that would be too big of an update and would require a full new release.

[@lucasgalioni4375]

also CS3

[@lilkila3339]

This man will die with the last sentence: "I can't really say anything about Half Life 3"

[@psyllerbeats2172]

lmaooo

[@brainspackle2693]

Kićla Zemun ha ha ha ha ha hahahaha haha haa !!!!!!! so true

[@middleofsomecalibrations]

peptobismol9 No.

[@TheElviz86]

Well, 2016 isnt finished yet

[@MrScaletta]

this comment has 666 likes NOW

[@LearntheLore]

Maybe the real Half Life 3 was the friends we made along the way.

[@derekfurst6233]

that made me laugh

[@Visuwyg]

+Learn the Lore The real Half Life 3 was inside me, all along!

[@fastica]

+Learn the Lore That's something Vivi would say.

[@MottenManOne]

+Learn the Lore I think I just died laughing

[@masquerade3979]

+Learn the Lore I will learn the lore

[@desdenova1]

All the HL3 and EP3 memes aren't jokes, they're a generation attempting to cope with loss.

[@piotratynski4937]

True and kinda deep, damn dude.

[@90Eight.6]

true, but deep? alright

[@BraveCat9927]

I genuinely want to know what made him abandon it. He treats it like it was a top secret experimental weapon and the government told him to stop.

[@WirxawTanev]

Eh, you can google up some theories. I think the development team got busted or relocated, then probably came the disaster of steam boxes. Then everyone gave up, the materials were leaked, there was nothing to make the game for. Then Half Life Alyx was made just to keep the brand awareness and test new hardware.

[@domenik8339]

He doesn't think it would hold up today. The game market has changed multiple times over. It's a boring reason, but it's the reason. Additionally, he lost all motivation for it. Gabe sent a gnome to space as a joke, if he wanted to finish half life he could, but he doesn't.

[@comediccomrade5716]

it is a top secret weapon, if HL3 is announced the internet will short circuit and break from the amount of hype. we’re waiting till we need to use an EMP on something to release it

[@WirxawTanev]

@@comediccomrade5716 Jokes aside - HL3 could probably have the cheapest marketing campaign in the world. All Gaben would have to do is make a single image about the number "3" and the internet would do the rest. EVERYONE would repost it, even the TV.

[@princealmighty5391]

​@@WirxawTanev what you mean busted

[@seb4179]

It's called half life because it's going to take half your life to finish the series.

[@coffeeinfusedowl1159]

Sebas O. it actually called half life because in a radioactive process then the toxicness fades away it turns into a half life when a person can barely live on process of it

[@BasedRedemption]

Sebas O. Guessing you never took a simple chemistry class?

[@InYourFace7861]

PikamonMaster It's physics tho...

[@abelathafilbert9643]

i guess there something not right about half life

[@valdemardahl5217]

Sebas O. My theory is better. First there was Half life and then it was Half life 2. Two half lifes is one life and three half lifes is one and a half life. So we are all dead before half life 3

[@scottm7310]

50 years from now: Gabe's grandson: I have nothing to say about Episode 3

[@silentry]

50 years from now youtube comments: ITS STILL UNORIGINAL!

[@captainobvious1750]

SilentSense1 originality never existed

[@kennan10101]

We're all gonna die waiting for this game. It's just a sick joke from valve.

[@SAMagic]

Ike Duke Nukem Forever was once a joke, my son.

[@cameraman1234567890a]

Ben B it still is

[@coolbeans1998]

This video is 7 years old. It's been almost 20 years.

[@codyw518]

Sweet fuck

[@3takoyakis]

Another 10 years and they would be forced to say THREE

[@stonemanofgardnerville1162]

​@@3takoyakisthen...the true trials will begin.....

[@NecrosVideos]

Seeing him being so excited for the next game, then slowly not wanting to mention it anymore has me sad. I wonder what HL3 would’ve been like.

[@RSJiyutoAnzen]

Still shrouded in mystery… maybe he lost inspiration or maybe something more personal. We may never know.

[@PrechtGaebolgHades]

​​@@RSJiyutoAnzenI guess. Maybe he is waiting to make an insane amount of more money by just keeping the audience at the edge for a while. So this can be a very big event. Gab is really a good businessman. Well I just hope it's worth it.

[@Vanished584]

​@@RSJiyutoAnzenprobably couldn't get anyone at Valve to agree on what half life 3 was gonna be about. You don't go from wanting to talk about it to "No news" :( that's my opinion and no facts.

[@SamLewis18]

@@Vanished584it’ll come eventually

[@thetwistedsamurai]

Valve infamously can’t agree on anything so Gabe was unfortunately seemingly the main one on the team that wanted it to keep going. You can almost see how sad he looks.

[@kenshin6553]

"Half Life 3 is going to have a bunch of stuff you've never seen before." Well, he didn't lie. We still haven't seen it.

[@chenugent]

Glenn Wallace 😂😂😂😂

[@KFPSplayer]

HAHHAA!A!!A!A!A!!!!A!

[@chenugent]

4K 100FPS player *XDDDDD*

[@KFPSplayer]

ApaChe 11 Years from now...that’s even longer as cyberpunk2077 and this already took a while and we all had little hope xD

[@marv9906]

*black guy meme*

[@charlottesimss9853]

It went from "we're working hard on this!" to "yeah we have a crew on it" and finally "i ain't talking"

[@iodreamify]

I'm glad he has a sense of humor and understands how anticipated it still is though "Don't worry, i'll be sure to call the BBC when i have something to say" :D

[@aloooo1256]

why don't he just say it is cancelled ? why letting it up in the air ? why letting the fans suffer ? it is not fun Gabe, not fun at all :(

[@hahayes7174]

Ayadi A. It hasn't been cancelled. It was confirmed in his AMA when somebody asked a question about the half-life/portal universe and he confirmed a sequel. I can guarantee you the portal trilogy is over, so half-life 3 confirmed xd.

[@DeadTelevision]

Chef Excellence yeah but Valve always claims they work on stuff that is in the interest of the customers. I see more people asking for Half Life 3 than I do VR or Steam Machines and Valve doesnt give 2 shits.

[@LightTrack-]

I think the point is that Valve's policy on making games focuses more on their own selfishness than the fans. "Yeah we are not feeling like making it." i understand but there is a fucking line you have to draw until it becomes just cruel and injust. Ep2 ended on a cliffhanger for crying out loud and every other company makes games on their announced dates, only sometimes prolonging them but still usually delivering. Valve just does what they want, hoping that gives better creative results. They've set the bar so low that fans including myself are ready to settle for anything at this point. Even if it looks exactly like the Source engine HL2 it always did and has no new mechanics. We just want the story to end.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

Imagine if they released Half-Life 3 but with Half-Life 2's engine and assets like there hasn't been 16 years since Half-Life 2: Episode 2.

[@user-dj9fu6kl8x]

I take it...half life 2 still is great to play nowadays, if you dont care about graphics.....but the atmosphere is better then any moddern game really

[@PrechtGaebolgHades]

​@@user-dj9fu6kl8xHonestly the graphics are still so great. Especially the rag doll physics. People loved Half life for the story, not for the graphics

[@Omega_watermelon]

if the game comes out and its bad💀

[@Shockload]

Source 2 exists you know

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

@@Shockload That's the joke.

[@matheusazevedo3138]

Can you imagine how many people literally died waiting for Half Life 3 and never got the chance to see it?

[@matheusazevedo3138]

Idk, but if I was in Gabe’s position, this thought would hurt me deeply

[@notjimpickens7928]

@@matheusazevedo3138 "yeah well..no more questions about half life 3 atleast"

[@majorhumbert676]

That will include you and me

[@ss1extreme]

that's literally everyone

[@ratronald]

What an awful way to look at it. If your ability to live a fulfilled life is dependant on a video game releasing, that's not the game developer's fault.

[@Eviyl]

when the hell are we getting whole-life

[@n14ck]

how about half-dead

[@ctons]

How about we get Life.

[@ZeMewo]

How about a life

[@nemidoonam6963]

Right for dead

[@ei991]

@@nemidoonam6963 right for alive

[@John.Lemon.]

It has been so long, that even the meme died

[@Dillpickles66]

John Lemon wow, that just sunk in for me ._.

[@toontownlegomaster]

John Lemon

[@fahxd._9986]

oh ..my boy..you are wrong...the meme... never dies!!

[@timmyturner6575]

"the floor is half life 3"

[@Chaika1974]

ASAP Goku​ Valve --------------------------------------------- Floor

[@kinghashbrown7998]

Seeing him go from baby face to big grey beard saying the exact same sentence is amazing

[@kenneth_997]

2:20 the fact that gabe gave a smirk is amazing

[@TheGamerninja1234]

Gabe Newell's last words, with his dying breath will be "I've got nothing to say about Half Life 3."

[@zacharywinders5827]

GibbMeSucc . probably will have it written on his tomb stone.

[@MrEvol94]

Zaster Frager hahahaha 😂

[@CezrusVFX]

it's the day the world will dying

[@airaneon]

Nah, he'll Say "In fact I canceled that shit because u guys got me fed up with the same question every day."

[@ayylmao575]

Unfortunately accurate.

[@carjay7]

2008: Half life 3 will come out soon 2019: ANYTIME NOW

[@naked_snake3921]

Let's hope so ;)

[@khayyamal9207]

2025 Just wait a bit longer 2030: yep... We canceled that shit decades ago... Instead we are remaking it...... As a card game

[@imadrabhi5991]

@@khayyamal9207 lol

[@jacoblimber4040]

half life is a life that we just live in a cell and don't have life or anything to dream about, that so sensitive

[@antonio-onism9814]

Looks like they're in a barrel today

[@Curlywhrly]

Cant believe gta 6 was revealed when 5 came out in 2013 while half life 3 has been being worked on for 2 goddamn decades

[@AWDfreak]

"Worked-on"

[@Itamarot]

This video needs a part 2

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

He starts responding negatively in 2008... something must've happened.

[@dnl_mp4]

2007 was the year episode 2 was released. He wouldn't say something negative at that time or else it would hurt the sales. After the cash got in he started to backpedal

[@masonhales]

Obama.

[@atosz066]

Thanks Obama...

[@lemonprofit5147]

Well he realized remaking the counter strike remake is much profitale than developing a new game.

[@element1111]

It surely didn't take em from 2007 till 2011 to make CSGO? I'd say the first plans for that game probably surfaced in late 2009 or so.

[@Killcamp]

Half life 3 is so good they dont even know how to make it

[@DumDoDoor]

@@stevsux4442 Unless.... ...they go backwards. :D

[@hdet9270]

back in time bois here we go

[@Vince0]

@@DumDoDoor *HLVR Intensifies*

[@MsAmber82]

Hey, that makes sense That works with Star Citizen

[@timur5241]

1. They need ∞ money to do it 2. they still make it 3. they still think how to do it

[@Jayshiver]

I remember how Yahtzee said that Valve wants the main Half-Life games to represent huge steps forward for the industry as a whole. The first one did that through being a continuous series of areas without any cutscenes or menus in between. The second one did that through the Source engine’s physics. Alyx did that through pushing VR to its absolute limit. Maybe 3 will come out in a few centuries and show the benefits time travel or teleportation can bring to video games idk

[@orlandodanielgonzalezalcar3360]

The power of patience or AI

[@flouserschird]

I love how this video is 6 years old and is basically when everyone gave up

[@normund8348]

This is his legacy. Not the man that made Half Life but the man that didnt make Half Life 3.

[@xotl2780]

This is probably the reason he doesn't do a lot of interviews.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Damn, that's harsh. And true.

[@verycasul]

Ironic right?

[@Crazelord91]

I wholeheartedly disagree. Gabe is still one of the most respected innovators in gaming, this is just a small aspect. He constantly is requested to give interviews and speaches regarding things not connected to HL3 and if he passed away tomorrow he'd be celebrated. This is just a lighthearted meme, it barely affects his legacy

[@normund8348]

@@Crazelord91 Its a joke 😒

[@dog85686]

How Gaben counts: 1 2 2.1 2.2 Alyx

[@puredruid]

@Johnny 600 So 1 2 2.1 2.2 1.5

[@kahate7328]

@@puredruid half life 2 episode 2.5 2 decades later Half life 2. Remastered

[@edgeybrah3544]

They have made a half life 3 tho haven’t they ?

[@pauln_dy2789]

1 2 2.1 2.2 Orange Alyx Ideas for next game names: Lasagna Application Hour

[@floreskyle1]

Half life greater than 2 less than 4

[@gameindustryinsider6450]

Any day now

[@Exekutivgewalt]

ok grandma, lets get you back to bed

[@JonCom3dy]

This video is almost a decade old. Insane.

[@minidwarfdude9230]

If Gaben was president there wouldn't be a world war 3

[@minidwarfdude9230]

Spookie Senpai Then fans would be anxiously waiting for WW3 and would riot to get it, causing WW5...

[@Kaziedell]

mini dwarfdude he would be working on it

[@Nikke-nn5mn]

"WW3 is coming, we are working very hard at it"

[@EdenHamilton]

I have nothing to say about ww3

[@Mattmaster56]

Hope you enjoy Earth War 1, good luck and have fun.

[@jackdaniels8592]

His hair has turned gray talking about when half life 3 will come out. Hext time he's interviewed, it will be his grave, and it will be engraved with " we're still working on it "

[@georggrech5924]

Jack Daniels No no it would say "We have nothing to say about episode 3"

[@DrGringus]

1000th like 👌

[@FirstLast-vs1gv]

Jack Daniels best comment

[@belenyer7759]

best comment ever

[@dekco1]

stop thumping this cmt up ppl, till the day valve ships hl3

[@The.ZB.]

It's almost been a decade since this video came out. 2 decades since the promise of episode 3

[@xXYannuschXx]

I can recommend reading "Half Life Alyx: Final Hours", it gives alot of insight on what the hell was going on with the development of HL3.

[@notjimpickens7928]

nah, i dont wanna be given more false hope for a third half life..

[@Sernival]

@@notjimpickens7928 it's not false hope it's an explanation of why it's not happening. But frankly any sort of sequel to Alyx will probably be Half Life 3

[@blackPeopleAreGarbag]

@@Sernival So, why is it not happening?

[@Gabriel-el3hn]

@@blackPeopleAreGarbag basically valve’s model is for ppl to work on the projects they want, & HL3 development would always start, but eventually fizzle out just because there wasn’t enough interest. (there’s leaked alpha footage on KZbin somewhere if you’re curious) However, Valve wanted to show off their new Source 2 engine, what they could do with VR, & bring a AAA game to VR for the first time. And what better way to innovate than a game in the Half-Life series? Unlike HL3, this had everyone’s interest. Also, devs felt more pressured with HL3 b/c they felt like it had to be the “perfect game”, but felt comfortable with Alyx b/c it was a prequel game. But yea that’s basically it.

[@blackPeopleAreGarbag]

@@Gabriel-el3hn Thank you. Your comment took me down the proverbial rabbit hole of Valve and how their corporate structure works. What you said about employees being able to "work on whatever projects they want" makes a lot more sense now.

[@JayS96Bruh]

Honestly they should just skip Half Life 3 and go straight to 4 just to piss everyone off.

[@relixnova251]

J TheMandalorian half life 2 episode 3

[@MrSnaztastic]

Hey, it worked for Microsoft.

[@sugmadigg3596]

Half life 0: The Origins

[@acrilyk4672]

Half Life 2: Episode 2 Part 2

[@Grivian]

I have nothing to say about Half Life 4

[@pootisbirb6158]

“I’ll tell you when half life 3 will come out” *Last online 10 years ago*

[@gurkiratsingh8747]

These comments are killing me man

[@Ceber911]

Dead Meme *Last online 11 years ago*

[@n_y_0_n38]

Well now it’s 15

[@Ceber911]

@@n_y_0_n38 gaben is a literal living breathing meme

[@BeanOnTheFlipside]

Alyx

[@StabYourBrain]

I will never lose hope. Never. I don't care how long it takes or if it never comes at all, but the day i lose hope for Half-Life 3, will be the day i die.

[@DirectorHMAN]

I'll make sure to put that on your tombstone... As well as a newly released copy of HL3

[@destebangm11216]

this still hurts man

[@pyro4sub28]

its coming any minute now

[@pyro4sub28]

any minute now

[@pinorska6316]

pyro 4sub This is propably the best hl3 joke

[@RasoKye]

pyro 4sub aaaaaaany minute now.

[@pyro4sub28]

Was that it?! No wait it was overwatch 2.

[@klutz3955]

see? Valve!! ...No that's just EA

[@Nintato]

I know he's hiding that game somewhere in one of those chins

[@forcabarca4607]

L

[@Colg4teLP]

+Nintato Everytime someone makes a fat joke about GabeN HL3 delays by 1 month :)

[@Nintato]

+Dennis Gündüz then I guess it will truly never release

[@donaldderp1602]

+Nintato Chin number 3, me thinks

[@lyndaris]

toppest kek

[@ongogoblogian1343]

I love how you see the change in his approach to the question and it’s a hard one, goes from optimism to distain and anger over the name half-life.

[@ericmartinperez7099]

If Gabe was honest, he's say "Why the hell would we make episode 3? We make shit ton of cash on Steam."

[@gege0298]

Pretty sure that's not the reason. VALVe's been known for remaking TF2 from scratch multiple times because it wasn't deemed "good enough". So imagine making a game that's been hyped to no end, while trying to do better than what's expected ?

[@wowza935]

+gege029 yeahno.HL3 is gonna b their safeguard. the moment they NEED a jump in sales, the moment steam goes to shit,the moment they're revenue trickles,only then will they even consider it. n its gonna suck.

[@bobbirdsong6825]

Why wouldn't they? They're a flat company. They have confirmed working on Half Life 3.

[@Lil.Lon3Ly]

Bob Birdsong Why wouldn't they? have you ever seen a game made by them lately? no? then its already confirmed its not gonna happen

[@bobbirdsong6825]

Feak Becuase they have been confirmed to have been working on it for a public release. The reason we haven't is because they are a flat company that has no share holders.

[@gaialord]

Ruh roh. 2008 was a turning point for Gabe. He went from "It's gonna be great" to "I went too far in some places"

[@Scrooge042]

+Steel Kaiser Barney is the key to all this.

[@Gilbertify1]

For the first few years he's excited about episode 3, then he won't say shit.

[@anthonyd8835]

+Steel Kaiser its so dense theres so many headcrabs going on

[@MillywiggZ]

Barney, he's the key to everything. If we can get him working...

[@ekmad]

Half Life 3 took 12 years to make!

[@Shadow-ue6fq]

Gabe Newell on Half Life 3 for a decade.... 7 years ago......

[@IsaacCosmic]

Every time someone in the world has or will say, “Half-Life 3 confirmed” it gets delayed by 6 months

[@agent_sus3273]

HALF LIFE THR- wait, what?

[@apttewly]

half life 3 unconfirmed half life 3 unconfirmed half life 3 unconfirmed

[@ReddKraken]

This game better be 3 months long

[@james-rh6bu]

Redd Kraken It will be 4 months long instead

[@zulioner7880]

get it up to 5

[@wafferu1926]

would be 6 I think

[@justdandy5934]

It will take half your life to complete

[@altantulga8138]

How many terabytes?

[@redchilihead00]

there will never be a half life 3 because gabe is using all the money to buy those polo shirts

[@NXTorge]

Jesus Gonzalez *Polo tents

[@jackofspades9742]

Ralph Lauren tents 🐎👕⛺️

[@bendaspy566]

And Santa Claus

[@greenfreak132]

Jesus Gonzalez he's busy using all the money to buy his own CS:GO cases

[@fucker661]

Jesus Gonzalez also pony crap

[@t-b-dtrmind]

the fact that this was 7 years ago is so funny.

[@Jorvikslaughterfield]

The fact they released alyx instead of half life 3 is the biggest slap in the face

[@pianosemcorda]

I'm From 3950 and there's nothing about Half-Life 3, guys :(

[@silentjoker45]

I'm from 9570 we final got half life 3 and half 4

[@thesavagemonster2910]

silenjoker 45 well I'm from the year of 10234 and there's no sign of it

[@ScruffyGamerAnimations]

Im in the year 19492 and Dota 3 was announced

[@SkeletonTheBlackTopHat]

Silenjoker 45, you lier. We got new TF2 updates. That's better than getting HL3 or 4.

[@PPandaPete]

I come from the year 3019300176336661 on an spaceship, and finally, a teaser for half life 3... but it was an April fools tho!

[@terraincognitagaming]

Is valve even a game dev thesedays?

[@TheUltraseal]

+Terra Incognita Gaming kinda, updating games and the lab do count as game development

[@TituloAlternativo]

+Trademark™ that was more like a benchmark

[@TheUltraseal]

yea not like other companies but still developing stuff

[@MrShawno1231]

+Terra Incognita Gaming Are you willing to suggest that they're working on Source 2 for nothing?

[@Metro2033fan21]

They don't have to make games.

[@AMD-BL4ZE]

GTA fans: "GTA 6 is gonna release to the very next day I die." Half-Life fans: "You guys get a new game just 1 day after death?"

[@gamertime4949]

after 9 decades in development

[@YourLocalLeadFarmer]

E3 2018. Gabe Newell raises 3 fingers up, the crowd goes wild thinking Half Life 3 is confirmed, Gabe Newell then says "3 new hats confirmed for Team Fortress 2".

[@Zillexiaor]

"And their all sponsored ones so you have to BUY MORE GAMES on STEAM and give ME more MONEY to get HATS."

[@freemangman]

we will see half life when source 2 come out.

[@Zillexiaor]

Doubt it But hell, I really hope so

[@Comander555666]

Vasili Tarkov loool

[@achxd]

they're*

[@ProDudeFilmsGaming]

What if all the “useless” steam updates that happen is just Valve slowly installing Half Life 3 on our computers

[@sealstealer5007]

But that's just a theory... ..A GAME THEORY!

[@sealstealer5007]

@Vasilijan Nikolovski no u

[@Damashie]

A GAME THEORY!

[@SomeRandomPiggo]

@@godsstrongestschizo get OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUT

[@kami9415]

@@godsstrongestschizo leave

[@JuanMayhapsBe]

Isnt it crazy that its gonna be 20 years

[@rpg247a]

This was made 7 years ago 💀

[@_Kona__]

I love how he becomes progressively more vague

[@RichardMedhurst]

vag*

[@extraordinarilybasic3250]

He should just be honest, we aren't making Half Life 3 because we are too busy printing money with Steam.

[@thefoolishgmodcube2644]

hate*

[@negentropyagent7337]

And more and more fat

[@spartan456]

It's weird because you can see exactly where the decision to stop working on EP3 happened. In the first couple of years after The Orange Box released, Gabe was very forthcoming in explaining how Episode 3 is gonna blow everybody's pants off. He was more than happy to discuss it and at least say "yep, we've been hard at work, it's gonna be great." And then sometime later that all changes. He's no longer happy to even mention it, he just outright tells people "I'm not talking about that", with no explanation other than "it'll be ready when it's ready." I don't think even Gabe was willing to admit they weren't working on it anymore. Given the fact that Marc Laidlaw "leaked" the plot for Episode 3 years later, it wouldn't surprise me if some internal conflicts at Valve played a role in shelving the entire development cycle for the game. Something happened at Valve that made Gabe reach the decision to mothball it, and I don't think it's because they've been "too busy" printing money with Steam. The whole point of the Steam market is it's very hands-off. Nobody at Valve has to touch anything to make money from it. It's almost entirely passive income with the exception of occasional maintenance and upkeep. It requires nowhere near the same amount of man power to maintain, unlike developing a video game. I think something happened at Valve. Maybe some important people quit, or possibly even died. I think that's why the sudden shift occurred in Gabe's demeanor on mentioning the game over the years. It'd be one thing if it had been 5 or 6 years and he just got sick of getting the same question, but he became VERY disinterested in even hearing about it after just 2 or 3 years. All very suspicious, IMO.

[@sillkthashocker]

It's been so long Gordon's voice actor is probably dead

[@raggedyexynos6826]

@@firedgnu2087 thats the joooooooke

[@TheFapFactory]

Max Rieser very clever but all the other voice actors probably are dead

[@peniseusgiganticus9558]

FiredGnu r/wooosh

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

we're all gonna be fucking dead before this comes out

[@jarhead3571]

It will take so long that half life 4 will come out before half life 3

[@MM-vs2et]

This year Valve has started to make significant strides in the application of Source 2. Hopefully this will be an incentive for Valve to finally finish HL3

[@Bigsauce28]

I know everybody jokes about this, but it really is heart wrenching.

[@sokantnevesti603]

He behaves like he dropped out of college, but still lies to his parents he's about to graduate.

[@dragonator36]

As someone who tried and catastrophically failed to hide my failing grades, this is about as accurate as aimbot.

[@dankastd4289]

Lmao

[@happypunky4129]

Oh god... Yep

[@duncanwade1026]

He's a Harvard dropout. This is second nature to him.

[@hughmungus2952]

@j. thank God I only have one semester left id kill myself if I failed

[@InsidiousOne]

Imagine if HL3 was actually almost ready, but some guy had accidentally deleted all the files and the backups, and they were just ashamed to say that.

[@allegrachicken9460]

Insidious One that would actually make a lot of sense tbh. Imagine how much hate they’d get for something like that

[@EarthQuakeTheory]

Illuminati: dont f**king move

[@marko-gj1uj]

Like Toy Story 2

[@cyberk1ng_]

Insidious One aperture laboratories: dont fucking move!!!

[@andreware2483]

I've never played a Hl game before, but even I would be pissed off at that.

[@Fipsh]

Gaben aged like his motivation for half life 3.

[@bipinnambiar]

Well

[@yevgeni10]

Gabe looks like a wide world leader in 4:14.

[@thebatman4279]

Emphasis on 'wide'.

[@Tommyknocker.]

He looked like he's about to tell people all around the earth about the only safe city

[@quaze_tf9921]

Teacher: what is 1 + 2? Kid Gaben: Alyx.

[@guigo6892]

Basically 1.5

[@ezri6585]

Half-life Source

[@CobaltJ]

Greater than 2, less than 4

[@willenribeiro1010]

Episode one

[@aldo0368]

@@CobaltJ 2.1

[@priyajohn9198]

Plot twist: We're actually living in Half life 3

[@QueenJosu]

Hong Kong is basically episode 2 rn lmfao

[@samueleproiettimicozzi8134]

So that's why I'm feeling a bit g-man-ish today

[@Medachod]

Well, with Alyx, we will be living in Half-Life.

[@nailsungur8607]

It's half life, we have two half lifes and it makes a *FULL LIFE* .

[@dogol284]

Half Life 3 is the friends we made along the way.

[@mangolikestrains]

when you realise this video is 7 years old

[@fizzrpg9961]

I’m not mad that it was canceled, I’m mad at their lack of communication. I just don’t understand why they didn’t keep the community in the know.

[@HyperGolem]

Valve doesn't communicate because they can't really keep promises and schedules the same way other game companies do, because they aren't tied to investors or publishers and therefore can just do whatever they want, whenever they want. Their income doesn't come from making games, but selling other people's games. So they have far less incentive to actually keep making games. They are better off being silent than making promises they most likely can't keep. Everything is just so convoluted and uncertain with what they do.

[@PhoenixV30]

- Gabe Newell dies in his house - His ghost haunts the house - 3 centuries later a few people go to the house to check if it is really haunted - One of the people feels a cold touch on his shoulder - He then hears a calm whisper in his ear - "I have nothing to say about Half Life 3"

[@harveyfong7617]

I'm too dumb I don't get the joke can you explain, please?

[@clammaster4]

After 3 whole centuries, he unlocks the Cold Shoulder on TF2

[@Milodiablo]

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Now that's horrifying.

[@luisdavila1236]

NSTAM 27 The thing you here before you instantly die

[@thefoolishgmodcube2644]

Then, they all scream of fear and run away.

[@fiona2go359]

I hope they just upload it one day to steam without any announcement. Would be hilarious

[@GamalKevin]

And when people ask, they would just say: We Already Have It On Steam!!

[@cybzer0560]

The problem with all this anticipation is that Half-Life 3 *MUST* be excellent. It cannot be simply good, decent or below. The bar has been set too high. It's big risk, big reward for Valve.

[@francoismorin6806]

@@cybzer0560 They can :-) hey have the money to do it they have talents to do it they have the potential of history of the game

[@danielbueno8474]

@@cybzer0560 I agree, they would need to make the greatest video game of all time, but I would take the risk if I was them. Like this guy above just said, they do have what it takes to make the greatest video game of all time, and I think that would kinda make Valve the greatest video game company of all time.

[@kipter]

@OG BamBam GO I mean there hasn't been any elder scrolls games in 8 years.

[@dickheadrecs]

“there are an infinite amount of Real numbers between 2 and 3 - so we’re going to make sure we do all those first”

[@bryal7811]

Half life 3 will be announced during Vavles 30th anniversary in 2026.

[@hola-gy8te]

Half Life 3 is probably the longest procrastination I've ever seen in my life.

[@minecraftherobrine1234]

Then you've never heard of The Winds of Winter

[@notjimpickens7928]

@@minecraftherobrine1234 thats only been ten, this ones been 15 years and counting

[@ByeBaybe]

@@minecraftherobrine1234 I hear that dude doesn't finish tons of his work. But, I can hardly get through the day without forgetting about the laundry.

[@stoptiktok1691]

2nd biggest is Bully 2

[@jamesedleymusic]

@@stoptiktok1691 Except Bully wrapped things up nicely and doesn’t need a sequel.

[@user84074]

Imagine the amount of people who have died waiting for Episode 3.

[@User_1795]

Rest In Pepperoni

[@FilonisHat]

The game will be finished by a Gabe automaton V.345 in the year 2878.

[@User_1795]

@@FilonisHat We won't make it 2878 by the looks of it.

[@k1mj0ur13]

@@FilonisHat gaben would do the same thing with glados

[@hossproductions]

Sometimes I think about this. I hope it doesn't happen to me.

[@SuperWiiBros08]

He always counted to 3, people were just too ignorant

[@SickPrid3]

it's half-life because it will take half of his life to finish it

[@GolBDeze]

Half Life was victim of its own success

[@Ninjaman156]

komerokoira Was victim? stfu

[@rasmusolsen441]

Ninjaman156 it won't get a sequel because of All the hype. too much hype will make the game look worse than it is.

[@turtlehops7287]

No he means that the first and the second had too much popularity and if valve was to make a third it would never be as good as people want it to be

[@austinquann4765]

i read this in a russian accent

[@IceLizardsUnited]

komerokoira *Half Life was a victim of Steam's success*

[@uberchili5332]

The saddest thing is, people are dying; people die every day. Fans and just regular video game players are dying without playing HL3. Gabe is not very young, he could die before releasing HL3.

[@alluurpo]

And not only very old, but very fat. The variety of heart failure risks are becoming abundant

[@jimmorrison2362]

Alluurpo whoa...ive been subscribed to you for years...thats really insane. You have no idea

[@alluurpo]

+Jim Morrison i was probably still in my teens when you subbed me :D

[@jimmorrison2362]

Alluurpo yeah i was in my early 20's...guessing it was 2005 or 2006 wow that was a long time ago. You were my first sub, i was listening to a lot of bowie back then. Crazy. Its a small (youtube) world after all. Who would've thought we're both half life fans. Anyways, take care man! Nice "running" into ya

[@Imupoffathatthing]

It seems like thats his plan

[@OilHutJones]

this stops at 2014, almost ten years ago now

[@backstab86]

soon into 2 decades...

[@harrysummers9858]

Guys next month I can feel it

[@MDksa123]

+Harry Summers decade*

[@leandroisaac2000]

+Not Like This century*

[@andyby]

+Harry Summers I'm optimistic about the year 3333.

[@craftycodie]

+andyby Nah, steam is gonna destroy us all on Y3K anyway.

[@Gamesrock22]

+Harry Summers fuk off m9

[@Isaac1995]

HL games are released once every millennium: 1998: Half Life 2004: Half Life 2 3004: Half Life 3

[@_________-__________-_______]

if Half life Didnt Release before 2020 I Will Jump off a bridge live Pinky Finger ?

[@andreacavagnini2675]

Every millenium is different from every 1000 years, can you read? From year 0 to 999 was the first millenium, from 1000 to 1999 was the second and from 2000 to 2999 is the third. So, by his reasoning, for it to come out in a different millenium than HL 2 it would have to be after the year 3000. Jesus people...

[@samplesimple0]

Richard Grunwald 1998 is in the second millenium, 2004 is in the third millenium. So he's right.

[@JerryGolayy]

Except that the first millenium is from 1 to 1000, the second from 1001 to 2000 and so on.

[@JerryGolayy]

Richard Grunwald are you autistic ?

[@The_Gent]

Gaben is one of the biggest trolls in gaming history

[@nikostalk5730]

if he dies just to troll his audience (like George Carlin) - that would be a worst trollercoaster ever

[@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999]

almost another decade now

[@Rijam35]

Half Life 3 will come out when Valve makes Dota 3 Dota 3 will come out when they make Team Fortress 3 Team Fortress 3 will come out when they make Portal 3 Portal 3 will come out when they make Left 4 Dead 3 Left 4 Dead 3 will come out when they make Source 3 Source 3 will come out when they make Dust 3 Basically the year 3000

[@stanimirivanov7787]

Rijam Valve can't count to 3

[@yinpinglo2855]

When will dust 3 come out?

[@bomberharris9322]

Jokes on you there's already a Dust3

[@Rijam35]

DustPCG hype!

[@beefstew6512]

In the recent AMA Gabe mentioned that devs use L4D3 as a place for building narratives.

[@Mr1234tico]

He sounds like a game developer on Kickstarter

[@bartman5693]

Totally unprofessional.

[@Kaodusanya]

Except has like billions of dollars In the bank and doesn't give a fuck........so much worse than a Kickstarter developer. But hey we got artifact......

[@towerknight5012]

What's wrong with kickstarter?

[@bartman5693]

Most of the time, they take your money and run.

[@jimjimmy8900]

Bartman donating to someone on kickstarter is like trying to shoot a fly in the rain at night

[@darkshadowsx5949]

this is taking longer than duke nukem forever to release.

[@loneskankster2242]

All jokes and lies aside, it's actually kind of wholesome when you realize how many young kids Gabe is interviewing with. I don't claim to know much about him, but It's interesting to see how many "small time" interviewers he's willing to talk too. Good on him.

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

I think he was one of the first people who gave Geoff Keighley a chance. Keighley talks about being with the team as they were about to publish HL, which was revolutionary for the industry. It seems like that experience made Keighley's career.

[@christophersulsona284]

Each year I come back to this and shed a tear.

[@sebastianxbx]

if gabe did 1 sit up for everytime he said "i have nothing to say about half life," gabe would be a body builder

[@sebastianxbx]

#HalfLife3isDead2Gabe

[@rexterrisier7268]

He wouldn't do the third sit-up though

[@sebastianxbx]

Rex Terrisier IKR XD 😂😂😂

[@alternatecheems8145]

@@sebastianxbx he would be such a fatass lol

[@Szalom331]

@@alternatecheems8145 r\wooosh

[@MyMindWorks777]

2007: Half life 3 nearing completion and being polished. 2008: Intern wipes hard drive.

[@DyluPL1st]

+MyMindWorks777 Too early m8.

[@sznio]

+MyMindWorks777 Valve doesn't hire interns.

[@lemonprofit5147]

maybe Gabe did it to store some porn and blamed some poor intern !

[@element1111]

Happened with half life 2 didn't it? It was completely wiped by a hacker in early 2003 if i recall correctly.

[@soylentgreenb]

No. It wasn't wiped. It was leaked, source code included. After that Valve took out all the fun bits and weapons they had planed and released a half finished mess of a game.

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

Year 2060: Gabe in a jar: we're still working on it.