Kotaku - Earlier this week, tens of thousands of users joined a Steam group dedicated to playing Half-Life 2 on Saturday between 2 and 2:30 p.m. EST, as a demonstration calling on Valve to get its ass in gear and release, or at least officially confirm work on Half-Life 3. How'd it turn out? It was either a great success or a disappointment, depending on your point of view.
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Ah, some Valve fans are truly the queens and kings of fake outrage as Seth MacFarlane would've put it. You demonstrate and threaten to boycott your favourite developer, because rather than listening to their fans they decide for themselves what to do next - and despite the outrage the next product turns out to be a major hit and you forget about the boycott. These demonstrations are kind of cool though, to show how many people want Half Life 3, but at the same time I think Valve should take the time they need. Like they usually do.
LOL...cuz valve got to be the hugely successful, respected developer that they are because they rush their games at the convenience of a whiny little bitches.
gimme break.
Valve, take your time, please. If Half Life 3 is half as good as HL2, it'll be game of the generation.