Will we see a teaser this year?

[deathcheckedin]

Will we see a teaser this year? It would make logical sense if they plan on a Q4 2009 release (not saying that they are)

[ChiliFan]

I'm hoping for at least something by the end of summer, or possibly with Left 4 Dead. So far all we've seen is that one piece of concept art.

[Stene]

I'm hoping for at least something by the end of summer, or possibly with Left 4 Dead. So far all we've seen is that one piece of concept art.

...and that was no Episode Three concept art, it was shown before Half-Life 2 was released.

[Combine_Advisor]

This is valve...WHO KNOWS?

[Samon]

...and that was no Episode Three concept art, it was shown before Half-Life 2 was released.

No...no it wasn't.

[Lucid]

Hah, a 2009 release?
Wishful thinking.

[deathcheckedin]

not wishful i just know valve time

[delusional]

June 2008 release.

[Combine_Advisor]

June 2008 release.

this is too stupid to deserve even a lol

[Mellish]

Maybe at E3? Hopefully the release might coincide with the 10th year anniversary of half-life.

[octavio]

I doubt they'll show it at E3. I'm sure it will be all about Left 4 Dead.

[Druckles]

this is too stupid to deserve even a lol

I lol'd

And personally I doubt we'll get the same teaser as we did for Episode Two. They seem to have disliked that idea. We might get screenshots or teaser material, but I don't think there will be a trailer.

But then it depends on what would be in the teaser. Scenes from the game, I think no. Some form of Gman speech, similarly to how they did the The Dark Knight teaser, maybe.

[zombieturtle01]

Who knows if they have enough material to even show us a teaser. But I am guessing a good possibility of a teaser by the end of 08.

[Shift]

Wont be in the form of a trailer like last time since they didnt like how that went, they changed the story quite drastically since that teaser so it led a lot of players on when it came to play the game.

[KineticAesthetic]

I wish.

[deathcheckedin]

it could be possible that they will create a gman speech with old teasers from the old episodes and at the end it would say EPISODE 3

[Nicky 0123]

Most probably.

Q3/Q4 I'm guessing.

[leib10]

We'll probably get something by the end of the year.

[Xendance]

Whilst I'm not expecting it to be released this year, it would be a nice surprise if it did.

There must be something this year.

[Joest]

Who the hell knows other than Valve? It took them 5 years to release anything about HL2.

I hope they release some kind of information by the end of the year.

[Sparked]

I hope we see one at E3, but chances are we won't.
Valve will most likely focus on Left Four Dead.

[DEATH eVADER]

Perhaps it should be small trailer of a hatch (onboard the Borealis), with a small window, and all you see is a hand banging on the window. Then you hear ever louder screams, and then you see the door itself start to bulge and warp, as if there is something or a group or something on the other side merrily pissed off.

Then it fades to black, and the Gman states; "Time to Choose"

Seriously I'm hoping for some major Horror elements to the last game

[deathcheckedin]

they tried that with episode 1 and it didnt work well

[Ennui]

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a teaser trailer by the end of 2008, but there's no way it's coming out before at least Q3 2009... and I expect probably early 2010.

[leib10]

Valve's episodic experiment = Fail.

[Blackthorn]

Luckily Episode Two = Win

[LackingSaint]

I'm not expecting a trailer this year, but then again, I wasn't expecting two Meet The Team videos and two new achievement packs this year either.

[Druckles]

Valve's episodic experiment = Fail.

Tbh, we got much more gameplay than we would have otherwise. At least, considering the timeframe we've had. I wouldn't mind the Episodes so much if there wasn't such a gap between them! Tbh, I quite like the episodic content.

[delusional]

At least I got to play EP1 and EP2 at the same time for the first time. :D

[Godron]

I expect they'll want to hype things up one way or another. Even if there is no trailer, there'll probably be interviews and plenty of screenshots to feast upon prior to the release. I hope they make a trailer, because I think the Ep2 trailer were just sweet, but if they didn't like how the last one went then well, who's to say? If the problem was how the storyline changed after the trailer, then they might just release it a lot later than the Ep2 one, nearer to the completion date.

[Shift]

Yeah Im not expecting the game until at least summer 2009 (hopeful) and early 2010 latest, but I suspect we will get some sort of eye candy on the game to look at it, maybe even a trailer, deffo get interviews.

And I for one love the episodic direction, but it has kinda failed since we are still waiting ages for each game to come out, still no where near as long as a full game would take but still I thought the idea was the diminsh the time span for gameplay at least every 8 months to a year, at the moment we are waiting about a year and half at least.

[Blackthorn]

Does anyone know how soon after Episode One the first Episode Two trailer was released? That could give us some ability to estimate how long we'll wait for the Episode Three one.

[Zombine]

Does anyone know how soon after Episode One the first Episode Two trailer was released? That could give us some ability to estimate how long we'll wait for the Episode Three one.

If I remember correctly it was released few weeks before ep 1 got out. It was featured at the end of ep 1 too.

[Blackthorn]

Well there goes my idea. Guess I'll go gamble...

[jamiefearon]

yes at E3

[delusional]

Hey I was only 1 month of and I was joking!

[Nicky 0123]

yes at E3

No at E3.

[Trevelyan]

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But I live in hope

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This is very strange I did not write this????
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[DEATH eVADER]

I doubt they'll show it at E3. I'm sure it will be all about Left 4 Dead.


It couldn't hurt Valve to talk about the future of Source though, thats all I'm interested in

[Nicky 0123]

This is very strange I did not write this????
Is someone using my account??

...:D

Why would someone want to...you have 6 posts or something...

You sure you weren't pissed?

[jamiefearon]

That might explain it.

[alyxvance]

if you go on youtube there is something that looks like a teaser and looks genuine,
but the bad news is i cant remember how to get there
-sorry

[Combine_Advisor]

If ep3 doesnt come out on e3 i will hate l4d even more

[Russian Mafia]

What do you mean "come out on e3"? If you mean showing it off, Valve already said that they wont show Ep3 at E3.

[freakyflor]

Sad they didn't show it @ e3. Hopefully they show something at the Leipzig Games Convenction

[ApoJapo]

Think we will see it after the release of L4D and before the end of the year. I also have no idea how far they are with the game. We don't know when they've been starting with it.

[Przemek]

I would like a surprise :) No announcements, no trailers, no screenshots - just a release date :P

[eyefork]

They shouldn't even mention it until it's finished, then just slip it onto Steam without warning. That would definitely be a surprise

[Atomic_Piggy]

IMO valve should concentrate on making the game rather than releasing trailers. Whats more, remember the epi two trailer? Barely any of that was in the game; I suspect valve learned from that.

[octavio]

Whats more, remember the epi two trailer? Barely any of that was in the game; I suspect valve learned from that.

it didn't worry me; I thought it was a good insight into development.

[Xendance]

IMO valve should concentrate on making the game rather than releasing trailers. Whats more, remember the epi two trailer? Barely any of that was in the game; I suspect valve learned from that.

That trailer was cool. It shows you how much the game had changed since the trailer's release.

[Xendance]

if you go on youtube there is something that looks like a teaser and looks genuine,
but the bad news is i cant remember how to get there
-sorry

Oh yeah, Valve are really gonna release something on YouTube.

Nice try.

Shit, double post D:

[deathcheckedin]

I just think a shot of a location and a Gman quote would be cool. Like a twenty five second teaser

[mrman234]

We've all seen what happens when Valve do a teaser. None of that stuff is actually in the game. Valve won't want to do that again.

[Druckles]

We've all seen what happens when Valve do a teaser. None of that stuff is actually in the game. Valve won't want to do that again.

Difference between a teaser and a trailer.

[DEATH eVADER]

How about a viral campaign leading up to a teaser?

[octavio]

that could be good, though to me that seems a bit harder to do properly than it was for Portal.

[deathcheckedin]

i mean i don't think they're far into development but they did show a Ep2 teaser at the end of Ep1. they could give us something. maybe around the time of L4D's release

[the meta]

the trailer will most likely be in left 4 dead AND its eleven months since ep2 came out

[DEATH eVADER]

They shouldn't even mention it until it's finished, then just slip it onto Steam without warning. That would definitely be a surprise

But the lack of pre-orders mean that the servers will be bogged down by everyone downloading all at once :laugh:

[Nicky 0123]

L4D will have one included in it.

But I was right, it was the Console version of the Orange Box that had a L4D trailer hidden if you wait on the menu for long enough.