Maybe's he's cancelling it in favor of another theme party...
Admittedly it’s a bit strange that Valve decided to cancel their Portal E3 Event a week or two before the festivities but it certainly is an attention getter. Valve is no stranger to getting attention though, made clear by the clever “blue screen incident” from the GDC Awards. So one has to wonder what Valve has up their sleeves. Speculation is abound and gamers seem to be getting their hopes up about the possibility of an announcement on Half Life 2: Episode 3 – a game that has been highly anticipated, long awaited, and in Valve Time Hell. Fans are even speculating and hoping to the point of making screen mockups.
Other fans have been making jokes regarding the possibilities of Left 4 Dead 3 which Gabe himself has had a good sense of humor about to say the least. When one fan suggested Gabe would need protection if they announced Left 4 Dead 3, his response was “Uh… how about Left 4 Dead 2: Episode 1?”
Another possibility up for consideration is The Orange Box 2 – a follow up to the extremely popular Orange Box which contained the original Portal along with the debut of Team Fortress 2 and more. This would certainly be exciting but how would they roll it out? With all of the content updates for TF2 over the years it’s unlikely that would find a home in an Orange Box Sequel. Our guess is that IF Valve announced this we’d probably see Portal 2, Half Life 2 Episode 3, and maybe a few other surprises. It’s unlikely though because we can’t imagine any other material they would package with those two at the moment. Left 4 Dead 3 would be too big of a game to stick in with the others and given the success of the series, Valve would probably want to market that on it’s own. As far as we’re concerned, all of this is really up in the air.
Valve surely has no intention of disappointing us and everyone is certainly talking about what might be in store for us. Even if it isn’t the long awaited HL2:E3 (E3!? COULD IT BE?) – we know they will deliver and mostly likely in an exciting way. One still has to wonder what is taking so goddamn long with HL2 Episode 3…
Of course, this adventure MIGHT have something do with all of the delays…
