All Half-Life Writers Have Left Valve

Who cares, just let it burn.

>>375749521
First Nyaa is shut down for real and then this, we truly do live in the worst fucking timeline don't we?

Is anyone really surprised? Valve hasn't been good in literally decades anyways and they cannibalized the mods they bought out for a larger appeal.

more money in selling hats and skins than making games nowadays.

It was clear it wasn't gonna happen when there was absolutely nothing 2 years after episode 2.

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>>375750242
this

why make games when you can make cash by doing virtually nothing?

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>>375750125
Delete this

They left Valve because they finished the story and aren't needed anymore.

>>375749521
Maybe now their next game will have an actually decent story

>Writer at Valve

What the hell was he doing for the past few years?

Valve realized that Half Life 3 was more valuable as a meme that kept Valve eternally relevant than a finished and nearly guaranteed to be disappointing product.

I guess that's what happens when you forbid games devs from making the sequel to a game they made for 15 years, they tell you to fuck off.

>>375750242
Fuck this industry desu, it's only going to get worse in the future.

When did gaming turn in to this monstrosity? I need a new hobby, Video Games are clearly not for me anymore.

>>375750506

Coming up with funny hat descriptions

>>375750349
What's the point this image is even trying to convey?

>>375750506
Probably why they all left, years without anything to really do.

>>375749923
Wait whaaaat????????? I still have a bunch of VNs to download...

>>375750636
It started with Bethesda selling horse.

>>375749521

>Company evolved from a game studio
>into a Platform as a Service
>made 5000x more money
>and established themselves as the leader of the digital market
>any trend they adopt, forces other digital distribution entities in the market to adopt too out of fear of losing customers

Its a shame for their games, but I am okay with this evolution.

>>375749521
I'll gladly play new Valve games and even though I played HL back in the day I don't care for a new game or a conclusion specially after what we've seen happening to Douk.

Theres no way a new game could live up to the hype, the only way it could be considered ok if it was a tech demo for a new engine, which won't happen because Source 2.

>>375750721
>Pay you to do nothing
>Leave

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>>375749521
>Valve one of the most respected PC developers became nothing but a gambling company selling treasures that might get you a good digital item

>>375750862

Nyaa's owners panicked and shut it down after an EU anti piracy referendum passed.

It's been confirmed that a skeleton crew is all whats working on HL3.

Imagine for a second being the designated writter that's got to work with a bunch of skeletons.

>>375751021
Might sound crazy, but it isn't always all about money for everyone. A lot of people need some form of fulfillment, creative types like writers especially.

>>375750125
All true

Well, better prepare for that spiritual successor to Half Life that will show up on kickstarter next year with all the original writers, that will get over 7 times the funding they need, be delayed for 5 years and only get 65 on metacritic and nobody really cares about it once it is released

Shut the fuck up and buy some crate keys you ungrateful consumers.

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>>375749923
Fuck, where should I go to download my karate bugmen shows now? I only have like 9 episodes of Den-O downloaded.

>>375751323
Why not just do your writing while enjoying your money from doing nothing?

>>375749521
>the 30 plotholes in Half Life will never get filled
damn.

>>375751610
Maybe the got stuck writing shitty lore for Dota that no one cares about

>>375749521
Steam was the first crowdfunding project ever deviced and now that they won't deliver

I am afraid that the GOG will be quite operational when Gaben retires

>>375751610
Because generally anything you produce while employed by a company becomes their property. Which in the case of Valve would mean nothing ever happens with it, their only hope was to leave for more active pastures.

>>375751760
Best thing about GoG is the steam keys