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Half-Life: Alyx (formerly: Half Life 3 is coming??)

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    #572
    MadYaker
    Registered Users Posts: 12,193 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Yeah its just a joke relax would ya


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    #573
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,091 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    People analysed the planet images from the living room web page and HL3 was shown underneath
    http://i.imgur.com/BYNy9F8.gif


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    #574
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 82,262 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    BeerWolf wrote: »
    ^ How are people still fooled by Phishing sites at this day and age ? There's so many methods out there to tell you as such! :o

    MadYaker - suggest you change your password ASAP.
    If it were actually a phising site my computer would have clammed up tighter than a ducks bum


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    #575
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    People analysed the planet images from the living room web page and HL3 was shown underneath
    http://i.imgur.com/BYNy9F8.gif

    More undeniable proof:
    original.gif


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    #576
    Nollog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭Nollog


    http://i.imgur.com/kFQpIgw.jpg
    Confirmed?


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    #577
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 82,262 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    YES! I would pay double that no I wouldnt


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    #578
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Xbox One Exclusive! :pac:


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    #579
    Lenmeister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭Lenmeister


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    I'm now at the stage where I'm totally indifferent to Gordon Freeman's story. Sorry Valve, but I've moved on.
    Never!

    Though my pc is so old the hard drive would be going 90. Probably explode trying to play it :(


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    #580
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,737 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    Blah blah blah Gordon Freeman


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    #581
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Black Mesa is really really good.

    Get it! It's free!


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    #582
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,472 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    degrassinoel wrote: »
    Blah blah blah Gordon Freeman

    I am surprised it wasn't trademarked long before now!


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    #583
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,737 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    I am surprised it wasn't trademarked long before now!
    Yeah, could just be valve making sure nobody else copyrights the name for some legal reason or other..

    bet ye valve wont say anything for weeks or even months about it, then play it down as usual.


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    #584
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    degrassinoel wrote: »
    Yeah, could just be valve making sure nobody else copyrights the name for some legal reason or other..

    bet ye valve wont say anything for weeks or even months about it, then play it down as usual.

    What stopped them from doing that before now?

    How long does the copyright last for if you just sit there doing nothing?


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    #585
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,737 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    indefinitely i think?


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    #586
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    degrassinoel wrote: »
    indefinitely i think?

    Then what's to stop people just trolling with copyright?

    For example, why didn't EA copyright Half Life 3 to sabotage valve?


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    #587
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Gbear wrote: »
    Then what's to stop people just trolling with copyright?

    For example, why didn't EA copyright Half Life 3 to sabotage valve?

    Because trademark trolling is so easy in theory, in most jurisdictions you'd have to make a very strong case that you have a legitimate business interest in the trademark before it would ever be granted.


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    #588
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,091 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Because they'd waste time and money and not get it.

    Also it was me applying for the patent.


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    #589
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    FWIW a Trademark is very different to either Copyright or a Patent.

    A trademark is about protecting a brand (generally a product or company name, but it often includes associated images/logos etc). It gives the owner rights over the brand being protected, and in particular it allows the owner to control how others use that brand (with obvious exceptions for fair use such as reviews and random internet speculation).

    Of particular interest to us is that "Half-Life" is already trademarked, so there's already a reasonable amount of protection applied "Half-Life 3". Nobody else could have made a Half-Life 3 game, or used the name Half-Life 3 to sell gaming related materials, because that would cause obvious confusion with the existing protected Half-Life brand.

    The only reason I can think of that Valve would need to trademark Half-Life 3 now is if they are now about to start sharing that name with others. Whether that's to the public, or to gaming magazines, or maybe more likely merchandise manufacturers. If they are planning to have Half-Life 3 related merchandise (toys, strategy guide books etc) for example, they would need to trademark the name so that they could then license it to those organisations to use.


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    #590
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Hey, its the first actual Half Life 3 (potential) news we've had in years, so i'm happy with it...for now.


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    #591
    wyrn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭wyrn


    I just assumed that they had filed because they got wind of someone else trying to do it. I didn't jump to the conclusion of HL3. Oh how I miss those days of hope and optimism. This thread has killed it off for me.


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    #592
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    After Valve took on DOTA and then had a legal battle with Blizzard over it, I'd say they're covering all their bases and making sure no one does the same to them :)


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    #593
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,695 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    HL3 dev team details seems to have leaked online

    http://www.computerandvideogames.com/431918/half-life-3-development-team-revealed-via-network-leak/


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    #594
    Vicxas
    Registered Users Posts: 15,329 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    I have a feeling that when Source 2 is announced we'll get an announcement.


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    #595
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    sheehy83 wrote: »
    HL3 dev team details seems to have leaked online

    http://www.computerandvideogames.com/431918/half-life-3-development-team-revealed-via-network-leak/

    I dont get why valve don't give their projects code names at this stage.


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    #596
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,695 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Bambi wrote: »
    I dont get why valve don't give their projects code names at this stage.

    Maybe Half Life 3 is a codename for a different project altogether.























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    #597
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,180 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    sheehy83 wrote: »
    HL3 dev team details seems to have leaked online

    http://www.computerandvideogames.com/431918/half-life-3-development-team-revealed-via-network-leak/

    <cold-water>
    All that leak can confirm is that on JIRA there's a group called HalfLife3, and it has users assigned to said group. Without seeing the tickets that might exist within, there's no way of knowing for sure if anyone's even working on HL3, it could be a dead group for all we know - I'm a member of 2/3 groups in my company's JIRA equivalent that are effectively mothballed atm.
    </cold-water>


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    #598
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    sheehy83 wrote: »
    Maybe Half Life 3 is a codename for a different project altogether.


    What+if+this+guy+really+thought+of+this+on+his+_7b3a534410c1bf1bf716b17bf76496c7.jpg


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    #599
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    I can't believe it's been six years since Episode 2, and nine years since Half-Life 2, and we're only starting to see evidence that 3 is actually in development. I find it so bizarre they've let it go on this long.


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    #600
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Absolutely
    Zillah wrote: »
    I can't believe it's been six years since Episode 2, and nine years since Half-Life 2, and we're only starting to see evidence that 3 is actually in development. I find it so bizarre they've let it go on this long.

    What's strange about it?

    There was a 12 year gap between StarCraft 1 and Starcraft 2, for example.


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    #601
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    If people would just stop hyping it to the point where nothing Valve releases could possibly match expectations, I think they might bother their arses. I don't expect to see HL3 a moment before that happens. Gamers are their own worst enemy.


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