During the announcement of a triple OS Steam , Steam Machines and Steam Controller , Valve did not meet the expectation of millions of gamers who had hoped that one of the points of the presentation will be Half-Life 3. However, information was received that the company had applied for registration of the trade mark Half-Life 3 in Europe.

The documents are filled on September 29 law firm Casalonga & Associés and describe trademark Half-Life 3 Valve Corporation owned and covering such areas as “computer game software” and “downloadable via a global computer network or wireless device computer game software.”

However, the registration of the trademark is not talking about the early development of the game. It can be as banal protection cybersquatters and someone’s attempt to register the related brands in the related field, or just trolling from Valve.

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A few days ago, Valve has promised to make a loud announcement and launched a special page with a counter , which was going to tell you how it plans to develop a “universe of Steam». And finally, the countdown is over …

… And Valve announced the development SteamOS – game operating system based on Linux, which, apparently, is designed to compete for a place under the TV in your living room with the next generation of consoles – PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In any case, the whole announcement is built around the idea of ​​”your favorite Steam – now and in the living room.” Here we can recall that Valve has long been working in this direction – a redesign of the Steam client called the Big Picture, intended for use on the big screen and with management, optimized for the gamepad, was introduced almost a year ago, in December 2012. 

Details yet little is known – as has been said, SteamOS based on Linux, as an interface uses the Big Picture developments and, of course, will be completely free. Valve announced that they optimize the system to use the game – improve performance of graphics and audio, reduce input lag (which is very important given the use of wireless gamepads), and that game developers have optimized their projects under SteamOS (but without any concrete ).

Valve also announced new features that will appear in SteamOS, and the “old” client Steam. The first is streaming – the user will be able to play on the device SteamOS-games with the Windows-desktop system that is running the regular Steam, which will solve the problem with a library of games for SteamOS. Here we can recall that a similar decision and plans to Sony – in the absence of backward compatibility with PlayStation 4 is going to use the streaming service Gaikai to stream PS3-games on its new console.

The next thing is waiting for Steam users and SteamOS – expanding the range of the shop. Go to the games and software to add music, movies and TV series – Valve is already working with the relevant media service and support plans to include them in their clients.

The last announcement is related to the expansion of Steam per user for the whole family – this is an opportunity to provide public access to its library of games on Steam to their loved ones while preserving individual progress, the gains etc.

No specific dates for availability SteamOS Valve has not called – says only that it will “soon”, and calls for further updates to follow your page. The fact is that today’s performance SteamOS is only the first step – the next part of the veil over the global announcement “expansion of the universe Steam» promise to open up 48 hours later, on September 25 at 20.00 Moscow time. We can assume that we are waiting for the same Steam Box – Specialized game console, running SteamOS. And if you build a very very wild assumptions, then you never know – all of a sudden the third announcement will be … Half-Life 3 exclusively for SteamOS? In the end, Half-Life 2 at one time was just such an exclusive for the then new Steam …

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A few days ago Resource NoShitShurlock, referring to the words of a level designer Half Life 1 and Half Life 2 John Guthrie (John Guthrie), said that Half Life 3 is released in late 2014 on PC and consoles. There was even a quote. But a spokesman for Valve to journalists website CVG announced that the article is a fake.

Valve is not reported until the official information about the next project in the universe of Half-Life. For 5 and a half years after the release of Half-Life 2 Episode 2 company only indirectly addressed this game. For example, in December 2011, Valve writer Chet Falishek (Chet Faliszek) announced that all unofficial information and rumors about Half-Life 3 are fake.

According to him, Valve has no intention to attract the attention of the public through leaks and rumors for months or years before starting the game. That is, if the company will return to the idea of ​​continuing the game, it will announce it officially complete when the project is already preparing to leave, and not through any third-party resources or with the “accidental” leaks.

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It seems that fans of the series Half Life got a reason for cautious joy. Resource NoShitShurlock, citing the words of a level designer Half Life 1 and Half Life 2 John Guthrie (John Guthrie), announced that Half Life 3 is created for PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will include many major Half Life 2 characters and continue the story from the end of episode 2. Expect the first demonstration of the trailer and the game can be at E3 2014.

“I can not tell you much, because the game’s development is still in its early stages, but I can confirm that we are going to release the game for both the current and the next generation of consoles, as well as on our own platform exclusively for PC and Mac – he wrote in a letter NoShitShurlock. – We hope that one trailer will be ready for the event E3 2014, we (after several years of absence), and finally back. “

Valve allegedly decided not to Half Life 2 Episode 3, because the story is somewhat different from the original, despite the presence of many of the key characters. The new game mechanics, improved engine and a new generation of video game consoles have caused a return to the idea of ​​creating Valve Half Life 3. John Guthrie also said that the game will not be co-operative and multiplayer components – this is purely single-user project. A bit strange that Mr. Guthrie did not mention Linux – because Valve put a lot of effort into porting their games for this OS. By the way, a “platform” it could be because of how Steam, console and Steam Box.

By the way, recently co-wrote and Half-Life game designer Marc Laidlaw (Mark Laidlow) in a social service Vine has published a short video, the action of which revolves around the number 3. In the video, somebody wants to press the number 3 in the elevator, and then suddenly clicks L. Perhaps, however, this teaser is not about Half-Life 3, and a Left 4 Dead 3.

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