Possible Half-Life Reveal

[MarsProbe]

Anyway, with a bit of digging, looks like this pic has managed to get the Tomb Raider [http://www.vg247.com/2010/11/12/rumor-next-game-informer-cover-art-teases-next-lara-croft-game/] rumour machine churning. Whether you think that's a good thing or not is up to you.

Edit: sod it, lost half the post then managed to goof up the quote tags....

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. It was supposed to be icy. If it were Half-Life... it would be a stretch.

 

[AfroTree]

My friend, you haven't kept up too well.

THAT is the Borealis.

you know..
i dont keep up with the lore..

but why does that look as if it was put in there?

and made to stay?

i thought it was 'portal'd' into there?


and..


it wont be

but does that sun, seem just a little too bright?

 

[subject_87]

Well, if I'm not mistaken, that's pretty much the same font as the one from the Portal 2 logo. You never know...

On a side note, I hope that Ep. 3 changes up the arsenal that we've been using since HL2 (But the gravity gun stays, no questions asked).

 

[thiosk]

I can't figure out how "a survivor is born" fits into the half-life franchise...

unless they're talking about the 8.5 lb anomaly named Lamarr that went up in the rocket!!!

 

[oplinger]

I can't figure out how "a survivor is born" fits into the half-life franchise...

unless they're talking about the 8.5 lb anomaly named Lamarr that went up in the rocket!!!

I was thinking that exact same thing.

 

[Anarchemitis]

I'm not an expert on Half-Life lore, but wasn't the Borealis supposed to be located in some arctic setting? Like, frozen to the side of an ice-cliff and all that jazz?

It'd be nice if it really were an announcement, but this image doesn't say much.

Valve has not disclosed anything regarding the Borealis since the concept art.
Since it was concept art, how Ep3 could actually be right now may have deviated very far from what initial concepts may have indicated.

I can't figure out how "a survivor is born" fits into the half-life franchise...

Since the Suppression Field's down, pregnancy and child-bearing would then be possible in the Half Life universe. If a child was born, it would be the first one in decades, a la Children of Men.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Anyway, with a bit of digging, looks like this pic has managed to get the Tomb Raider [http://www.vg247.com/2010/11/12/rumor-next-game-informer-cover-art-teases-next-lara-croft-game/] rumour machine churning. Whether you think that's a good thing or not is up to you.

Edit: sod it, lost half the post then managed to goof up the quote tags....

Seems much more likely than episode 3 but it's still pure speculation.
Also, thanks for the link but wtf to that website? It's reason for the ad being for Tomb Raider is

It says "A Survivor is Born" in the ad posted in the magazine, and there's a website up with the same name

What kind of troll logic is that?

I can't figure out how "a survivor is born" fits into the half-life franchise...

unless they're talking about the 8.5 lb anomaly named Lamarr that went up in the rocket!!!

No, it's definitely talking about the garden gnome.

 

[soren7550]

No! If Valve put it off for long enough, eventually people would stop caring aboot episode 3 and they could abandon it preventing any further damage to gaming from the franchise.

Silly canook, this is the Half Life series and Valve we're talking about here. There will never be a world where people will as a collective whole stop caring about either.

And as stated before, the one of two (I believe) released concept art images for Ep 3 show the Borealis stuck in ice, and in Ep 2 it's been stated that it's somewhere stuck in the arctic. The ship in the OP clearly isn't.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

It COULD also be a reveal for more info on resistance 3. If not, then I doubt its anything half-life related.

 

[Aenir]

It is in no way related to anything Half-Life.

 

[subject_87]

...And, you know, that could very well be water in the Arctic. It's hard to tell from one pic, though.

 

[someotherguy]

I invite you to look to whois.

http://whois.domaintools.com/asurvivorisborn.com

Go to site profile, or sites hosted on that server.

Nothing relating to half life, sadly, considering reverse IP points to 2012, and half life is well. Not at that time, right?

 

[loremazd]

Using this logic, this is a trailer for half life 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM.

 

[subject_87]

It COULD also be a reveal for more info on resistance 3. If not, then I doubt its anything half-life related.

Yeah, but Game Informer just did a story on Resistance 3, and it seems unlikely that they'd cover the same game twice in a row.

 

[GoldenMech]

Valve has their hands full with Portal 2 and they recently announced DOTA 2. I have a feeling this might not be referring to Ep3. But whatever it turns out to be, it sounds interesting.

 

[Polaris19]

Sadly my friend this has nothing to do with Half-Life.

We will be in the dark for a little while longer (and most likely longer).

 

[someotherguy]

Valve has their hands full with Portal 2 and they recently announced DOTA 2. I have a feeling this might not be referring to Ep3. But whatever it turns out to be, it sounds interesting.

They've been expanding a hell of a lot recently though, haven't they? New office, more job requests.

 

[xqxm]

Sequel to Cryostasis.

Prove me wrong.