After Left 4 Dead 2 shipped, hopeful souls assumed that Valve would throw all their energy into finishing Half Life 2: Episode Three. Maybe that's true but you shouldn't expect the game anytime soon.

The February 2010 issue of Game Informer states that there won't be a new Half-Life game released in 2010. What's more, it's not even clear what form a new game would take. It could be Half-Life 2: Episode Three or it may be Half-Life 3.

GI makes no mention of Portal, the other series set in the Half-Life universe. In the summer of 2008, Valve put out a casting call for Portal 2 voice actors but we haven't heard a peep about that game since. The designer of the original game, Kim Swift, recently left Valve so we may be a long way from seeing P2 as well.

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Rumor-No-Half-Life-In-2010-22325.html

Isn't this coming to the PC?

Well it would most likely require a Windows operating system still run by MS :P

Tho I'm sure Valve will put out something. A year without any games doesn't seem to be profitable lol.

STEAM makes them money, no?

Valve probably makes shittons more off of Steam than they do off their own games.

I still have to beat Episode 2.

I just played TOB about 4 months ago, so my wait isn't as bad as others. Still, Half Life 2 has done its best to ruin the argument for episodic gaming. This is just a rumor, and sometimes these rumors are put out there to force real information from the devs and pubs. But, truthfully, what evidence is there out there to think HL2:E3 is coming this year?

It only takes 5 hours and is brilliant throughout (much better than ep 1). You should give it a go!

- why in MS forum ?

- who cares about Half-life, right now ?

I'm not sure why, but it's so weird to read a rumor that a game that no one is expecting to come out in 2010 actually won't come out in 2010!

It's Half-Life: millions.