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Report: Half-Life 3 Trademark Listing Was A Hoax

disappointment

by Ben Reeves on October 04, 2013 at 08:17 PM

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Earlier in the week, news circulated about a trademark listing for Half-Life 3, which had been filed in the Trade Marks and Designs Registrations Office of the European Union website, leading many to believe that an announcement for the game would soon follow. It seems that the news of Half-Life 3's coming was greatly exaggerated.

Valvetime.net was able to confirm that the Half-Life 3 trademark has been removed from the Trademarks and Design Registration Office of the European Union's website. A Portal 3 trademark, filed on October 2, is also likely a fake. Let this be a lesson to all of us that we should never get excited about anything; you're only setting your heart up for pain.

[Source: Valvetime.net]

Our Take
This is certainly disappointing news for fans of the series who have already been waiting years for news of another Half-Life title. Sadly, it looks like we'll just have to wait a bit longer. Still this doesn't mean that Valve isn't still busy at work on Half-Life 3 right now. We don't know who was behind this fake trademark stunt, but they just pulled one epic senior prank.

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Filed under: News, Valve, steam, trademark, fake, disappointment, Half-Life 3, registration, EU, european union

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by sthomson93 Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:33 PM

I've never even played any Half-Life games (although I did watch Dan's Super Replay) and I'm disappointed by this.
by vandridine Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:35 PM

Its for the best, there is no way it can live up to the hype
by ShamMD Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:35 PM

Somehow I just know 4chan is behind this.
by Eternal Enigma Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:37 PM

What of the database leak? Was that part of this stunt?
by reidloS doG Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:37 PM

You think this is painful, you should go to reddit DayZ and see what those crazy hats (including myself) are going through.
by new traditionalist Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:38 PM

well duh.
by tradesmith03 Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:40 PM

Haha
by SOG HALO7263 Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:41 PM

The guys behind this are probably high-fiving each other right now. They certainly executed it well.
by Rebel_Colt45 Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:42 PM

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Sad face.
by Slender Man Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:43 PM

I don't think HL3 exists, or if it has, it has been cancelled. I think we all should give up hope of it ever releasing.
by CalamityNess Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:43 PM

***. Just ***.
by TheVengeance Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:43 PM

Its not happening
by Gorow the Maverick Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:45 PM

Guys persona 5 got legitimately registered and is way better than half-life anyway
by The_Spaz Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:47 PM

Oh man I am laughing so hard now. Going to take this article and slap a friend of mine in the face with it tomorrow. Can't wait to see the water works/
by alphablack Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:48 PM

well that pisses me off. valve has already waited to long for this game i already cant wait for it and now this happens...wtf
by Hawke Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:51 PM

I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe.
by zakmaster1022 Friday, October 04, 2013 at 08:52 PM

This really ticks me off. I now don't care about any HL3 news unless it comes straight from Valve. I still don't understand why it's taking them this long though.
by Umair2012 Friday, October 04, 2013 at 09:01 PM

What about Half Life team reveal in Valve's internal database leak .
by Aracella Friday, October 04, 2013 at 09:09 PM

Totally called it. Sorry guys.
by Piggae Friday, October 04, 2013 at 09:10 PM

Activision will make a quality game, and then proceed to make sequel after sequel until people seem to be sick of that franchise. Valve has the opposite issue; giving us a taste of something great, then moving on to a new project. Whether or not these are good issues: that's not up to me to decide for everyone.