Holy buckets filled with VATS. I wonder what Valve will say about this. Seeing that they are launching the new L4D, I doubt they will be easy to buy. Another EA buys Rockstar scenario.

Well, it'll be another Great to add to the collection. I don't mind what happens, as Valve will continue as normal, and Zenimax will support them, but not overly.

If Bethesda's TES:V schedule and VALV^E's HL2:Ep3 schedule are in any way allowed to mingle...

My calculations show that no new games will come out of either of those companies for eight and a half eons.

Hm. I'm imagining the Heavy in Fallout 3. I need to change my pants.

so maybe they'll actually develop for more than just m$ systems and give up excuses of "not having the man power" or something equally as bad

Interesting. At least they're not being purchased by Disney.

Any compromises to Valve's game quality would make me sad ):

it better not change steam...

Valve's big enough to look after itself now. I don't think they'll get bought out.

A-hahahahaa, no. Valve are rich - even without Left 4 Dead, Portal, Half-Life 1/2/Episodes, etc, etc, they also own the Steam service, so are probably worth MORE than ZeniMax.

cleverlymadeup:
so maybe they'll actually develop for more than just m$ systems and give up excuses of "not having the man power" or something equally as bad

I like your thinking, but Bethesda was a little Harry on the Fallout 3 DLC.... that is if you're pointing toward the PS3.

I don't like this.. at all. =[

No.
No
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I shall not allow it!

... 10 bucks on it being fake

The thought of something like Fallout 3 with Valve's character animation and humour is..Wait. I'm getting ahead of myself.

So...they just want it for Half-Life? That's just like eating only the syrup from ice blocks, you aren't getting the WHOLE experience.

I would imagine that Valve has more than enough lucre-bucks to not even need to consider this.

Interesting, but worrying. I'm sceptical.

No! They'll both just backhand us PS3 owners give us nothing but table scraps.

I was under the impression that VALVe had enough disposable income to purchase the moon at this point.

HardRockSamurai:
Interesting. At least they're not being purchased by Disney.

I would no dought kill myself if that happend

Really? I thought Valve was swimming in money...

cleverlymadeup:
so maybe they'll actually develop for more than just m$ systems and give up excuses of "not having the man power" or something equally as bad

You abbreviate Microsoft's name with a dollar sign like they're the only company around that's all about the money...

Hilarious.

Especially when you seem to imply that Sony and Nintendo, of all companies, are better...

Doug:
A-hahahahaa, no. Valve are rich - even without Left 4 Dead, Portal, Half-Life 1/2/Episodes, etc, etc, they also own the Steam service, so are probably worth MORE than ZeniMax.

That's more or less what I was thinking, though I'm not really sure how big ZeniMax is outside of games... Anyone care to go dig up some real data?

I hope to christ that they don't.

The only thing that could come of ZeniMax having control over half-life is that they ruin the series completely, as Bethesda did with Fallout.

Great, now Valve can cater to the fucking idiots who buy every Release of Madden. Soon we will be looking at Half-Life 18: Episode 37 and it will suck balls.

Johnn Johnston:
If Bethesda's TES:V schedule and VALV^E's HL2:Ep3 schedule are in any way allowed to mingle...

My calculations show that no new games will come out of either of those companies for eight and a half eons.

So...3 eons before DNF? ;)

No no no.

I doubt its true (and even if it was Valve would never allow themselves to be bought by someone), but there needs to be competitiveness.

As long as valve doesn't get worse in the end.

Maybe we can get a mix of fallout and half life, a free open world where you play as a rebel trying to overthrow the combine, but i didn't like fallout that much so i probably wouldn't like it, and with all the money I've spent on steam, Valve better be rich.

Desert Tiger:
Hm. I'm imagining the Heavy in Fallout 3. I need to change my pants.

in a good way or bad?
because I can't think o anything better than that

I thought Valve had enough money to buy a small Space Shuttle. Valve are probably worth more than ZeniMax.

Doubt it.