Half Life 2: Episode 3 to No Show E3

Sadly, the next installment of Half Life franchise won’t be making an appearance at E3. According to Doug Lombardi, instead of Half Life 2: Episode 3, Valve will be hosting a playable version of Left 4 Dead in their private suite.

EA’s E3 2008 Lineup Revealed

IGN has EA’s E3 2008 line-up. Many big titles including Crysis: Warhead and Mirror’s Edge will be making an appearance.

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC, PS3, X360)
• Crysis Warhead (PC)
• Dead Space (PC, PS3, X360)
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PC, PS3, X360)
• Mirror’s Edge (PC, PS3, X360)
• Skate It (Wii)
• Spore (PC)
• The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (PC, PS3, X360)
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)

Team Fortress 2 - Unlockable Weapons Update

One of the Steam forum members sent an e-mail to Valve complaining about Pyro’s weakness and how the recently announced overhealer feature would make it even harder for pyros. Well, Valve got back at him with this response:

Sorry for the super late reply on this one. I’m getting a ways behind in my email right now.Thanks a bunch for the long & detailed feedback. It’s always great to get feedback with this amount of time & thought put into it. We’re still thinking about the relationship between the Pyro & the core combat classes, in particular that of the Pyro & the Soldier. We’ve tried a couple of things in our internal playtests, but haven’t found anything we like enough to ship yet. The recent update to the flamethrower with the audio cue played when you’re hitting an enemy seems to have been a good step.

No details on the Pyro’s unlockable weapons yet, sorry. We’re still focusing on the Medic, and the underlying system. Your fire axe will be happy to hear that the Overhealer didn’t work out as well as we wanted it to, and won’t be making an appearance.

Robin.

No clear date is set regarding the release of the new unlocks and achievements.