This 'ARG' won't amount to anything, will it?
>>322401165
Of course not
We’ll see in a couple days.
>>322401165
i doubt it
nobody cares about christmas anymore
The ARG better be good, because the sale fucking sucks.
>>322401892
still miles above the last winter sale. That a lot more boring.
also, ignoring OP's image which is obviously a coincidence, the ARG is most likely related to the Vive / some VR game / Stars of Blood
>>322401165
half life fans who still have hope for hl3 must be the biggest cucks of all
you're worse than anthony burch
>>322401892
reddit just figured out it was all about the red herring badge
shows over
>>322402398
>you will never be Anthony Burch or wait for HL3
>>322402543
At least I got a new badge out of it.
That's something.
3% off steam controllers
Has any ARG EVER amounted to anything?
It'll just be another badge
Wasn't it just the badge?
That's pretty stupid lmao.
BULLET HELL
>>322402543
Disappointing.
>>322404189Portal 2
>>322405729
>play shitty indie games to unlock P2 an hour early
Sure amounted to a lot
>>322405895
Console owners got pissy as fuck.
>>322404189
>Has any ARG EVER amounted to anything?
>>322405895
Dude the answer to your question is definitely yes, there is no question about this. And besides, even if it was a no it wouldn't necessarily mean that a future ARG couldn'tor couldlead to something bigger.
>>322402543
>it was all about the red herring badge
impossible. what about the hitman sound file? and the whatever else it was that was never figured out?
>>322407484
>>322402543
What? Steam sale directives literally just discovered a new WAV file
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/store/winter2015/794e2cea991f.wav
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/store/winter2015/794e2cea991f.wav
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/store/winter2015/794e2cea991f.wav
>>322408134
And it was just the bullet hell clue that they already solved without the WAV file.
>>322408314
Steam sale directives already solved all the wav files. They are all literally hints for the red herring badge. What a gyp
>>322408536
>directives
Detectives
>mfw the whole thing was literally a red herring
>mfw valve NEVER EVER'd us
>>322409223
What the fuck does valve even do anymore? They're hardly running steam, they dont fucking make games. It probably took them all of 10 minutes to make this shitty arg. Ive never gone from so much respect for a company to so little
>>322409223
They wouldn't do this if they didn't plan something, right?
>>322409473
Steam
Source 2
Steam Link
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam OS
Steam VR
Updating their current games (TF2, CSGO, Dota 2)
L4D3
Comics
Vulkan
Some unknown projects
Portal 2 ARG was shit. The Killing Floor stuff was fun and I wish they kept GlaDOS as an option for the trader voice but the actual payoff for all the work you had to do wasn't worth it.
I bought Portal 2 on PS3, redeemed the free Steam copy and then sold the PS3 version after doing the couch co-op campaign with a friend.
>all these butthurt redditors cant believe their precious valve would do this to them
https://www.reddit.com/r/steamsaledetectives/comments/3z7h7u/could_this_wav_we_just_found_mean_the_whole_thing/
So, the fuck is this "ARG" thing?
>>322409653
They barley fucking take care of steam (see Christmas hack.) The steam machine/ os are fucking lame desu. They're just betraying their pc community
>updating current games
So designing hats?
>left 4 dead 3
Yah ill believe it when I see it
>>322409838
So, the fuck is this "Google" thing?
>>322410116
its what your mom uses to find her next boyfriend
>>322409838
Learn to google you pathetic faggot. Jesus, its no one elses job to spoon feed you basic information that you find yourself in a few clicks. I fucking hate you special snowflakes who think that the world is supposed to cater to you because you're to fucking precious to do anything yourself. Did your mom type that post up for you?
>>322410067
They don't have to cater to anyone. It's a private company.
>So designing hats?
Dota 2 just got the biggest content update in years. Months before that, they rebuilt the game in an entirely new engine.
>>322410067
The Christmas leak was caused by their caching partner. It got fixed within two hours.
>>322409473
They live in gay bens snack bar eating never ending amounts of big pink cookies
>>322409473
Idk but I live in Redmond. Maybe its time to pay them a visit
>>322410271
But what is it?
>>322411224
It'll end up being an announcement of Half-Life2 Deathmatch Hat Shop
>>322411651
It's obviously gonna beTeam Fortress 2 Pants
>>322409653
Wow, it's fucking nothing
>>322410067
>The steam machine/ os are fucking lame desu. They're just betraying their pc community
quite the opposite, actually. SteamOS is a form of linux, and Steam machines run on SteamOS. Developers are going to want their games on steam machines, so they're going to have to port their games to Linux. Therefore, there will be many more Linux games. This is going to help PC gaming in a major way.
what is it about args that make me get so pumped and at the same time scared
>>322412207
Blah blah blah fuck off gaben
>>322412207
It would if SteamOS didn't gimp any and all natively compatible games that are on it, or if SteamOS wasn't just in general complete shit.
>Developers are going to want their games on steam machines
ok then
>>322411846
>>322412934
dude tag your spoilers
>>322406001
who cares? honestly
>>322409473
They seem to be wanting to work on Source 2 first then make games for it but the fact it took them this long to decide to create a new engine is ridiculous.
>>322411082
Don't go to Redmond tomorrow anon. I'll handle it.
>>322409473
New Valve Game in 2016
>>322412438
Wow calm down
>>322412257
it's exciting and stressful because who knows what's going to happen next?
lel wheres your HL3 pcuck
>>322409473
literally waiting for
>vulkan
>source 2
>VR technology
they want HL3 to use all three, last one optionally
I wonder why no one has mentioned the obvious connection between the barcode 94050999014715, and the "Tomorrow I was going to search again" when the first six numbers of the barcode is a date according to Hitman canon.
There is no way there isn't a connection between what he says in the soundfile and the date 94-05-10.
The ARG unlocks the mystery cards for a new badge and more of the noire story.
That's it.
>>322401892
At least I got Skyrim + all DLC for 12 bucks fiddy.
>>322412257
The prospect of something new excited you but deep down you know it will be fucking nothing which leaves you scared.
>>322402543
Of course reddit solves it while /v/ sits around arguing. Nothing out of the ordinary here.
>>322416554
/v/ doesn't give a shit because valve don't do worthwhile ARGs anymore
>>322416756
Valve's ARGs are better than their actual games at this point. Granted thats because all their recent games are shit, but still.
>>322416756
This.
We all know this ARG was so people would have something to do for the Christmas sale.
I was on the reddit discord and 90% of the people talking had that autistic lisp. It was awful.
>>322415679
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_May_10,_1994
The metonic cycle's next eclipse is 2017/02/26.
probably nothing but could anyone translate the kanjis on the envelope on the right in pic related? the current stage is Ikaruga so who knows
I tried entering it on a kanji draw app but no luck
>>322417176
What is valve most recent game?
>>322418172
DOTA2. The last really good game they made was Half Life 2 Episode 2. Portal 2 was mediocre, TF2 was ruined by its updates, and CSGO and DOTA2 are trash.
>>322418165
That's not fucking kanji you stupid piece of shit.
>>322418561
What wrong with TF2 CSGO and Dota 2?
>>322419050
all plagued with microtransaction bullshit
>>322418757
so what is it?
>>322414336
source 2 is already out, and used in their games
>>322419050
CSGO is the same old game I got tired of a decade ago except now with shitty matchmaking. DOTA2 is a remake of a shitty map from WC3 whose autistically obsessive community destroyed what used to be a vibrant, fantastic custom game scene.
TF2 was a good game because things were predictable, enemies were immediately recognizable thanks to strong silhouettes and all the weapons had very easy to understand properties, after all the shitty updates, its impossible to know anything about what an enemy is capable of due to all the new weapons, even if you are able to recognize the class by the silhouette which has long since been corrupted by shitty hats and cosmetics. TF2 is a prime example of how content updates can hurt a game.
>>322419050
they are popular:^)
>>322418165
Isn't that envelope one of those Chinese New Year money envelopes? The Hanzi or whatever look to be the same as these ones, except the order is reversed.
>Get excited for ARG
>Get disappointed every time
You can be doing ANYTHING with your time other than bother with an ARG, and you'll be able to reap the benefits when the shitty easter egg hunt finally ends.
>>322419905
yep, something will happen in feb.
How would a designer of an ARG feel if, when people managed to get to the end, they all came to the conclusion "this is such an unbelievably shitty ending, there has to be something else we're missing"? You made something so terrible people didn't even want to believe it was real.
