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The maker of Half-Life has once again revealed interest in supporting Wii, this time during a talk at the Game Developers' Conference in San Francisco. Doug Lombardi confirmed that whilst his company's zombie battling game 'Left 4 Dead' would remain as an exclusive for PC and Xbox 360, Nintend's Wii was certainly an intriguing prospect for the team's next project.
He was quoted as saying, "We were really crappy at bringing games to consoles," in reference to how long it took to convert the original Half-Life titles to console formats. He continued by talking about how now Valve has progressed from just supporting PC to doing dual-releases on PC and Xbox 360, but has limited its involvement in the PlayStation 3. He also added some positive comments about Wii:
Could 2008 indeed be the year that we see Valve create something for Wii, or is 2009 a more likely prospect given the general production times? Share your thoughts below...
He was quoted as saying, "We were really crappy at bringing games to consoles," in reference to how long it took to convert the original Half-Life titles to console formats. He continued by talking about how now Valve has progressed from just supporting PC to doing dual-releases on PC and Xbox 360, but has limited its involvement in the PlayStation 3. He also added some positive comments about Wii:
"EA wanted to do Orange Box on PS3 and they handled it. Left 4 Dead isn't coming out on PS3 because we've not had that call. If the phone rang we would have the conversation, certainly, but it hasn't happened.
"If Valve were to develop in-house for another format, it would be the Wii. It's growing, there's already a huge user-base, and it's fun. Source [Valve's main development engine] is really scaleable. We can do that."
"If Valve were to develop in-house for another format, it would be the Wii. It's growing, there's already a huge user-base, and it's fun. Source [Valve's main development engine] is really scaleable. We can do that."
Could 2008 indeed be the year that we see Valve create something for Wii, or is 2009 a more likely prospect given the general production times? Share your thoughts below...
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If they put in the effort, I'll love to see what they can come up with.
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Portal sequel for Wii!
Portal sequel for Wii!
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Yes, Portal would be interesting with the Wiimote.
Value are good at physics too, so hopefully we can have some "true" use of the wiimote to interact with the enviroment rather then button-mapping.Darkflames Favorate Games! - Darkflames Favorate Films! - Darkflames Favorate Foods?!
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that what im thinking, portal for the Wii.
We already knew the origional source engine when hl2 came out would run on the Wii so i cant wait to see what they can out together.
mind you i remember back last year sometime a small company released screen shots of an upcoming wii shoter and it looked like it was running on the source engine now if i coudl just remember what it was called!!!
We already knew the origional source engine when hl2 came out would run on the Wii so i cant wait to see what they can out together.
mind you i remember back last year sometime a small company released screen shots of an upcoming wii shoter and it looked like it was running on the source engine now if i coudl just remember what it was called!!!
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Marco_V said:
mind you i remember back last year sometime a small company released screen shots of an upcoming wii shoter and it looked like it was running on the source engine now if i coudl just remember what it was called!!!
mind you i remember back last year sometime a small company released screen shots of an upcoming wii shoter and it looked like it was running on the source engine now if i coudl just remember what it was called!!!
You're probably thinking of Deadline by Kando Games (I think that's what it's called?).
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online shootemup with proper physics. Like half life 1 did, really cool online gamer.
yeah, that'd rock
yeah, that'd rock
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Some very interesting comments. I wish to see a longer version of portal or a new IP thats a serious game and revolves around physics.
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Portal or TF2, Portal or TF2, Portal or TF2, Portal or TF2...
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Birdo is a tranny it's on wiki!!!
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Portal 2 Portal 2 Portal 2. i want it so bad for the wii right now. it would be cool no doubt about it!!8)
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I dont want all of orange box. at the least, just Portal. or maybe a bigger game. Portal was freaking awesome.
A fail so epic, it may just be a win.
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Difficult one this, because on the one hand I really want to see the Orange Box get released on Wii with some online play in there for good measure. But on the other hand I want to see what Valve can do in terms of a new IP specifically for Wii as it would be great to see what they could come up with given the calibre of the games they have made. 
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*start singing still live* i love to have a wii game from them ^^ lets see what they can do
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There is no way the Wii could support Portal's physics engine, it uses Ageia software to render physics and it has shown to be woefully inadequate by today's standards. It would be a severely reduced game and would not be the same one. Most mid range PCs struggle with some of the content on OB. The very idea that OB could come to the Wii is plain stupid.
Hopefully they will bring a good online game Wii's way, something like Team Fortress 2.
Left 4 Dead is going to rock big time on PC and 360, it's my undoubted tip to be the Online Game Of The Year by a country mile. I cannot wait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSSHqNicKSs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a22lmSFsmkg&feature=related
( Edited 26.02.2008 19:14 by Linkyshinks )
Hopefully they will bring a good online game Wii's way, something like Team Fortress 2.
Left 4 Dead is going to rock big time on PC and 360, it's my undoubted tip to be the Online Game Of The Year by a country mile. I cannot wait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSSHqNicKSs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a22lmSFsmkg&feature=related
( Edited 26.02.2008 19:14 by Linkyshinks )
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"There is no way the Wii could support Portal's physics engine"
Umm, it could easily.
All physics in Portal is solid-body interations, and theres never more then, like 3.
Even the havok-based ragdoll interactions used in Metroid are more complex.
Rendering the "portals" would be more of a challange then the physics nesscery to play portal.
They can be done, but not to so many interations as on other platforms.
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Umm, it could easily.
All physics in Portal is solid-body interations, and theres never more then, like 3.
Even the havok-based ragdoll interactions used in Metroid are more complex.
Rendering the "portals" would be more of a challange then the physics nesscery to play portal.
They can be done, but not to so many interations as on other platforms.
( Edited 26.02.2008 20:27 by Darkflame )
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