Why the announcement trailer has been deleted?

[valleys]

I've had the official trailer bookmarked since the launch; now unavailable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceJcHUoO734

The video was 4K and I'm afraid that now only inferior re-encodes are available. The full title was "In the Valley of Gods Announcement Trailer".

[Jackalope_908]

That.... is an excellent question. I can't say it bodes well for the implied future of the project.

[Nicholas]

It's been gone for a few months now. At first I thought they could be getting ready to upload a new one. Then I heard that no one is working on ITVOG at the moment. They're all on HLVR.

[valleys]

Here's an archived page: https://web.archive.org/web/20180103015441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceJcHUoO734

[Jackalope_908]

Originally posted by valleys:

Here's an archived page: https://web.archive.org/web/20180103015441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceJcHUoO734

Yeah, but that's not the point. Where's the proof that the game is still an actively pursued project? Taking the trailer down is a step backwards.

[Chunchun]

it's weird. Maybe cancelled?

[Sir Vincent]

Originally posted by Nicholas:

It's been gone for a few months now. At first I thought they could be getting ready to upload a new one. Then I heard that no one is working on ITVOG at the moment. They're all on HLVR.

I am curious? What is HLVR?

[Quake Master]

Originally posted by Hammercorps:

Half-Life VR, I'm fairly sure. It's not confirmed, but it has been rumoured, that Valve is working on a new version of the Vive VR headset and a Half-Life game for it. I don't think it's Half-Life 3, but a prequel of some kind.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG...

*Breathes into paper bag.*

Please let the VR just be an optional feature!

[Arkham99]

if it's the same thing that I'm thinking of, I seem to remember reading a few months back that this trailer was removed due to the licensing of the music having expired... I wouldn't panic for this project is likely just run into a few snags that have set the target release date back a bit... too much has been invested here for them to pull the plug now...:-)

[Habanera]

The devs no longer acknowledge the game: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJmN2c8XkAEBR99?format=jpg&name=large

[Jackalope_908]

Originally posted by Habanera:

The devs no longer acknowledge the game: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJmN2c8XkAEBR99?format=jpg&name=large

Oh, that's not a good sign. The listing is still up in Steam, though.

[Paya, Destroyer of Dr. Pepper]

Originally posted by Habanera:

The devs no longer acknowledge the game: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJmN2c8XkAEBR99?format=jpg&name=large

HERE WE GO AGAIN

[Jackalope_908]

Originally posted by Paya:

Originally posted by Habanera:

The devs no longer acknowledge the game: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJmN2c8XkAEBR99?format=jpg&name=large

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Wouldn't have to go again if we actually had something to go *with*.

[omgitsbees]

game has been canceled. All of the devs that were working on it, that were on Twitter, have removed their involvement with the game.

[Jackalope_908]

Originally posted by omgitsbees:

game has been canceled. All of the devs that were working on it, that were on Twitter, have removed their involvement with the game.

Would it be so hard for them to actually SAY so, though? Stringing us along like this is doing worse for their reputation as a games company than just coming out and admitting that they're moving on from a project they considered to be a non-starter from the beginning.

I tell ya what I think it is: Some new manager put in charge of the budget and eager to score points decided to buy up all the intellectual properties they could, with the expectation of being able to brag "Well, VALVE owns several dozen IPs in development, what have YOU got? </snotty voice>" I don't think there was ever any plan, let alone intention, to actually follow through on DOING that development, it was purely for the bragging. And, that manager having impressed the right people, has moved on, without a second thought to the people affected by this little chess move: Specifically the people *working* on the game (We, as fans-slash-paying customers, are valid too, but less so 'cause our jobs aren't at stake).

I got nothing to back that up with, but it fits the facts, and it's a pattern that's happened before. I'm inclined to keep hype up until someone else can take the ball and run with it, but I haven't got a lot of optimism that that will happen soonish.

[Habanera]

They may get back to it eventually, but looks like it's all hands on deck for Half-Life: Alyx right now.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1196395995388661760