We May Know Valve's Big Super Secret
More talk about what Valve plans to reveal.
Recently we reported that Valve Software sent the press an unusual email announcing that the Portal 2 pre-E3 press event was canceled. Instead, Valve would reveal a big surprise that's left many fans and journalists speculating.
Some of us assumed that the company would finally reveal Half-Life 2: Episode 3, the long-awaited installment that feels a bit more like vaporware at this point. However that's not the case--the possibility was shot down by head honcho Gabe Newell.
A mysterious image soon appeared, supposedly from the actual E3 pamphlet. The image sported the Half-Life logo with "Freeman" and "June 14" centered underneath. Newell also nuked any possibilities of what the image would indicate, claiming that it was a fake. Again, we were left wondering just what Valve was up to.
Now rumors have surfaced that Valve will introduce Source Engine 2. An anonymous source said that it's possible Valve will actually show Half-Life 3 running on the new engine, backing up our belief that Valve may have turned Episode 3 into a full-fledged sequel.
Yet if Gordon Freeman isn't part of the June 14 equation, then Valve may simply announce just the engine alone. We tried to get to the bottom of the matter, however Valve has yet to return our emails.
It's reported that Valve's big surprise will not take place before Microsoft (June 14) or Sony (June 15) press conferences. It may be that Valve plans to reveal its surprise at one or both events next week.
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spikey_monkey If it is Source 2 I pray it follows in the footsteps of the first Source engine. In my opinion Source rivals the scalability of Blizzard's creations. It's simply amazing how well my ancient computer could run HL2, CS:S, DoD:S and TF2.Reply -
aznguy0028 Woo! New engine is definitely a win! dunno if it's just me but I'm pretty excited about the possibility of a new CounterStrike (along with HL3 too of course) xDReply -
CoryInJapan HECK YEEAAAAAHHHHHH.I mean this is not a confirmation, but even though they said no episode 3...They never said no source engine 2 or half life 3...Which is what Ive been thinking they were doing for a while now.I hope and almost feel like Im right.Reply
WOOOOT more gordan and a crow bar. =) hopefully -
bikeracer4487 Oh God...that would be awesome beyond words...just thinking about Half-Life 3 put a big, stupid grin on my face...Reply -
Transmaniacon Maybe this is why Portal 2 is not being announced, because doing so would then reveal the new engine...Reply -
Strider-Hiryu_79 If it's Half-Life 3 with source engine 2....that also means new counter-strike too right?Reply