Valve's Gabe Newell confirms work on new game engine, still won't answer your Half-Life 3 queries

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/11/valve-gabe-newell-source-engine-2/

"So what do you wanna know about that's not Half-Life 3?" Valve president Gabe Newell, laughing, asks a crowd of 4chan members who recently visited the Washington-based studio. The group's first question, however, was just as worthwhile. What's up with that supposed new game engine? "We've been working on new engine stuff for awhile," Newell says. It's tough to hear what he says next, but it sounds like, "We'll probably just roll it out in one of our games" (subtitles of the video read: "We've just been waiting for a game to roll it out with&quot . Thankfully, a followup question directly addresses Newell's ambiguity. "Is it going to be more than just an update to Source [Valve's first game engine]? Is it an entirely new engine?" the 4chan member asks, which Newell directly (and concisely) responds to with a simple, "Yeah." See the full back-and-forth beyond the break.

[Ohio Joe]

1. heh, I think that comes pretty close to trolling 4chan...

Not the best idea

[Occulus]

3. I didn't think of it that way, but

[qazplm]

2. dont know why they are being so secretive about HL3

I got it for awhile, build up desire, but at this point, they've actively angered folks who would otherwise willingly spend money on their stuff, so I don't get why they just don't say, hey not working on it right now, may not come out anytime soon, or we are working on it, but it will be awhile because we want to do it right.

Nothing that ties them down, but still gives the fans an idea of whether it is coming or not.