Valve’s major first-person franchise Half-Life is well due for another installment. There are hints that the rumored Half-Life 3 is coming, and with it, a new edition of Valve’s Source engine. Coders have found references to Source 2 in recent Valve releases, lending credence to the idea that Valve has evolved their game-making software. Of course, the best way to show off a new engine would be with a new game… VG24/7 has the story.
This is all just speculation, of course, until Valve says something one way or the other. Given the huge number of games that run on the Source engine, a new version of the software would signal a great change in game design across the industry. Oh, and that Half-Life 3 thing, that too.