/v/ the infamous 4chan video games board, went to Valve headquarters for Gabe Newell’s birthday on November 3rd. Following some not so important stuff like a giant birthday card, a life sized TF2 crate, and Gabe Newell having to pay $2.50 to get the key for it, there followed a casual 52 minute Q and A session.
Skip to about 6:10 for the exchange between fans and Gabe Newell about the new Engine.
This doesn’t come as a surprise, as over the summer, people found reference to ‘Source 2’ in the Source Film Maker files, however it is nice to have official confirmation about a new game engine.
Speculation on the subreddit /r/games seems to think Half life 3 will be the debut game, as Half Life showed off Goldsrc, and Half Life 2 showed off Source.
-From the Room of Alex_N