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Valve confirms work on Source 2 engine
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/12/2012 01:03 PM | 34 comment(s) ]
Valve boss Gabe Newell has confirmed the Half-Life studio is indeed working on a new iteration of its Source Engine reports CAG. Asked by visiting 4chan members if the company is working on 'Source 2', Newell replied (captured in the video below): "We've been working on new engine stuff for a while, we've just been waiting for a game to roll it out with." Asked if that meant an "entirely new engine" rather than a simple extention, the Valve boss replied: "yeah."
Source was introduced with Half-Life 2 in 2004, and has since been tweaked and upgraded with the releases of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Left 4 Dead and Portal 2.
The 'Source 2' news hardly comes as a surprise of course; earlier this year more than 60 references to a "next-gen" engine were discovered in script files behind recently-released Source Filmmaker.
The Counter-Strike developer has previously bragged its engine is "considered the most flexible, comprehensive, and powerful game development environment out there. And it's about to get even better."
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#4452541 Posted on: 11/12/2012 01:06 PM
sounds good. directx scrapped , opengl only ?
sounds good. directx scrapped , opengl only ?
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#4452546 Posted on: 11/12/2012 01:15 PM
And it will all take place on Linux lol.
He does have a lot of hate for windows 8 (I made a little rhyme
).
Or extreme hate towards Microsoft.
And it will all take place on Linux lol.
He does have a lot of hate for windows 8 (I made a little rhyme
).
Or extreme hate towards Microsoft.
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#4452547 Posted on: 11/12/2012 01:16 PM
Could happen some day with the direction Windows is going in now.
sounds good. directx scrapped , opengl only ?
Could happen some day with the direction Windows is going in now.
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#4452551 Posted on: 11/12/2012 01:22 PM
Not the way AMD are going. I installed Linux the other day and now all I am getting is the desktop wallpaper.
I guess one can dream though.
sounds good. directx scrapped , opengl only ?
Not the way AMD are going. I installed Linux the other day and now all I am getting is the desktop wallpaper.
I guess one can dream though.
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#4452571 Posted on: 11/12/2012 01:53 PM
About time... Source with its DX8 roots and mid-level loading pauses was looking seriously dated five years IMHO. Yes, with the right developer it was capable of producing some pleasant looking visuals but they were still far from cutting edge technically. Even Portal 2 was spoilt by unnecessary loading. A DX11 Source 2 engine would be most welcome.
About time... Source with its DX8 roots and mid-level loading pauses was looking seriously dated five years IMHO. Yes, with the right developer it was capable of producing some pleasant looking visuals but they were still far from cutting edge technically. Even Portal 2 was spoilt by unnecessary loading. A DX11 Source 2 engine would be most welcome.
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#4452583 Posted on: 11/12/2012 02:10 PM
Nope
OpenGL Source 2.
GO Gaben!
Nope
OpenGL Source 2.
GO Gaben!
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#4452609 Posted on: 11/12/2012 02:42 PM
Would be about time though. It is now pretty outdated engine.
Would be about time though. It is now pretty outdated engine.
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#4452632 Posted on: 11/12/2012 03:06 PM
Would be good if it was 'compatible' with the current source engine. Definitely won't happen, but imagine having Half Life 2 series being able to be compiled on the new engine (with the SDK available) and be modded like Fakefactory has done with the cinematic mod?
Would be good if it was 'compatible' with the current source engine. Definitely won't happen, but imagine having Half Life 2 series being able to be compiled on the new engine (with the SDK available) and be modded like Fakefactory has done with the cinematic mod?
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#4452801 Posted on: 11/12/2012 06:09 PM
....some kinda of 2 alyx Vance....JOKE...
I think he'll surely do it..... {Gabe is the one who does not bother about game graphics but ; about GAME-PLAY.....}
If SOURCE ENGINE 2 THEN
BET ON HIM
END IF
....some kinda of 2 alyx Vance....JOKE...
I think he'll surely do it..... {Gabe is the one who does not bother about game graphics but ; about GAME-PLAY.....}
If SOURCE ENGINE 2 THEN
BET ON HIM
END IF
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#4452820 Posted on: 11/12/2012 06:24 PM
Man is he one fat bastard, every time a new pic surfaces of him I swear he's 50lbs heavier.
Man is he one fat bastard, every time a new pic surfaces of him I swear he's 50lbs heavier.
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#4452851 Posted on: 11/12/2012 07:04 PM
About time and I hope it's true. Source was great but is at its end for quite some years now, even though it can still look pretty good in the right hands.
Fat or not, he's a billionaire and could easly hire a proffesional trainer/nutritionist any time if he really cared to. It looks like he's happy with himself like this though.
About time and I hope it's true. Source was great but is at its end for quite some years now, even though it can still look pretty good in the right hands.
Man is he one fat bastard, every time a new pic surfaces of him I swear he's 50lbs heavier.
Fat or not, he's a billionaire and could easly hire a proffesional trainer/nutritionist any time if he really cared to. It looks like he's happy with himself like this though.
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#4452902 Posted on: 11/12/2012 07:50 PM
You reckon this guys related to Kim Dot com by any chance? They look the same.
And maybe thats why Mega Upload got taken down. Kim threatend to release Half Life 3 source code to public, so Gabe narked him out to the suits at Hollywood.
Next time on season 3 of Bulls**t in the City.....
EA's MOH hits no.1 on the charts and Id software release's a new game.
You reckon this guys related to Kim Dot com by any chance? They look the same.
And maybe thats why Mega Upload got taken down. Kim threatend to release Half Life 3 source code to public, so Gabe narked him out to the suits at Hollywood.
Next time on season 3 of Bulls**t in the City.....
EA's MOH hits no.1 on the charts and Id software release's a new game.
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#4452924 Posted on: 11/12/2012 08:19 PM
thanks for delaying HL3 even more.
Man is he one fat bastard, every time a new pic surfaces of him I swear he's 50lbs heavier.
thanks for delaying HL3 even more.
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#4452981 Posted on: 11/12/2012 09:33 PM
Ab
Fat or not, he's a billionaire and could easly hire a proffesional trainer/nutritionist any time if he really cared to. It looks like he's happy with himself like this though.
No one should be content looking like that. ESPECIALLY someone who has the means/resources to do something about it. He could be just as lazy and get a procedure done rather than *gasp* diet and exercise. Instead he's huge and paying women with anti-sperm leggings to take pictures with him. Oye.
Brilliant man, but a sloth.
Ab
Fat or not, he's a billionaire and could easly hire a proffesional trainer/nutritionist any time if he really cared to. It looks like he's happy with himself like this though.
No one should be content looking like that. ESPECIALLY someone who has the means/resources to do something about it. He could be just as lazy and get a procedure done rather than *gasp* diet and exercise. Instead he's huge and paying women with anti-sperm leggings to take pictures with him. Oye.
Brilliant man, but a sloth.
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And it will all take place on Linux lol.
He does have a lot of hate for windows 8 (I made a little rhyme