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Half Life 3 Concept Art

14 June, 2014 - creatil | 0 Comments

Counter-Strike creator Minh Le has been talking to goRGNtv about Valve's most anticipated projects. He's seen artwork of Valve's next Half-Life game, and more of Left 4 Dead 3, which has been rumoured since the Valve database leak late last year.

"I don't know if I can talk about that, to be honest," says Minh of the new Half-Life, "but I think it's kind of public knowledge that people know that it is being worked on. And so if I were to say that yeah, I've seen some images, like some concept art of it, that wouldn't be big news, to be honest." Sorry Minh.

"But yeah, I guess I could say that I did see something that looked kinda like in the Half-Life universe. It wouldn't surprise anyone if I said they're doing it, they're working on it, yeah. So to go on a limb I'd say I did see some concept art for Half-Life 3."

Minh doesn't sound entirely sure, there. The artwork could have been for Half-Life 2: Episode 3, which Valve promised a long, long time ago. Everyone assumes that Valve have dropped the episodic structure to start a full sequel, but Valve have never commented on those specifics. Gabe Newell has repeatedly confirmed that Valve are still working on Half-Life, though, sometimes in code.

Valve haven't talked officially about Left 4 Dead 3, however. "The one thing I'm really excited about is Left 4 Dead, the new Left 4 Dead," says Minh Le. "I saw it, it looks great. I was really excited when I saw that. I was like 'wow, this looks great'.

"I really enjoyed Left 4 Dead, it was just one of those games that really just changed the industry. I think at the time there wasn't many good co-op games, so it was like yeah, this is a great co-op game."

Mihn Le left Valve years ago, so it's not clear when he saw the work he's talking about in this interview, recorded last week. He was hired by Valve to work on Counter-Strike, but he left in the late 2000s to work on Tactical Intervention. Valve, meanwhile, are also supposedly working on a new iteration of the Source engine. Will L4D3 take advantage of that new tech? Will we learn more at E3 next month?

Left 4 Dead 3 In Development

14 June, 2014 - creatil | 0 Comments

Ever since Valve wrapped up Left 4 Dead 2 a few years ago for Xbox 360, fans have been wondering when they could kill a whole bunch of zombies again with their friends. According to a former employee of the company, it's may not be too far off.

Minh Le, the co-creator of Counter-Strike, spoke with goRGNtv about various subjects, but did confirm that he caught the third chapter of the zombie killing series in action. "It wouldn't be any news if I said yes, I saw it. It looks great."

"So I was really excited when I saw that. I was like, 'Wow, this looks great.' I really enjoyed Left 4 Dead," he continued. "It was just one of those games that really changed the industry because I think at the time there weren't too many good co-op games, so it was like, 'Yeah, this is a great co-op game.'"

That does leave a question of who's developing it, as the team that formerly worked on that series, Turtle Rock Studios, has since taken on the new Evolve project for 2K Games. Le offered no hints.

However, when it came to Half-Life 3, he did let by a little teaser. "There's like a laser sight on my head right now," he stated. "I don't know if I can talk about that, to be honest. I think it's kind of public knowledge that people know that it is being worked on.

"So if I were to say I've seen some images, like some concept art of it, that wouldn't be big news. But I guess I could say that I did see something that looked like kind of like in the Half-Life universe. It wouldn't surprise anyone if I said, 'Yeah, they're working on it.' So, I mean, to go out on a limb, I would say yeah, I did see some concept art for Half-Life 3. Somebody's knocking on my door right now (laughs), it seems like old news. I think everyone kind of knows that it's being worked on."

For the time being, Le has turned attention to his latest project, a free-to-play shooter for Steam called Tactical Intervention.