Vargras Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) We all knew it was coming. The Source engine is pretty damn old now, at over 10 years -- that's impressive, especially given how quickly game engines can show their age. Source was already pretty robust and got frequent updates, but it doesn't make this announcement surprising at all. Valve announced the Source 2 engine, the successor to the Source engine used in Valve's games since the launch of Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2. "The value of a platform like the PC is how much it increases the productivity of those who use the platform. With Source 2, our focus is increasing creator productivity. Given how important user generated content is becoming, Source 2 is designed not for just the professional developer, but enabling gamers themselves to participate in the creation and development of their favorite games," said Valve's Jay Stelly. "We will be making Source 2 available for free to content developers. This combined with recent announcements by Epic and Unity will help continue the PCs dominance as the premiere content authoring platform." It's also worth noting that the few times Valve has talked about Half-Life 3, technology not being advanced enough for what they want to do has been mentioned. So hey, Source 2 might mean that finally happens. This also means that Unreal Engine 4 and Source 2 will be completely free to developers, and CryEngine is already fairly cheap. And yet, Unity3D still has a price tag. Edited March 4, 2015 by Vargras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymerc Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Oh joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenousPartyLibrarian Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I thought everyone already knew that Source 2 was coming. And that Half Life 3 was coming with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-FV-Runehawk Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I thought everyone already knew that Source 2 was coming. And that Half Life 3 was coming with it. That's quite the blatant generalization. "Everyone" refers to a fair number of people. OP: Thanks for the heads-up. Will be following the news on this for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaSnipe11 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) It's already been announced. We've had source 2 development tools for 6+ months XD Edited March 4, 2015 by NinjaSnipe11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I thought everyone already knew that Source 2 was coming. And that Half Life 3 was coming with it. mmm, i thought this was common knowledge.VALVe has implied that this is the case anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-Taco-the-Great Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I was actually hoping HL3 was going to be announced... On the third month, the third day and at 3 o clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefPlays Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Valve announced the Source 2 engine, the successor to the Source engine used in Valve's games since the launch of Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2. "The value of a platform like the PC is how much it increases the productivity of those who use the platform. With Source 2, our focus is increasing creator productivity. Given how important user generated content is becoming, Source 2 is designed not for just the professional developer, but enabling gamers themselves to participate in the creation and development of their favorite games," said Valve's Jay Stelly. "We will be making Source 2 available for free to content developers. This combined with recent announcements by Epic and Unity will help continue the PCs dominance as the premiere content authoring platform." This combined with recent announcements by Epic and Unity will help continue the PCs dominance as the premiere content authoring platform." PCs dominance #PCMasterRace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouHaveShamedYoFamory Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Pc master race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7grims Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 lame, no one has screamed yet: hl3 confirmed! xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyenasaurus Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 But if half life 3 is made what will we do annoying meme jokes about!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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