A gallery of photos posted on Reddit, taken at a tour of Valve‘s studios has revealed evidence that Left 4 Dead 3 is in development. It also shows that there is a next generation game engine, Source 2 also on the way.
The photo in question is of a monitor with a list of actions on it, and partway down a line says:
[Source 2] Restored L4D3’s devtest unit test. Ran locally 6 times without an assert. There may be so…
The success of the multiplayer zombie Left 4 Dead series makes a sequel very likely, although Valve have not confirmed it is happening. Valve’s Source engine has been around since 2004, and has brought us many classic games, like Half-life 2, the Portal and Left 4 Dead games and much more.
While many people will be excited about the possibility of a new Left 4 Dead title, it’s not the 3 that Valve fans are waiting for. The question that haunts any mention of Valve is ‘when will Half-life 3 happen?‘ There is still no news about that, but one commenter on Reddit (GAMEchief) posted the interesting idea that Half-life games have always been released alongside new game engines. Half-Life was built on the GoldSrc engine, Half-Life 2 showcased the Source engine – so could Half-Life 3 be coming with Source 2?
That is very speculative at the moment, and it has been so long since Half-Life 2, it could be that a sequel never happens.
[Source: Reddit]