Ever since Portal 2’s Wheatley appeared in a video at the Spike VGAs a couple of weeks back Valve fans have been dissecting it with an almost unnerving enthusiasm. Their conclusion? It contains ever-so-subtle hints saying that Half Life 3’s announcement is imminent. Unfortunately that’s not true, according to Valve writer Chet Faliszek.
“You are being trolled. There is no ARG. Wheatley’s speech was set in Portal 2 fiction — that is all. There has been no directive from Gabe to leak anything. That is all false. I just want to say this so there is no confusion. This is the community trolling the community nothing more. While it is nice to see people excited about anything HL, I hate seeing people be trolled like this.”
This isn’t to say that Half Life 3 isn’t going to be announced in the foreseeable future, only that fans might be looking into these things a little too closely.
…or is that simply what Valve want us to think?
