re: Did Valve make any major announcements at E3?

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ust think of Valve and Half Life's relationship like Tool and the concept of a new album. They are few and FAAARRRRR in between

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Nah not really...

Then again, why release a game with a story which pivots off of other titles. Valve needed Portal 2 to be finished in 2011 before even considering the next chapter. Those 2 games are now linked, they are in the same universe and with the borialis from aperture playing the biggest roll in EP3, its writing for 2 games in one now.

The next game will have the Free-Man with some type of current space/time TP device. It won't be handheld, buy some form of one. This is the only tool the combine lacks in taking over every part of this universe and others.