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Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKK74Wh-J10

Thanks ashecitism!

 

[Sendou]

That's what I figured.

 

[m1000]

Whoa, really? I thought it was still GoldSource!

 

[Spineker]

Aww yiss. No doubt there are interesting things happening behind the scenes

 

[pupcoffee]

That's gorgeous.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Why is Valve being so cautious? Please just release some footage we wan't to see it I mean, direct footage.

 

[ekim]

Why is Valve being so cautious? Please just release some footage we wan't to see it I mean, direct footage.

Maybe at the Vulkan talk or when they finally update the Steam Universe page.

 

[Chronology]

God, this looks amazing; can't wait to hear more.

 

[Freeman]

Am I missing something or did they announced a new engine without providing us with any video or picture? Such a bummer, that is not the way to announce something like Source 2.

 

[BigTnaples]

The future is so fucking bright.

 

[Big Takeover]

Heh, it seems many tech writers were so transfixed with Vive, they for got to tell us the Aperture demo looked incredible.

 

[Nzyme32]

Why is Valve being so cautious? Please just release some footage we wan't to see it I mean, direct footage.

I think they might be taking their time perhaps, or maybe spacing things out a bit considering all the new stuff.

Seems like a new engine deserves a public demo of its features and capabilities for the sake of developers who want to know if it is worth using.

 

[ashecitism]

Maybe at the Vulkan talk or when they finally update the Steam Universe page.

Yeah, they updated that page from "The Steam Universe is Expanding" to "PC gaming is expanding". Like, VR and (likely) Source 2 go beyond Steam, so maybe we'll get something when they update it.

 

[Nibel]

That's looks pretty good.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Looks very good! Now make hl3,portal 3 and lfd3 with this engine.

 

[Nzyme32]

Am I missing something or they announced a new engine without providing us with any video or picture? Such a bummer, that is not the way to announce something like Source 2.

No your right, that's pretty much what's been happening. I'm guessing maybe the add something to the universe page soon. Well, I hope, because I want to know what it's like

 

[Pop]

That demo looks ace. VR is about to take over.

 

[mhayze]

Heh, it seems many tech writers were so transfixed with Vive, they for got to tell us the Aperture demo looked incredible.

I think it was very broadly covered in all the hands on impressions I've read. Couple of the mainstream sites mentioned it as the "best part" or "saved the best for last" part of the 15-20 min demo each journalist got. One mentioned it as the "least interesting" part, because it was limited interactivity. It was half cut-scene, half playable, which was a let down in a way after the "do whatever you want in the kitchen" segment before it. All of them mentioned that it looked spectacular.

 

[Alienous]

Those materials look amazing.

 

[Ensirius]

That demo looks ace. VR is about to take over.

VR is going to explode on our faces.

Edit: In a good way.

 

[gafneo]

That is how Portal 3 and Half life will look.

 

[Bollocks]

haha valve is desperate to announce source 2 in the light of ue and unity.
they really bumrushed that announcement just to stay relevant or so they hope.

 

[Spineker]

This is what Valve were waiting for, a new, exciting form of entertainment to build their games around.

 

[Orayn]

Really love the overall look of this engine, lighting is ace.

 

[ZombieFred]

haha valve is desperate to announce source 2 in the light of ue and unity.
they really bumrushed that announcement just to stay relevant or so they hope.

Why'd you say that?

 

[Social]

Sssssuper!

 

[FACE]

haha valve is desperate to announce source 2 in the light of ue and unity.
they really bumrushed that announcement just to stay relevant or so they hope.

I don't think Valve needs to do anything to "stay relevant"

 

[SomTervo]

Can anybody post a gif from this video? On phone and cant look at whole video

 

[fluffydelusions]

I'll take 3 of them

 

[NumberThree]

Heh, it seems many tech writers were so transfixed with Vive, they for got to tell us the Aperture demo looked incredible.

Yeah, I was expecting something around the level of Portal 2 considering no one mentioned the graphics.

 

[Bollocks]

Why'd you say that?

"hey guys we're working on an engine too"
silence

 

[ZombieFred]

"hey guys we're working on an engine too"
silence

Very presumptions to think like something that directive and how Valve isn't like the other two technological teams, considering they go more directly to the customers than studios for the majority of their profit, no? Just look at their business model.

 

[Orayn]

"hey guys we're working on an engine too"
silence

This isn't a sudden act of desperation, Valve has been working on Source 2 for a while now to remove some of the more grievous limitations of the Source Engine.

 

[Lemonte]

SPOILER ALERT... Soooo that gameplay clip is from Portal 3, right? Not just tech demo.

 

[KojiKnight]

This isn't a sudden act of desperation, Valve has been working on Source 2 for a while now to remove some of the more grievous limitations of the Source Engine.

This... I guess someone has never heard of 'valve time'...

 

[Sendou]

SPOILER ALERT... Soooo that gameplay clip is from Portal 3, right? Not just tech demo.

No.

 

[nilbog21]

Portal 3 in VR confirmed

 

[Woody Invincible]

Valve will be be god-tier once again. We will be getting the 'vr box' with all games inside ending with 3.

 

[georly]

Portal 3 in VR confirmed

That's basically what this is implying to me. *THAT* is a system seller, for sure.

 

[Helznicht]

That's basically what this is implying to me. *THAT* is a system seller, for sure.

Slow Down. The Spoiler Alert is likely because the viewers could actually try the demo on the show floor, the video spoils that live demo.

 

[Nzyme32]

"hey guys we're working on an engine too"
silence

That doesn't really make sense, mostly since we already knew that the Source 2 engine would have to have an announcement in the early part of this year because of the changes that are set to take place for Dota 2, and the content pretty much drying up for the past half year, with that reasoning given publicly

 

[EVIL]

Those materials look amazing.

PBR materials man.. Loved the look of the Brushed metal, so sexy

 

[twobear]

Why aren't Valve showing anything? Feels very much like a paper launch. Maybe Source 2 just isn't ready for the primetime yet.

 

[Wreav]

Goodness that looks good, even in a low fidelity youtube.

 

[twobear]

It does look good but the low quality video makes it so difficult to tell. I'm sure that Portal 2 would look pretty fucking amazing with quality that low too.

 

[Byron Bluth]

Video finally!

So pumped. Please announce a game with all this already!

 

[low-G]

There are going to be some interesting virtual reality applications in several years to be sure

 

[jediyoshi]

Why aren't Valve showing anything? Feels very much like a paper launch. Maybe Source 2 just isn't ready for the primetime yet.

Probably just no point in hiding it anymore. For all the programming talks they did, it'd probably be silly for them to be forced to avoid alluding the fact that it was coinciding with another engine.

 

[Nzyme32]

Why aren't Valve showing anything? Feels very much like a paper launch. Maybe Source 2 just isn't ready for the primetime yet.

I'm hoping they explain it and demo it in some videos soon via the universe page, which remains pretty much empty and just says - stay tuned for news this week http://store.steampowered.com/universe/

 

[ashecitism]

haha, Leadbetter described it as almost Pixar-esque CG quality