Yet again, some keen observers on the Steampowered forums have discovered what may be the first glimpse at anything Half-Life 2: Episode 3 related. This came about after the Alien Swarm Source SDK was released alongside the game over two days ago.
The image, taken by forum member spinky7, shows a few references to a "blob" entity and A.I. hint nodes for it.
Obviously, the speculation is already running rampant. Is this A.I. support for a new enemy in Episode 3? Perhaps something to do with the physics blobs in Portal 2? Perhaps it's just a red herring in which "blob" is just a code word for another NPC within the Half-Life universe that, if revealed, could be spoilerific! Who knows! Well, Valve does, but they certainly aren't talking about Episode 3 yet.
The image, taken by forum member spinky7, shows a few references to a "blob" entity and A.I. hint nodes for it.
Obviously, the speculation is already running rampant. Is this A.I. support for a new enemy in Episode 3? Perhaps something to do with the physics blobs in Portal 2? Perhaps it's just a red herring in which "blob" is just a code word for another NPC within the Half-Life universe that, if revealed, could be spoilerific! Who knows! Well, Valve does, but they certainly aren't talking about Episode 3 yet.