The XBone is not "going backwards" from 360 by any stretch of the imagination. It didn't have a battery meter at launch...so what, they fixed it.

I wonder if the automatic HD space management will still be an option. I know it's weird, but I actually liked the idea of not having to think about how much space I have before installing a new game.

tell that to EA before they launch another battlefield game XD

It's amazing to me that people re willing to put up with going backwards, in terms of features, from one console to the next and allowing companies to just patch in stuff that really should have been there from day one.

Woo I can finally see that I have less than 30% of storage space left! And it's funny how battery indicator is something they have to highlight in an update

Those aren't "Incredibly small cars..."

"Polygons and broken dreams" is my new favorite videogame elitist phrase.

we've come to a point in time where people start asking about L4D instead of HL3. youngsters has never heard of that thing half life - and nobody tells thema about it. what up-

During an intoxicated haze a few nights ago, I postulated that Valve is going to release a game some time in the future, simply titled 3. And its going to tie everything together.

I'm aware that L4D3 may well be on the cards, but I think Jason was making a joke about that fact that most people will be asking for information on a different franchises third instalment.

People should also not ask when the game comes out, but if they're currently working on it. Because, like Andrew Hendry said, if we ask for the date we could not get anything.

No no, I appreciate that. And I understand that he doesn't HAVE to tell us anything as if we are somehow entitled to it. My comment was really just to show that asking the question doesn't guarantee info on the game.

actually l4d3 is rumored to be the launch title for Source 2. It's fairly easy to make. Director AI is written already, zombie AI is written (for the most part). It's a good way to test the stability of an engine with a bunch of ai controlled entities and 8 player multiplayer

Well, to be fair, he isnt promising any satisfying answers.

"Where's Left 4 Dead 3? hahahahahaha.

Newell's discretion! Also, the high-interest questions tend to bubble up to the top of the AMA. I imagine he'll have to say SOMETHING about the game everyone wants to hear about. (Alien Swarm 2)

The $500,000 question:

I hope he gets spammed with requests for Half Life 3. Seriously, I hope every single question is "When are we getting Half Life 3?" Forget HL3 itself, I just want to see Gabe's reaction.

So Newell has agreed to participate in one of Reddit's greatest services, the frankly-titled Ask Me Anything. Once his charity hits $500,000 in hospital donations—which should be easy, considering this is Gabe Newell and the Internet—he'll let anyone ask him questions about life, the universe, and Half-Life.