According to reports surfacing from Europe, an NDA contract was impressively ignored during a recent trip to Seattle, with the Swedish edition of the gaming magazine Gamereactor taking one on the chin.
The magazine claims Gabe Newell, Valve boss and chief Half-Life evangelist, told its reporters that Half-Life 3 planning was well underway and that the lead character will be female sidekick and CG rear of the year Alyx.
There will also be a complete explanation of the alien involvement in the series, according to the magazine.
As to how log it takes the famously litigious Valve to screw Gamereactor to the wall remains to be seen.