The people at reddit sent an email to Newell, asking him to elaborate. His response? "I can see how the wording caused some confusion there. Yes, we are announcing something with a three in it." We all know that Valve loves to tease their fans, but this is just too much. So many questions can be asked from this statement, and it could apply to so many games: Half Life 3, Portal 3, Left 4 Dead 3, even Team Fortress 3. But does this statement mean only one "three"-related game?
Two websites have emerged: atramental-plateau.com, and black-aperture.com. The "Atramental-plateau" website shows Half Life's Black Mesa logo on a black background, and highlighting the black text underneath the logo reveals "E3 2012." The "black-aperture" website shows only ".../3."
Valve announcing something with a three in it at E3
Player affinity is reporting that Valve will announce a new title at E3 2012. Judging by this statement from Gabe Newell, "Yes, we are announcing something with a three in it,", we can assume this could be Half Life 3, Portal 3, Team Fortress 3 or Left 4 Dead 3.