RUMOR: Valve Mailing List Data Revealed

Today some alleged screencaps taken after an exploit was opened in Valve's project management software called Jira spread across the internet. In these screens we see mentions of teams working on the oft-rumored games Half Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3 and a new iteration of Valve's game engine, Source.

Given all the false positives and faked leaks that came before in regards to a potential Half Life 3, I'm choosing to remain skeptical on this until concrete proof is shown. So far we've got the story breaking from the site Valvetime.net (link here) with anonymous sources and claims that Valve has now closed the exploit, leading to advice that one shouldn't even bother trying to get into it.

All of this sounds suspicious to me, but I'll go ahead and post the caps here:

Square-Enix Trademark Leads to Star Ocean Speculation

A trademark filing by Square-Enix has led to rumors that a new Star Ocean game may be on the way.

It is worth noting that this could be anything from a mobile title to a portable re-release of a previous game, so automatically assuming it could be another major large scale sequel is probably not the best idea.

I, for one, am not excited by any of the possibilities. After slogging through the badly designed, incredibly cliched and painfully voiced characters and plot of Star Ocean 3, and seeing enough of the content of Star Ocean 4 to convince me that it was most likely exponentially worse, I truly don't give a shit was this trademark is for.

Although I will admit that I would enjoy the bitter tears if it was another of Square-Enix's Japan-only mobile titles.

Mirror's Edge 2 Sighting Pops Up on EA Site

A few years back the original Mirror's Edge became a cult classic with it's first person parkour and chase mechanics and unique visual style that stood apart from the brown and grey grit of other first person games. Although it received a great deal of love from the audience and sold moderately well, it never reached the level of sales or popularity that a giant mega-publisher like EA would need in order to take up a sequel.

In recent weeks there's been rumors popping up in various places, and even some retail pre-order listings from foreign branches of Amazon.com, of Mirror's Edge 2. Today those rumors seem a great deal more solid as EA's own website briefly had a listing for Mirror's Edge 2 in their help enter before being removed from sight. With E3 beginning in just a few days it seems quite likely we now know one of the game reveals. Let's just hope the game hasn't been altered to appeal to the Call of Duty market and can retain the unique qualities that made the original a favorite amongst people looking for new and interesting approaches to first person games.