And so the speculation continues! The other day, we wrote about a Half-Life 2 update that featured Korean audio. It was a mistake according to Valve, and they fixed itābut that didnāt stop fans from freaking out. Now fans found something else that looks suspicious in a different game, Surgeon Simulator 2013.
Earlier today, a neoGAF thread went up with the picture above. If you recall, last Friday, Surgeon Simulator received a Team Fortress 2 related updateāit now allows players to perform surgery on the Heavy. You get access to the item in the picture above after you perform said surgeryā¦and if you look at the bottom right corner, thereās Korean. (Iāve seen people suggest that it says the word ātimeā in there, but if you can read Korean, let us know what you read!)
The Surgeon Simulator developers, meanwhile, seem playful about the puzzle over on Twitter:
So, we hear thereās some puzzle youāre trying to figure outā¦
Weāve contacted them to ask if itās an ARG puzzle of some sort, and if itās related to a Valve productāweāll update if we hear back. For now, popular theories around the web have to do with Half-Life 3 (obviously), a new Team Fortress update, if not something giving a nod to an eventual Steam Summer Sale. What do you think? Do any of these seem likely, or is it just the internet getting out of hand again?
Indeed itās an ARG, but Iām afraid it doesnāt have anything to do with a Valve game. Itās a key piece of an upcoming update to Surgeon Simulator, and the info found there is relevant to the puzzle ā we just had no idea it could have been read in such a broad way to fit so many theories!
Hope this helps, and sorry for the trouble.
Thereās Korean writing in Surgery Simulatorā¦ OMG HALF-LIFE 3 AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!11!1!1! [neoGAF]
