Shacknews has an image of an email from Gabe Newell confirming that Erik
Wolpaw is back at Valve almost two years after
leaving
the company as one of the first of a few writers parting ways with the
developer. They also note that Wolpaw's name actually appears in the credits for
Artifact, Valve's just-released virtual card game. There are also posts in the
ValveNewsNetwork Twitter feed
(thanks
Eurogamer) saying they've confirmed the legitimacy of the Newell email.
Erik's credits include
Psychonauts,
Psychonauts 2,
Half-Life 2:
Episode One,
Half-Life 2: Episode Two,
Portal,
Left 4 Dead,
and
Portal 2. There's not much more to this for now, but we imagine this
will respark speculation that one of these days Valve is going to get cracking
on the sequel everyone is hoping for,
Ricochet 2.