Anti-news: no new Valve titles at E3

In a disappointing piece of anti-news, Valve has stated that they won’t be showing any games at the 2011 E3 event.
Just in case anybody was getting excited about Half-Life 2: Episode 3, no, it still isn’t going to be announced. Valve has sent word that “we are not showing any titles at this year’s [E3] show.”
I guess when you’ve already released the rather superb Portal 2 (read our review here) you think you can just sit back and relax for the rest of the year. Is that it, Valve? IS IT? Well … fair enough I suppose.
Unless this is all just a confusing double bluff, of course. But it probably isn’t.
Image taken from Portal 2.