Direct off the VERC site: New HL2 Movie

http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?news=1063319154-65935800

Chris 'autolycus' Bokitch
Proving that life goes on outside of Steam, Doug Lombardi sent me a short note about the Source DirectX 9.0 effects trailer. It's out. (I said short, didn't I?) Doug writes,

This short trailer shows some of the DX9-specific effects possible in Valve's Source engine, the same engine used to power the upcoming Half-Life 2.

Specifically shown in this trailer:

High-dynamic range rendering (for rendering realistic outdoor scenes, produces glows and saturated colors in bright areas of the scene).

Bump-mapped characters (containing both diffuse + reflective bumpmapping, DX8 only has reflective bumpmapping).

Soft shadows.

This is a very impressive movie.  Awesome.  Check it out!!