So K3 is due out approximately 2010, then?
(Half-Life 2 involved completely building the best state-of-the-art graphics engine, which took up most of the development time.)
Maybe if they start now, they might be finished planning the game, so that the development might go without too many "planning" delays.
A barbeque cooking hob is good. Outside, in the garden, under a pergola or similar (pavilion, pagoda, hut, summer house, bandstand). Gas powered. Sunshine optional. (I have had many bbqs in the middle of the night, as long as the weather is clement.