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the time a developer spends 1-2 years coding up their game using the HL2 source, it will be outdated by the time it is released.
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Consider the following: Quake 3 Arena was released to the public on the 21 October, 2000. Almost three years later, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy was released 16 September, 2003. This new game is not outdated.
Gamespot.com gives Jedi Knight a decent rating of 8.4/10. I would hardly consider an 8.4 an "outdated" game.
Sure, the Quake3 engine was done by "code Gods" iD, but then consider that the original Half-life was released 31 October, 1998. James Bond 007: NightFire was released four years later using the Half-life engine, and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is due out next month which also uses the old Half-life engine.
My point is this, the Half-life2 engine is not outdated, and nor will it be for probably the next three or four years. That should allow plenty of time for developers to release great games using the HL2 engine, and trust me they will. Now the only trouble is did the developers pay for rights to use the engine, or did they steal it?