Cue a brand new batch of “Half-Life 3 confirmed” memes. The most recent rumor surrounding Valve’s long-awaited subsequent installment within the Half-Life sequence claims that the sport is presently “playable, end-to-end” and will even be introduced in the summertime, adopted by a launch in winter of this yr. The hypothesis comes from Tyler McVicker, who’s identified for reporting on Valve rumors, throughout his newest Q&A livestream. Based on McVicker, the sport is presently playable from starting to finish, which he guesses may put it on monitor for an announcement and launch this yr.
Moreover McVicker’s hours-long livestream, there have been different latest hints about Valve’s progress on its extremely anticipated title. In March, Valve idea artist Evgeniy Evstratiy claimed that he was within the room the place Valve made Half-Life 3 on CG Voices Podcast. In the identical month, one other Valve leaker, Gabe Follower, claimed that Half-Life 3 can be the “finish of Gordon’s journey,” probably signaling a non-cliffhanger ending to one among gaming’s finest franchises. Exterior of those rumors, web sleuths found code referencing HLX, which is extensively regarded as the codename for Half-Life 3, in main updates to Impasse and Dota 2.
Whereas these rumors are unconfirmed, they’re promising indicators of life for Half-Life 3. McVicker stated throughout his livestream that the HLX challenge received’t be one other digital actuality sport like Half-Life: Alyx and that there are procedural technology options that aren’t for terrain technology or roguelike mechanics. Earlier than you get your hopes up, keep in mind that Half-Life 2 lately celebrated its 20-year anniversary, and we nonetheless don’t have any official affirmation from Valve a few follow-up sport.
