If there was ever a game that constantly surfaces yet nothing materializes, it’sHalf-Life 3.Valve’s follow-up to the award-winning Half-Life 2 has been the stuff of myths and legends at this point. Almost every year, we see a rumor about it surface, and yet we’re all left hanging.
Could this time be different? Tyler McVicker, an insider with a proven track record of leaking reliable information about Valve’s activities, is now the latest personality to claim Half-Life 3 is actually being developed at Valve’s HQ.
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Tyler McVicker has pushed out a new “Ask Me Anything"videowhere it’s mentioned that “HLX,” which is the purported codename of Half-Life 3, is not only in development, but it’s far enough that it can be played from start to finish.
The game is said to be playtested by a sizeable group, with some willing to spill details about it allegedly, McVicker states, “HLX is being playtested so religiously and so widely that there are individuals that will just talk. I personally have a policy of avoiding any story-related questions or information where possible, so I currently have avoided all of them. But I’ve been offered it by people whom are trustworthy and I know that some of my contemporaries have been given it, so there is information out there about the plot.”
Adding to that, McVicker claims this is furthest the project has ever been, and given the state of where it is now, he said Half-Life 3 could be announced this summer and be released in the winter of 2025, if he had to hazard a guess. This would make sense if Valve could do this given Grand Theft Auto 6, which is arguably the biggest release of the generation,has been delayed to May 2026. Releasing something as big as Half-Life 3 in the holidays of 2025 would essentially cement it as the biggest gaming event of the year.
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“This is the furthest it’s ever been, The game is playable end-to-end, period. It’s never been that far. And they’re optimizing it, polishing it. They’re probably content-locked, or if they’re not they’re mechanic-locked,” McVicker noted (viaVGC).
Of course, with no official confirmation from Valve, this one should be treated as a rumor regardless of how reliable the insider is. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, Half-Life 2 was released in 2004 and is considered by many to be the best first-person shooter game of all time, and one of the most influential. Since its successful release, most assumed Valve would work on a third chapter, but that never came. Here we are, over 20 years later, and we’re still waiting on whether Valve can really count to 3 or not.
Will we finally see or hear about Half-Life 3 this year? Stranger things have happened, so who knows. The rumors about it have been more active lately, suggesting there is something happening behind-the-scenes to warrant all this smoke.
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