Cue a brand new batch of “Half-Life 3 confirmed” memes. The newest rumor surrounding Valve’s long-awaited subsequent installment within the Half-Life collection 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. In line with McVicker, the sport is presently playable from starting to finish, which he guesses might 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 could be the “finish of Gordon’s journey,” probably signaling a non-cliffhanger ending to one in every of gaming’s greatest franchises. Outdoors of those rumors, web sleuths found code referencing HLX, which is broadly considered 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 mentioned throughout his livestream that the HLX mission received’t be one other digital actuality sport like Half-Life: Alyx and that there are procedural era options that aren’t for terrain era or roguelike mechanics. Earlier than you get your hopes up, do not forget that Half-Life 2 not too long ago celebrated its 20-year anniversary, and we nonetheless don’t have any official affirmation from Valve a couple of follow-up sport.