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Why Half-Life 3 speculation is reaching a fever pitch again (arstechnica.com)

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The more than two decades since Half-Life 2's release have been filled with plenty of rumors and hints about Half-Life 3, ranging from the official-ish to the thin to the downright misleading. As we head into 2025, though, we're approaching something close to a critical mass of rumors and leaks suggesting that Half-Life 3 is really in the works this time, and could be officially announced in the coming months.

The latest tease came just before the end of 2024 via a New Year's Eve social media video from G-Man voice actor Mike Shapiro. In the voice of the mysterious in-game bureaucrat, Shapiro expresses hopes that "the next quarter century [will] deliver as many unexpected surprises as did the millennium's first (emphasis added)... See you in the new year."

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On its own, a single in-character post from a voice actor would probably be a bit too cryptic to excite Half-Life fans who have seen their sequel hopes dashed so often over the last two decades. But the unexpected tease comes amid a wave of leaks and rumors surrounding "HLX," an internal Valve project that has been referenced in a number of other Source 2 engine game files recently.

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[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

Yes I do. During the winter steam sale I looked at my wishlist and saw that almost everything on it had been sitting there as coming soon for a few years now. I think helldivers was the one game I played that came out in 2024.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Well, I don't know that you necessarily represent the consensus with that pessimism. There's Civilization VII, Avowed, Split Fiction, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, and Monster Hunter Wilds coming right in the beginning of the year. Grand Theft Auto 6 has a real shot at making it this year, plus the inevitable Switch 2 launch lineup. There's a lot to be excited for right now before we even get to Half-Life 3s and Silksongs.