Half-Life 3: Is it Finally Time?

Could Gordon Freeman’s services be called upon again? Almost certainly, if the Half-Life 3 rumours are anything to go by…

I never imagined I’d ever be writing about Half-Life 3 in anything but wistful tones. Thoughts of a game that never was, of lost opportunities.

Of a story unfinished.

Yet it seems like all might not be lost. There is a growing sense that Half-Life 3 might actually be a THING, and that it has been in development for a few years.

It’s all thanks to a voice actor’s online resume, which referred to a title called “Project: White Sands.” In the Half-Life universe, this is the location of the Black Mesa facility.

YouTuber Tyler McVicker has been digging into all available evidence, not just the latest accidental (and now deleted) faux pas. Here’s what he thinks:

“HLX seems to be a fully-fledged non-VR Half-Life game“

It’s very easy to get excited about rumours, so I’m taking it with a pinch of salt. However, this is perhaps the most positive news about Half-Life 3 since the days of Half-Life 2, and the arrival of the “episodes.” They never completed the story in the way we thought they might.

“Since even before Half-Life Alex was released to the public but after it was announced valve and the team behind Half-Life Alex started pre-production on single player title we found out the code name of that title in 2021: HLX“

Perhaps this, whatever it is, will…

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