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Half Life 3 Rumors

Twitter: "Rumors and leaks suggest that Valve is developing a new single-player game, codenamed HLX, which is speculated to be Half-Life 3. The speculation is fueled by datamined information from Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2, as well as voice actor portfolios. Key claims include playing as an HEV suit character, vehicle simulation, full voxel destruction, and the involvement of various Xen creatures cut from Half-Life Alyx."

https://www.eurogamer.net/half-life-3-may-have-been-announced-by-a-voice-actor-who-probably-has-never-heard-of-steam

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Half Life 3 Rumors Twitter: "Rumors and leaks suggest that Valve is developing a new single-player gam... : ventro
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- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36gF6eiCsqU Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingL... : ventro
- https://x.com/sound_chaser504/status/1820266416936796525 : ventro
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  I don’t quite understand how, in this world of “IP first”, Half Life has not yet been m... : AluminumMallard
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    My guess, they are perfectionists. And it’s not like they didn’t try, at least one version of... : nomaad
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      My guess is that any project run by committee (which is how Valve operates?) never sees the light of the ... : zehh
      
      If they want a new game, they hire or buy a developer to do one before incorporating them fully. Afterwar... : Sailor of Fortune
  - The typical economic pressures of game development just don’t apply to valve. Half life games in pa... : disembodied potato
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  Nothing more reliable than X posts allegedlybased on datamining CS/DOTA servers. What an auspicious occa... : Trees&Rocks
  - Obviously HL3 will happen at some point. Just like fusion energy will become feasible at some point. Howe... : master_disaster_17
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  Sooo... HL3 confirmed? : thetangent
  - Pretty much. Last century this might have made front page. Fucking millenials. : Trees&Rocks
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  I hope the new game is "Mega Yacht Simulator: Gabe Newell Edition" : Rodeoclash
  - He has moved on from yachts and is doing submarines now : Crimsonbeak
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    I though it took this long because they had to find somebody who could count to three lololol. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Do you know long it would take to count to a billion? : Trees&Rocks
      
      No idea. 31 years, 251 days, 6 hours, 50 minutes, 46 seconds. I cheated and did a google search. That's a : Maddog_Delphi97
- Yesss : Milleh
- Not happening. We would not be that lucky. : DM7
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- Never. Going. To. Happen. : steauengeglase
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  I hope it isn't a VR game : stgdz
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    steamdeck exclusive : jcutner
    - more like Deckard exclusive. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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- What is the code name for Deadlock the Valve hero shooter that is reportedly being beta tested right now. : Crimsonbeak
- Half Life 0: Gordon goes to college. : someWayne
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- Don’t toy my heart like this : digweed014
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  - I heard a rumor that HL3 has switched to UE5 and is going to be an EGS exclusive. : PenicillinX57
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    They've got Source 2 or whatever was powering Alyx is more than enough for a new Half Life game. Photore... : bill crystals
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      Agreed. No half life game was ever sold with cutting edge visual tech, they just had fantastic vision, ar... : disembodied potato
      
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      Yeah but those were hyper specific, that’s why I used the term visual, maybe not the best phrasing.... : disembodied potato
  - Their single-player FPS record is still impeccable. I'm referring to the Portal games, HL, and Alyx, all ... : baconisgod
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    It's like Alex never happened : Conan
    - Alyx. Didn't see the autocorrect in time. : Conan
- Episode 2 is from 2007, holy crap that blows my mind : tunis5000
- 1. I'll believe it when Gabe personally tickles my balls while I shoot some combine scum. 2. I wonder how... : Gylis
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- We have done nothing as a species since the Orange Box to prove we deserve an offer of Gaben’s love... : Thisispol
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- Would honestly prefer Alyx 2 at this point but would be pumped af for any new HL title regardless. : atom519
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- https://y.yarn.co/af639ce9-2112-409f-b5a8-9f58a528ae2b_text.gif : homeboyJim
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- Kart racer : bill crystals
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  I just don't think single player fps sell enough for valve to do it. Alyx was done to show how VR can wor... : redshak
  - Do you think Valve cares about sales? It will still sell better than Artifact? : tKillbox
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    The other side of the coin is the world is in desperate need of a fantastic fps shooter that once again c... : u sir name
    - But we have the 100th iteration of Call of Duty man! : DM7
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    I think Half-Life 3 would sell like a bomb going off if it's good enough for them to make it : nwillard
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      Maybe I'm wrong but I figure valve makes so much money off everything (every single little thing) on stea... : redshak
      
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      You forgot a major pro. The most long awaited hyped exclusive of all time only available on their store,... : disembodied potato
      
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    No different than God of War imo, it would sell massively. : baconisgod
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      I think our vision of massive sales and Valve's version of massive sales is different. Like in our argum... : redshak
      
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      They're in the best position you could be. Don't have to care one iota about sales. : dkrulz
      
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      I don't know if creatively that's true? What great video games have ever come out of a studio that doesn'... : redshak
      
      I guess HL Alyx would actually be the best video game ever made by a studio that's dgaf if it really sell... : redshak
      
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      I don't know that we have hardly any examples of it. I mean not only do they not have to care about sale... : dkrulz
      
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  - Wouldn't be surprised if the new mechanic is Coop based. It would be a way to mix up the formula and rea... : exigence7
  - No question it would be a gigantic success Alyx sold SO well, and it was VR only : Milleh
- New engine was written for CS2, but it should be pretty obvious that it was going to be used for a lot mo... : sukabljat
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  I think Winds of Winter comes out before Half Life 3 : sonicdeathwalrus
  - It releases as small Audiobook fragments you find and listen to in HL3. : Sailor of Fortune
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  It's a PvPvE live service survivalcrafting game set in the Half-Life universe. : Arcanum
  - Holy shit I hope it has ore and smelting! : Omaha
- Half-Life Zero Play as Gordon finishing his PhD dissertation in a deck builder rogue-like at MIT. : Sailor of Fortune
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- Rumors and leaks have been saying this for 20 years : Omaha
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  HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED
  
  Aug 05, 2024 11:23am PDT
  
  HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED : someWayne
- It’s just a singleplayer campaign for Ricochet. : kagath
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  Kamala Harris has named Half Life 3 as her new running mate. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
  - Wait I thought today was big announcement. Anyone but Newsome! : Trees&Rocks
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