After Two Months Of Unprecedented Copium, Half-Life 3 Probably Won’t Be Announced In 2025 After All
With rumours of a Half-Life 3 trailer in production, fans have been counting down the days for two months straight, like pilfering through an empty advent calendar. Every torn piece of cardboard a window to disappointment, as we creep closer and closer to pulling open the last panel.
Sure, Rocket Lab – who fired a gnome into space to celebrate the release of Half Life: Alyx – have a new launch lined up for tomorrow called ‘Raise and Shine’, presumably referencing G-Man, but it’s probably just a coincidence. And yes, Resident Evil 9 leakers claimed that “Half-Life: Xen” will be announced at The Game Awards, but that’s not what HLX means.
The unfortunate reality is that there’s no light at the end of this Highway 17 tunnel; Half-Life 3 probably won’t be announced this year.
“HLX is not an acronym, it’s a generic codename representing future Half-Life production, previously used when Valve was working on the episodes for HL2,” reporter Tyler McVicker explained. “It won’t be at The Game Awards. 2026 is likely.”
Indeed, just three days ago, Insider Gaming senior editor Mike Straw posted a GIF of a bridge exploding. He has been…
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