Rumors say "Half-Life 3" has been developed and may be officially announced this year

Regarding the highly anticipated new series of V Club, the latest rumors say that the game has now achieved "a complete playback process from the beginning to the end", and may even be officially announced this summer and officially released in winter.

传闻称《半条命3》已开发完成 或于今年正式公布

The speculation comes from Tyler McVicker, who is famous for the news about the rioter V, in his latest Q&A live broadcast.According to him, the game currently has the conditions for full-process trial play, and advanced game testing and optimization are currently underway. He speculates that there is a high possibility of official announcement and release within this year.

In addition to McVicker's several hours of live broadcast, there are other clues about the focus work of V Club recently.In March, VS concept artist Evgeniy Evstratiy claimed on the CG Voices podcast that he had worked on the live work of VS's Half-Life 3.The same month, Gabe Follower, another V source, revealed that the game will be the "end of Gordon's adventure", which may indicate that the legendary game series will usher in a suspenseless ending.In addition to these rumors, netizens also found a code reference that is generally considered to be the code name "HLX" of "Half-Life 3" from major updates to "Deadlock" and "Dota2".

传闻称《半条命3》已开发完成 或于今年正式公布

Although these rumors are unconfirmed, they bring hope to the existence of Half-Life 3.McVicker emphasized in the live broadcast that the HLX project will not be a VR game like Half-Life: Alyx, and the program generation functions included are not used for terrain construction or Roguelike mechanisms.

However, before the expectations are over, it is necessary to note that Half Life 2 has just celebrated its 20th anniversary, and Van has not yet made any official confirmation of the sequel.

传闻称《半条命3》已开发完成 或于今年正式公布