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Half-Life 3 is reportedly playable in its entirety and could be announced this year
Submitted 3 weeks ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to gaming@beehaw.org
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psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
SunshineJogger@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I think I read this rumor once a year since before half life 1 was released
Moonguide@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Yeah, however, leaks around this have been a bit more believable than before. Can’t remember the specifics, but more concrete stuff has been found by datamining (iirc) deadlock and paying attention to steamdb, with less reliable leaks ranging from the game or assets (again, iirc). So, there’s a fair chance this is real.
However, HL3 has been real multiple times before, it has been cancelled many times apparently, only to be taken up again later on.
Fact remains however, that Valve have been working continuously on an appid that isn’t deadlock for some time now, and there’s plenty of noise around them working on a new half life.
sorrowl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Which appid? 'cause one of the unknown appid’s Valve was working on is a Deadlock private testing server (yes, the game in invite-only alpha has a private alpha that is even more restricted.)
Faydaikin@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
It’s been 84 years…
Please stop defaulting to Half Life 3 when you have nothing better to write about.
adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this I’d have enough nickles to fund a studio and make HL3 myself.
Psythik@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
This is actually the first time I’ve heard a rumor like this. Usually the rumor is that Valve will start development when the feel like it, not that it has already been made.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It’s not half life 3.
It’s half life alyx sequel on Deckard
ikirin@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That actually hypes me up more than HL3
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Honestly HL3 shouldve been out a decade ago for me to care. If it ever does release then im just not all that interested anymore.
witx@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Who cares? I’d rather they take their time instead of rushing the first crap they think about. And knowing valve I bet they waited for newer technologies to offer more in their games (case is in point: Alyx with VR)
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
who cares?
Well, looks like I’ve got some upvotes and i got a reply for you so I’m guessing some people care. Tbh you just sound like a wet rag here and if you only want to hear about things you agree with then you can go talk to a mirror.
I’m fully aware some people are excited for HL3 whenever it comes out and some people are content to wait. I’m merely stating that the ship has sailed for me. Heaven forbid someone doesn’t consider gabe a golden god.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
As Gaben put it in the recent valve doc, moving the story forward wasn’t a good enough reason to put out a new Half Life. The series has always been about pushing technological innovations, and they just felt stumped on how HL3 was going to do that.
People like to claim valve doesn’t do anything anymore, but I legitimately feel like PC gaming is the best deal for gaming right now, handily beating out console and mobile, and that is in large part due to valve.
Their flat internal structure hasn’t been perfect, but on the bright side it didn’t result in them pumping out what the gaming industry would have viewed in retrospect as yet another obligatory entry in an FPS series. Valve’s intention was to let smart people solve hard problems in the gaming space, and IMO they have always done that, it just so far hasn’t resulted in a HL3.
boreengreen@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Will you get the itch after you start seeing trailers, praise and hear people talk about playing it?
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Doubtful. I have played 30 hours of video games this past year (bloodborne after finally being able to play on PC)
Yermaw@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’ve heard people say they won’t make HL3 until the next big leap in gaming is here.
1 was with us into “true 3D” era
2 was with us into physics engines
Alyx was with us into VR gaming.
3 will be with us …?
I’m excited to find where we’re going. Gaming has been pretty stale for a long time. Sure we’ve had plenty of games that have got very clever with what we have, but we haven’t had a major leap in a long time, they’ve just been getting a bit more polish and shine each year. Short of deep-dive VR I honestly don’t know what could be next.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
next big leap is an AAA game actually worth its price, which is what valve is trying to accomplish.
witty_username@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
HL3 confirmed
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Wasn’t half life alyx supposed to be 3 but title rebranded because overhyped expectations?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
No, HL:Alyx functions as a sort-of prequel. The ending of it does provide a stepping stone from which HL3 could pick up again.
rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Looking for this information too
witchybitchy@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
this is hearsay but I read earlier either on lemmy or reddit that valve specifically confirmed that HL: Alyx is not a rebranded or retitled HL3
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It is impossible for it to be hl3. It’s hl 2.9 at best.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
3.99…
Abnorc@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
2.9 reoccurring is equal to 3 though. HL3 confirmed everyone.
lime@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
hl2ep2 part 2
Psythik@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Agreed. It’ll be another game in the HL universe but I find it unlikely that Valve will call it HL3, even if it continues where Episode 2 left off.
Whatever it is, I hope it’s a VR exclusive. HL: Alyx was a great prequel and I want more of that…except on a larger scale and with the same walking speed as HL2 (+sprint), instead of that 2MPH baby crawl they made you do in Alyx.
twinnie@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
It’s hard not to get excited remembering how we found out about Half-Life 2. It was announced in a magazine that some random guy accidentally got sent a copy of early, then he scanned the pages and leaked it online. I think I was browsing some dodgy Russian website when I found out about it.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
IIRC, he didn’t get sent it early, he got into Valve’s servers and snagged it.
The kicker, and this is the part I always remember: he guessed Gabe Newell’s password. It was gaben, same as his user name.
twinnie@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That’s the source code leak. The leaked announcement came from the magazine.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
You might be mixing up the first we knew about hl2 with the time the entire source code for the game was leaked early.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Not this again…
themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
This will now launch with the power of a nostalgic remake of some sort. And its a full new game.
4D chess from Gabe.
Killer57@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’ll wait for the official announcement before getting hyped up.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
After Oblivion, I wonder if they would announce it and release it at the same time, too.
Faydaikin@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Shadow dropping isn’t a new thing Bethesda just invented, so I doubt Oblivion would have anything to do with it.
Valve does what Valve wants to do. Always have. And they don’t have a tendency to announce anything years in advance to generate hype, because frankly, I don’t think they care.
dino@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
No because its not a rehash of old shit.