Half-Life 3???

[Osprey]

Rumor is that Half-Life 3 is fully playable from beginning to end, being widely playtested and could be revealed this Summer, ahead of a Winter release. Who here ever thought that we might get HL3 before GTA6?

Half-Life 3 Is Being Widely Playtested Ahead of a Possible Summer Reveal, Winter Release; Game Is Playable From Beginning to End - Rumor

The project codenamed HLX, which is thought to be Half-Life 3, is reportedly being widely playtested ahead of a Summer reveal.

wccftech.com

 

[Unholy Diver]

would be nice if they re-released the Orange Box on current gen consoles to get a refresher

 

[Smelling Salt]

I still haven't finished Ep1 and didn't even start Ep2. Doesn't stop me from redownloading them both on Steam every time I get a new PC or reinstall Windows though. One of these days...

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Oh.

I lost interest in HL3 about 15 years ago. They missed the boat.

 

[Bocephus86]

Nah they've never missed the boat. I remember being so mad when steam took over TFC & CS, turned out Gabe saw the future and protected us from the worst. HL2 is still a legit game. Give me more.

 

[Jovavic]

Not being a PC gamer growing up i never played the first two. I heard Orange Box wasn't very good on consoles so I didn't bother, so I remaster of those would be great (as would a remaster of the first Deus Ex, since it seems they're done making new ones now)

 

[Dolemite]

The key to this release will not just be the game but the PvP games released at launch and a SDK (software development kit) as well. This SDK birthed TFC, CS, Garry’s Mod and more. SDK’s ar what keep the games playable long after launch

 

[JaegerDice]

would be nice if they re-released the Orange Box on current gen consoles to get a refresher

You can play the Orange Box on the Xbox Series consoles at 4K/60fps with HDR. You just need the Xbox 360 disk, which is dirt cheap these days.

 

[Unholy Diver]

You can play the Orange Box on the Xbox Series consoles at 4K/60fps with HDR. You just need the Xbox 360 disk, which is dirt cheap these days.

Ahh, I traded mine in years ago, I'll have to see if I can find a copy, I guess it's better than nothing, but a remaster would have been nice

 

[JaegerDice]

Ahh, I traded mine in years ago, I'll have to see if I can find a copy, I guess it's better than nothing, but a remaster would have been nice

I agree, if only for a boost to the console population numbers for Team Fortress 2.

 

[norrisnick]

The key to this release will not just be the game but the PvP games released at launch and a SDK (software development kit) as well. This SDK birthed TFC, CS, Garry’s Mod and more. SDK’s ar what keep the games playable long after launch

I wonder if that will tie in to the Deadlock full release. Or at least open Beta. That's still just in closed Alpha (though I have 1000+ hours already....)

 

[Frankie Spankie]

Oh.

I lost interest in HL3 about 15 years ago. They missed the boat.

Considering the historical impact the Half Life series is known to have on the FPS genre as a whole, the fact that you lost interest 15 years ago makes me think you never had interest to begin with.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Considering the historical impact the Half Life series is known to have on the FPS genre as a whole, the fact that you lost interest 15 years ago makes me think you never had interest to begin with.

Busted.

 

[S E P H]

Doesn't it take like about 15 years to make each Half-Life game? That's more of the reason why I never got interested or played them. There is delaying stuff to make it amazing and then there is Half-Life level of insanity.

 

[RandV]

Doesn't it take like about 15 years to make each Half-Life game? That's more of the reason why I never got interested or played them. There is delaying stuff to make it amazing and then there is Half-Life level of insanity.

Huh? What gave you that idea? Half Life had a fairly regular release schedule. With a bunch of side games in between there was HL1, HL2, and then built of the same HL2 engine you got HL2 episode 1 and HL2 episode 2, which ended on something of a cliff hanger... and then for reasons no one knows they just stopped. Doing a check HL1 came out in 1998 And HL2e2 in 2007.

Valve wasn't short on talent or ability. And certainly not short on money as I don't recall the exact timeline but the new Steam platform was becoming a huge success. Everyone just assumed they would make HL2e3 to complete the HL2 story/series, not to be a ground breaking new release like HL1 and HL2 were. That's why it became something of a meme.

And I'm not a FPS guy, about the only series I like and actively look forward to that might fall into that category is Metroid Prime, but I finally got around to playing the Half Life games about 10 years ago and yes they're really good. I wouldn't have the interest to play through something like Halo or Call of Duty but I easily got into and completed the Half Life games.