Wishful thinking, or will Valve finally give fans what they have been clamoring for two decades?
Rumor mill:Half-Life 2 turns 20 this November.
Fans have been screaming for Half-Life 3 for just about as long.
Rumors have swirled off and on for years.
Of course, every round of scuttlebutt has led to disappointment.
So don’t start holding your breath when I say Valve might be working on HL3.
Now, go eat some salt.
However, it actually was the other way around, so we’ll start chronologically.
Ideas that it could be Half-Life 3 were dismissed as “too good to be true.”
Code mentions an “HEV suit” and “feral manhacks,” both unquestionably linked to HL.
Several strings also mentioned “Xen” creatures, like “Xengorillas, Xenjellyfish, and Xenswoopers.”
Someone screwed up," he added, referring to the leaked resume.
As far as if it is Half-Life 3, he’s a bit more hesitant.
As fans have pointed out, White Sands is in New Mexico.
The Black Mesa Research facility was also located in NM.
The presumption is that Project White Sands refers directly to the original Half-Life games' setting.
Even Half-Life: Alex went by “Project Jamiroquai.”
So McVicker is skeptical that Valve would associate the codename for HL3 to the earlier games so blatantly.
Using codenames like HLX and White Plains falls right into this new “accidental leak” philosophy.
Did I do that?"
Still, McVicker is hesitant to say the project is HL3 but thinks it probably is.
“Do I think this is Half-Life 3?
[long pause] I gotta be very careful in answering that question.
[long pause] But yes.”
