It’s All The G-Man’s Fault, Of Course
On New 12 months’s Eve, Mike Shapiro posted his first tweet in over 4 years. It was a video submit the place he, in his G-Man character’s voice and pacing, introduced that “the next quarter century [will] deliver as many unexpected surprises as did the millennium’s first (emphasis added)… See you in the new year.”. To feed the rumours much more, in an interview with USGamer he revealed that had not too long ago been engaged on a undertaking which was a “blast from the previous”. He did voice work in Crackdown, DOTA 2 and GTA V so you possibly can’t assure that he was referring to engaged on Half Life 3, however the submit finished in character definitely lends credence to that conclusion.
Along with this trace, 5 months in the past we noticed various leaks and rumours surrounding an inner Valve undertaking referred to as HLX, which has been referenced in various different Supply 2 engine recreation information. A fellow by the identify of Tyler McVicker has posted quite a few movies analyzing the Valve code and concluded that the HLX undertaking is “a fully-fledged non-VR Half-Life recreation.” His investigation into the code has additionally revealed a wide range of new voxel-based deformation methods, zero-g and underwater navigation methods, and in his phrases “a lot flammability stuff”.
So as soon as extra we’re asking … Half Life 3 confirmed?