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Half-Life 3 rumors and speculation are running rampant after the voice actor behind G-Man posted a cryptic tweet teasing some news for 2025.
As G-Man, Mike Shapiro tweeted a narrated video in which he marked the end of 2024 by teasing this year’s “unexpected surprises,” along with the hashtags #Valve, #Halflife, #GMan, and #2025.
“Another year already,” Shapiro tweeted. “It’s good to see and hear from so many of you. May the next quarter of a century bring as many unexpected surprises as, hmm, the first millennium. Then time flows like music. See you in the new year!”
#valve #Middle #Man #2025 pic.twitter.com/mdT5hlxKJT
— Mike Shapiro (@mikeshapiroland) December 31, 2024
It’s pretty vague, but as many fans have pointed out, this is Shapiro’s first unanswered tweet since congratulating Valve on the success of the VR exclusive. Half-Life: Alyx Back in December 2020. A tweet from Shapiro is therefore a rare thing. But does the latter mean anything?
Half-Life 2 recently turned 20 years old, and there’s still no official Half-Life 3 announcement from Valve, although the story ended on a cliffhanger with 2007’s Episode 2 . In 2020, a make-of of Half-Life: Alyx revealed a part. Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is among the games developed and saved by Valve during the release and the last VR game from Valve. That listing included details of a Half-Life 3 version that had been in development for about a year.
The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx by Geoff Keighley It revealed that at least five Half-Life games had been canceled between Episode 2 and Alyx, along with other projects, the most notable of which was being called Half-Life 3 at Valve.
In November, for the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, Valve opened up about its development The documentary revealed never-before-seen work-in-progress footage, a brand new Ice Gun, and a bunch of new concept art. You can watch the gameplay segment of the documentary in the video below.
Among the details revealed in the video, Episode 3 would be set in the Arctic, and would focus on Alyx as a companion character. In addition to the ice gun, the image shows a bolt-like enemy that could be split into several pieces. According to the documentary, the team put together a “collection of playable levels in no particular order” and hoped to release the game within a year or two.
Valve already has plenty, of course, including Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, Steam itself, Steam Deck, and ongoing support for the new game. Deadlock. Could Half-Life 3 also be worked on alongside those other projects?
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