Another year, another disappointment for all Half-Life fans. You see, a lot of HL fans have been expecting Valve to reveal Half-Life 3 at the Summer Game Fest 2025. And, to the surprise of no one, nothing related to the Half-Life universe has been announced at that event.
The reason I decided to write this article was because a lot of HL fans would be wondering whether there was a hidden announcement they missed. So, no. You didn’t miss anything. Valve did not reveal Half-Life 3.
A lot of rumors about HL3 surfaced in the past couple of months. We saw rumors suggesting that the game is in the final stage of polishing, and that it could be played from start to finish. We saw rumors suggesting that an announcement was imminent. Then we heard that HL3 would be the final part of the franchise. And we saw rumors hinting at a Summer Game Fest 2025 reveal.
You know what’s even crazier? Earlier today, some people were actually tracking Gabe Newell’s yacht. They thought it was heading toward the Summer Game Fest. This was a sign that Half-Life 3 was real. Valve would make the promised announcement. The day is here. And no, I’m not joking. That’s how desperate some fans were. It’s nuts.
And I know what some will say. <<Well, John, the PC Gaming Show is on June 7th, and Half-Life 3 is a PC franchise. So we might get the announcement at that event>>. To those, all I have to say is this. Would Geoff Keighley pass this huge opportunity? Not in a million years.
But hey, if Valve does announce Half-Life 3, I’ll publish an article with 500 words in which I’ll keep repeating the sentence <<I’m an idiot for not believing.>> Spoiler alert. It won’t happen.
All in all, you should stop torturing yourselves. Half-Life 3 has become a joke at this point. Valve may be working on it. Or they may have cancelled it yet again.
Until you hear it from Valve itself, you should simply forget about it. After all, we’ve been getting a lot of great PC games lately. So stop the copium and start playing some games. It will do you some good. And when – and if – Half-Life 3 gets announced, it will be a pleasant surprise!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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