The blogger and Dataminer Tyler McVaker clarified the state of development of the secret game Valve, under the code name HLX-the potential Half-Life 3-and the associated fan theories.
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Recall that behind the New Year’s appeal of the G-Man Dubbing actor in Half-Life, fans saw the beginning of the game in alternative reality, and on the Valve page in Steam noticed an indication of an unknown unknown project, in addition to Deadlock.
According to Makviker, in contrast to the situation with Portal 2 (see two and two), the game in alternative reality with hints of Half-Life 3 and references to the number 197 do not actually lead Valve.
As for the developer lightweed on the developer on the developer in Steam, the secret game Valve, then Makuker reports, another dead end is hidden: a digital gift card, which used to be in this extradition.
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At the same time, the numerous references of HLX in the code of other Valve games do not leave doubts in the eyes of Mabortion that “Half-Life 3 is absolutely exactly in development and has already advanced very, very far.”
In particular, Maklycker said, Valve began external HLX testing and admitted that the studio could open the veil of secrets over the project in 2025. In December, the Datamainer Maxim Poletaev shared similar information in December.
Earlier it was reported that HLX is a Half-Life 3 place that occupies in the series chronology, not for VR, which has been developing Half-Life: Alyx, which has been engaged in the development team from at least 2021.