Following blogger Tyler McVicker, data miner Maxim Poletaev (aka Gabe Follower) shared his findings regarding Valve’s secret game codenamed hlx – a potential Half-Life 3.
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In a 19-minute video published recently, Poletaev said that over the past three years he was able to find out about hlx from excavations in the code of other Valve games on the Source 2 engine, as well as conversations with trusted informants inside the studio.
According to Gabe Follower, in the past, the development of Half-Life 3 was repeatedly limited by the imperfections of Source 2, but at the moment the engine is ready to release first-person shooters (Counter-Strike 2) and third-person shooters (Deadlock).
Suit H.E.V. and the sound dog (houndeye) in the Source 2 code was recently renamed (image source: Gabe Follower)
What Gabe Follower found about hlx in Source 2 code:
«Looking at all the findings, Valve’s desire to create a more developed and open world with smart NPCs, improved graphics, cool vehicles and new gravity mechanics can be seen,” concluded Poletaev.
Gabe Follower also found traces of a reporting system for hlx in the Souce 2 code. In his opinion, this may indicate that the game is close to internal testing, but not to the announcement – in the case of CS2, these two events were separated by three years.
According to Poletaev, hlx is a continuation of Half-Life: Alyx not for VR, which takes the place of Half-Life 3 in the chronology of the universe. The data miner notes that internal tests are the most dangerous stage for Valve games (most projects are canceled at this stage).
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