Last month, Valve reporter Tyler McVicker claimed that there were rumours of a Half-Life 3 trailer being in production, possibly set to release in November.
Let's mellow out. Let's be very chill about a possible thing happening soon. Maybe.
Well, it's November, and fans are counting down every single day, biting their nails in a cocktail of excitement and the usual anxious stupor that the years of leaks will amount to nothing.
But one fan, u/sameseksure, is a little more hopeful and thinks they've pinned down the exact date the rumoured trailer might drop. "Valve uses the top banner on the front page of the Steam Store whenever they want to promote a Steam Sale, Steam Event, or new products like games or hardware," they explained. "Whatever's on the front page of Steam gets a HUGE amount of exposure.
"Therefore, they will not announce anything at the same time as major Steam Events are happening," they continued. "Notice how there is an unusually long gap between Events from November 18 [to] December 8. This could mean that Valve plans to announce Half-Life 3 (or Deckard, or both) on November 18".
Indeed, in 2019, when Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx,...
