Half-Life 3 is still on course to be announced before the end of 2025, a known industry insider has said. The claim, offered alongside some other purported details about the game's rumored reveal, comes as hype for Half-Life 3 reaches a 17-year high, based on publicly available data.
The ongoing wave of Half-Life 3 rumors started in August 2024, when well-known dataminer GabeFollower discovered references to the long-anticipated, frequently rebooted project in the codebases of other Valve games. In the following months, multiple industry sources supported the existence of yet another Half-Life 3 iteration, with some suggesting this version progressed further than any previous attempt at a third mainline Half-Life title. Among them is Insider Gaming Senior Editor Mike Straw, who repeatedly claimed that Valve would make at least one more major announcement shortly following the mid-November reveal of the new Steam Machine. He later clarified he was referring to Half-Life 3 in a November 20 tweet.
Rumors and leaks about Half-Life 3 have hit new heights, as the long-awaited next chapter in the FPS franchise feels more possible than ever.
Straw has doubled down on his Half-Life...
