Rumours began circulating in November that Valve was working on a Half-Life 3 trailer to release in 2025, so the community pieced together a calendar of all the possible dates it could be announced, assuming the last would be December 11, i.e. The Game Awards.
However, like every other date, TGA came and went without a whiff of Gordon Freeman, and now fans are staring down the barrel of complete despair, wondering what happened to 'HLX' and all the leaks, while flooding Twitter, the game's dedicated subreddit, and community forums with utter disappointment.
Some argue that Geoff Keighley was baiting them with the Mega Man reveal when he hinted at a beloved franchise finally returning, even dangling a '3' in front of them, while others are getting worked up over the 'Rise and Shine' caption in the new Control Resonant trailer. But when every single leaker was saying that 'TGA is unlikely', and considering Valve's track record, why did anybody expect Half-Life 3 to show up?
First, let's look back at where the rumours started; Valve reporter Tyler McVicker said, with a fist-full of salt, that he heard murmurs of a trailer in production, possibly, maybe, for November....
