Dataminer Thinks Half-Life 3 Is In Development After Resume Leak

Valve may lastly be engaged on Half-Life 3, in response to a Half-Life skilled and a latest credit score in an actor’s resume.

Over the weekend, Half-Life followers noticed a now-removed credit on a voice actress’s resume that marked, «Challenge White Sands (online game),» and speculated that it may very well be referencing a brand new Half-Life sport. That is as a result of resume immediately mentioning that it was a undertaking with Valve, and likewise that «White Sands» is a park and missile range in New Mexico. Protagonist Gordon Freeman’s former employer, Black Mesa, is situated within the New Mexico desert.

Now, Valve skilled Tyler McVicker has created a video explaining why he thinks Challenge White Sands may very well be the following absolutely fledged non-VR Half-Life sport. He reported that one other single-player Half-Life sport was in pre-production across the similar time as Half-Life: Alyx, and the codename was HLX.

By datamining Valve’s Supply 2 initiatives and video games like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2, Vickers stated that the character in HLX wears an HEV swimsuit and goes «off-world,» to locations with issues like «xengorillas,» and «pentatanks.» He thinks that these had been truly lower from Half-Life: Alyx however had been nonetheless being labored on in some capability.

He additionally initially wasn’t certain if HLX was simply an engine characteristic or file format for saves, however as a result of latest leak from the voice actor, he believes that Challenge White Sands is the inner codename of HLX.

Vickers completed the video saying that he thinks the undertaking is in truth Half-Life 3. Back in 2021, Vickers did not suppose Half-Life 3 was in improvement but, saying that on the time, the Steam Deck handheld was Valve’s precedence.

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