Right now, it seems that hoping for "Half Life 3" release date getting confirmed could just be wishful thinking.
However, several rumors continue to circulate about the fate of the unannounced title. New reports are claiming that Valve will reveal the game soon.
"It is reported that the creators of "Steam," Valve Corporation, will show off "Half-Life 3" at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2015," Yibada reported.
The article continued to speculate that developers are also currently working on "Left 4 Dead 3."
"Aside from 'Half Life 3,' Valve is also reportedly working on third installment of first person shooter game 'Left 4 Dead.' Both games will make use of Source 2 engines," the report read.
"The two new game titles are expected to be faster and with more detailed graphics due to the presence of Vulcan graphics AP in Source 2 engine."
A lot of fan theories have spread like wildfire regarding the anticipated release's launch. One of the most popular, claimed that with the release of Valve's Source 2, it would not be long before developers will second it with a "Half Life 3" confirmed release date announcement.
"A Valve employee is free to work on whatever they want (to a certain degree). This can mean that a project will go undeveloped because nobody is interested," user Wuki said in a "Half Life 3" subreddit.
"However, this is unlikely. A while back, a list of HL3 developers was leaked, which had a big overlap with the Source 2 developers: from all components, 37 of the 48 HL3 devs are also in the Source 2 development team. It's likely that the developers wanted to get the new engine out before continuing with the game. And now Source 2 is officially announced, it will only take a couple of years centuries (note, Valve Time) for HL3 to come out."
"It's not officially cancelled, it's not officially announced. I believe it will arrive some day. But it's mostly speculation."
Valve has always been clear about the status of the highly-anticipated 3rd installment- it is not being developed as of the moment. According to a report from Motoring Crunch, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell released a statement about the game's fate to address all rumors once and for all.
"Gabe simply said that Half Life 3 is not in production at the moment and fans shouldn't expect it to come anytime soon. Of course, Gabe could either be cooling down the hype or telling the truth," the article read.
"Either way, there is a positive that can be taken from Gabe's words and that is he didn't deny Half Life 3's coming at all. No matter how the outcome of E3 will be like, Half Life 3's coming remain to be inevitable."
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