Half-Life 3 in 2025? Why fans of the franchise have renewed hope

21 years since the release of “Half-Life 2″, fans of the legendary Valve franchise have found a new ray of hope for 2025.

This came from actor Mike Shapiro, who voices the sinister G-Man, announcing on X (formerly Twitter) on the eve of the New Year 2025 that there will be “unexpected surprises” in the next quarter of a millennium.

And so that there is no doubt what he was referring to, the message was accompanied by the hashtags Valve, Half-Life and G-Man.

As Ars Technica notes, the post is particularly notable because it is Shapiro’s first on this social account in four years, when he launched a series of posts promoting the VR game “Half-Life: Alyx.”

During that time, Shapiro also noted in an interview with USGamer that he was working on a secret nostalgic project that would surprise everyone. “It’s going to be a mind-blowing update to what people know. It’s going to… it’s going to make people completely re-understand what they thought they knew about the game’s history before it, and I don’t even know if people are expecting that.”.

The messages occur amid rumors that Valve is working on a project it has called HLX and that will use the Source 2 graphics engine in ways never before seen to simulate underwater and zero-gravity conditions.

Additionally, relatively reliable sources such as YouTuber Gabe Follower have stated that the company behind Steam is recruiting test players for “HLX,” which seems to indicate that whatever this project is, it is approaching a state where that can be presented to the public.