Overview
- Social media and the Half-Life subreddit lit up this week with renewed guesses about a near-term reveal.
- Insiders including Shpeshal_Nick, GabeFollower, Tyler McVicker and NateTheHate say they have heard of a project or announcement, with Nick citing a DM that paired last week’s hardware news with a software reveal window.
- Timing claims remain inconsistent, with some tipped windows and even a specific noon reveal failing to materialize.
- Valve’s recent hardware announcements — Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller due early next year — are fueling speculation about a bundled Half-Life title.
- Datamined references to an internal project labeled HLX in Source 2 updates are being treated as circumstantial evidence, yet no new Half-Life game has been announced.