Is It Time To Give Up On Half-Life 3?

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After another year without concrete news about the release of the mythical , many fans have started to lose hope that a true sequel will ever be released. While gave players a glimpse at the revolutionary gameplay of a new game, it failed to resolve the franchise's overarching story. After countless leaks from respected to wildly unreliable sources over the years, it might finally be time to hang up hope for the release of .

As with any major gaming event, many fans are still holding out hope for updates from other projects, including a remaster as well. Despite the lack of announcements for these unreleased projects, the line-up of exciting new world premieres at The Game Awards this year didn't disappoint. To the unsurprising dismay of many fans, the lack of announcements went unchanged during The Game Awards this year as well, but their hopes weren't entirely unfounded, unlike the others.

While the hopes for surprise reveals from highly anticipated titles are often unfounded, there were plenty of wild rumors swirling around before The Game Awards. While the specific leaks turned out to be false, the rumors of two massive games being shown turned out to be true, although their choices were a bit subjective. The two massive games rumored turned out to be and Naughty Dog's new, both being from widely successful game studios.

While those rumors on their own weren't enough to stoke excitement for they were paired with rumors online of an announcement for the game, as pointed out by HL_Alyx_NoVR on X. Despite the excitement generated from the combination of these two rumors, the source was incredibly suspicious at best, with little to back up their outlandish claim. This isn't the first time players have been run around with rumors over the news of a sequel to the beloved franchise, but it stings a little more each time it happens while causing a mass reaction of online disappointment.

While its easy to find enjoyment in watching fans associate every rumor with the