Project White Sands, a new video game that may or may not be Half-Life 3, is in development at Valve, according to the resume of Natasha Chandel, a voice actor and WGA/SAG-AFTRA member whose previous credits include several well-known video games, including Starfield, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, and Call of Duty: Vanguard. Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the most recent non-VR installment of the series, was released on October 10, 2007.
Players are saying:
- “HL3 copium is back boys…rumored in development as HLX.”
- “The code name for Deadlock was Neon Prime (and before that it was Citadel), so this is probably not that.”
- “White sands basically means snow, which is pretty popular in arctic regions, in which the Borealis (the main plot point of [Half-Life 2: Episode Two]) is situated so HL3 is finally confirmed.”
- “White Sands is a national park in New Mexico (same state Black Mesa is located in, of course), but also more significantly there is a military test range there…”
- “I think we’re at at state in which, even if we actually get an announcement for Half-Life 3, none of us would take it seriously.”
- “I’m going to be so incredibly dead inside if it is another Half Life game but a spin-off. Like Half Life: Tower Defence or some sh*t like that.”
One popular leaker says:
- “…I think this is Half-Life 3…I got to be very careful in answering that question, but yes, I think that this is a non-VR Half-Life game that you play an HV-suit-wearing character.”
- “[It’s been] in development since Half-Life: Alyx was released…it seem as if things are happening very quickly and are actually nearing a completion date sooner rather than later…”
- “…code named HLX, this appears to be a non-VR Half-Life game that is single player or cooperative, or both…it’s up in the air.”
The original word from Tyler McVicker:
Valve on Half-Life 2: Episode Two:
As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions. In Episode Two, you must battle and race against Combine forces as you traverse the White Forest to deliver a crucial information packet stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of fellow resistance scientists.
Episode Two extends the award-winning Half-Life gameplay with unique weapons, vehicles, and newly-spawned creatures.
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Can I play before I die?
While I wish them all the success in the world on this, it's nearly a lifetime ago when I was first awed by a head crab.
Would be fun to get closure on the Half Life story line. I'd take a HL2 Episode 3 or an HL3 just to give it a real ending.
That said, I doubt it will ever happen. It's a minefield.
Half Life 3 has been so thoroughly hyped up for so long they could never release a game that won't be completely shit on once it releases. People have too high expectations.
White Sands makes me think of the "White Sands Missile Range" in New Mexico where the Army tests new missile designs.
I wonder if it is some sort of missile game :p
Even if it turns out to be true I'd not get excited for it at this stage, I was over Half-Life 15 years ago.
"MadMummy76, post: 87819, member: 1298" wrote:Even if it turns out to be true I'd not get excited for it at this stage, I was over Half-Life 15 years ago.
That is fair.
I honestly cant even remember how the story "ended". I just remember that it didn't. It stopped mid action with the anticipation of another game coming along and it never did.
Exited? Nah. I wouldn't be excited. But I would most definitely play it. Maybe not immediately upon launch, but I'd snap it up on sale at some point.
I'd re-play through HL1, HL2 and all the episodes in order first, just so it is fresh in my memory.
Question is, do I start with original HL1, or do I play Black Mesa instead? :p
Even HL2 is 20 years old now, that means there are a bunch of gamers out there who wasn't even born when HL2 came out. Think about that.
That also means whatever they do will probably stand on its own and you won't need to be aware of the story from the old games to be able to play it.
Could very much be like Baulder’s gate 3. Callbacks to 2, but no need to have played it to follow the story
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Join Discussion →Gamers be like-
Can I play before I die?
While I wish them all the success in the world on this, it's nearly a lifetime ago when I was first awed by a head crab.
Would be fun to get closure on the Half Life story line. I'd take a HL2 Episode 3 or an HL3 just to give it a real ending.
That said, I doubt it will ever happen. It's a minefield.
Half Life 3 has been so thoroughly hyped up for so long they could never release a game that won't be completely shit on once it releases. People have too high expectations.
White Sands makes me think of the "White Sands Missile Range" in New Mexico where the Army tests new missile designs.
I wonder if it is some sort of missile game :p
Even if it turns out to be true I'd not get excited for it at this stage, I was over Half-Life 15 years ago.
That is fair.
I honestly cant even remember how the story "ended". I just remember that it didn't. It stopped mid action with the anticipation of another game coming along and it never did.
Exited? Nah. I wouldn't be excited. But I would most definitely play it. Maybe not immediately upon launch, but I'd snap it up on sale at some point.
I'd re-play through HL1, HL2 and all the episodes in order first, just so it is fresh in my memory.
Question is, do I start with original HL1, or do I play Black Mesa instead? :p
Even HL2 is 20 years old now, that means there are a bunch of gamers out there who wasn't even born when HL2 came out. Think about that.
That also means whatever they do will probably stand on its own and you won't need to be aware of the story from the old games to be able to play it.
Could very much be like Baulder’s gate 3. Callbacks to 2, but no need to have played it to follow the story