Reporter Suggests Half-Life 3 Will Be a Steam Machine Launch Title (arstechnica.com) 19
A veteran games journalist claims Half-Life 3 is real and still planned as a Spring 2026 launch title tied to Valve's next Steam Machine push. Ars Technica reports: On the contrary, veteran journalist Mike Straw insisted on a recent Insider Gaming podcast that "everybody I've talked to are still adamant [Half-Life 3] is a game that will be a launch title with the Steam Machine."
Straw -- who has a long history of reporting gaming rumors from anonymous sources -- said this Half-Life 3 information is "not [from] these run-of-the-mill sources that haven't gotten me information before. ... These aren't like random, one-off people." And those sources are "still adamant that the game is coming in the spring," Straw added, noting that he was "specifically told [that] spring 2026 [is the window] for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, [and] for Half-Life 3." [...]
Timing specifics aside, Straw said his sources have him convinced that the long wait for Half-Life 3 is coming to an end in the near future. "The game's real," he said. "At the end of the day, the game is real. There's no denying it. It's just a 'when' and not an 'if' at this point."
Straw -- who has a long history of reporting gaming rumors from anonymous sources -- said this Half-Life 3 information is "not [from] these run-of-the-mill sources that haven't gotten me information before. ... These aren't like random, one-off people." And those sources are "still adamant that the game is coming in the spring," Straw added, noting that he was "specifically told [that] spring 2026 [is the window] for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, [and] for Half-Life 3." [...]
Timing specifics aside, Straw said his sources have him convinced that the long wait for Half-Life 3 is coming to an end in the near future. "The game's real," he said. "At the end of the day, the game is real. There's no denying it. It's just a 'when' and not an 'if' at this point."
The data miners have been predicting HL3 release (Score:1)
for a while now. Apparently it's been in production for around four or five years.
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Yeah I think mid last year there where leaks suggesting it was at a beta stage with internal playtesting.
Maybe poor old Alyx can finally stop hanging off that literal cliff lol.
Or its all bullshit. I probably will get me a steam box thingo though. I always had a rule back in the day where I timed my upgrades for Half life releases. And windows has pushed itself past my pain tolerance with its nonsense lately so maybe steamos might get an install out of me.
Wow (Score:4, Funny)
Steam Machine launch title? Meh. (Score:3)
I'd rather play on PC....
Steam Machine timed exclusive? Shut Up And Take My Money!!!!!!!!!!!
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Which is why it's likely false. First, Valve doesn't do exclusives - if it's on Steam Machine, it'll be on Steam. Now, it's entirely possible that it will only run on Linux, but that just means you install Steam on Linux and play it.
It can be a launch title, but it would really mean it launches the same day as Steam Machine. Just like Aperture Desk Job
But honestly, I give it a 0% chance of it actually happening. The
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Really? Next spring? (Score:3)
Because all the 'sources' were saying they would announce it this fall. These promises are as good as nuclear fusion. We get to next spring and it will be next fall.
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Because all the 'sources' were saying they would announce it this fall. These promises are as good as nuclear fusion. We get to next spring and it will be next fall.
Yep, so-called reporter says complete bollocks to get eyeballs on ad laden article.
There are lies, damned lies and reporter suggestions.
Will play it many years later if it's true (Score:2)
When I can afford an ex-lease laptop with such a(n expected) beefy videocard to run the game. I doubt my current 1GB of VRAM will be enough.
Maybe, just maybe (Score:2)
This might be the thing that gets me back into gaming. Steam machine and Half Life 3! What's not to love? No Microsoft involvement. No Windows 11. FTW!
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Le Duh (Score:2)
I mean a de-beaked headcrab could have posited that this was likley a thing
So,,, (Score:1)
Costs of steam machine (Score:2)
I really want to believe it... (Score:1)
...but we've already been mislead so many times before.
\o/ (Score:1)
Maybe a steam-powered weapon would be appropriate...
We remember... (Score:2)
...Daikatana.
'Nuff said.