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Half-Life 3 is back in the news again as Valve developer accidentally sort-of references it in public, reigniting hope once more
It's been 19 years since the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, and yet the ceaseless clamour for a Valve game with a number '3' in its title continues. And following a swell of reports suggesting Half-Life 3 isn't just real, its development is well underway, a Valve developer has gone and sent the internet a-chatter all over again by publicly, albeit accidentally, referencing its codename during a livestream.

Half-Life 3 speculation reignited by Valve dev mentioning three sweet little rumored codenamey letters amid technical chat about video game noises
Wake up. There's Half-Life 3 chatter occurring again. This time because, about an hour into a panel about sounds in video games, a Valve composer has uttered three eyebrow-raising letters. HLX. In an industry rife with acronyms, what's so special about this one? Well, it's a rumoured codename for the next entry in the aforementioned series about a man with a crowbar, for one.

Half-Life 3 speculation grows as Valve developer mentions ‘HLX’ during stage panel
Valve music designer Mike Morasky mentioned 'HLX' during a GameSoundCon panel

Valve Developer Mistakenly Mentions Rumored Half-Life 3 Codename
A Valve developer mistakenly slipped up and made mention of Half-Life 3's long rumored codename during a recent conference.