"Yesterday, Valve announced three (3) hardware products: a Steam Machine console, an accompanying Steam Controller and the long-rumored Steam Frame VR headset. This hardware, along with the excellent Steam Deck, gives Valve a pretty comprehensive way to get people playing games wherever they want, on any sort of screen. And, of course, the games are what this is all about. Steam's catalog is impossibly vast, encompassing every genre you can imagine - but there's still one crucial title missing from the thousands of games available."
"I am, of course, talking about Half-Life 3. I swore back in 2017 that I'd stop beating this dead horse, but Valve sucked me back in with the utterly unexpected, excellent, VR-only Half-Life: Alyx prequel. At the very least, it was a sign that the Half-Life universe wasn't dead and buried in Valve's mind, despite the fact that it had lain dormant with an unresolved cliffhanger for more than a dozen years."
"At the time, Valve indicated it was interested in moving forward with more games in the series, though I wouldn't have been surprised if the company just dropped things again. But, a big push into hardware that is significantly more powerful than the Steam Deck feels like another perfect opportunity to make Half-Life 3 happen. And there have actually been a few more concrete bread crumbs to follow over the last year or so indicating Valve might finally be returning to the Half-Life story."
Valve announced multiple new hardware products — a Steam Machine console, Steam Controller and Steam Frame VR headset — complementing the Steam Deck to enable play across screens. Steam's catalog remains vast across genres but still lacks Half-Life 3. The unexpected VR-only Half-Life: Alyx prequel demonstrated that the Half-Life universe remained active despite a long unresolved cliffhanger. Valve issued a 20th anniversary Half-Life 2 update with map fixes, restored content and developer commentary alongside episodic follow-ups. A major hardware push more powerful than the Steam Deck creates an opportunity and incentive to develop a new Half-Life title.
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