When will Half Life 3 be released and will it ever be released?

"Half Life" is a game that can rightly be considered legendary. She became one of the prototypes of an ideal first-person shooter, and many gamers are still enjoying it. They pereprohodyat as the first part, and the second, being in a tedious waiting for the moment when Valve - the developer of the series - will announce the release of the third part. The first Half Life was released in 1998, followed by several additions, followed in 2004 by the sequel. Ten years have passed since its release, and gamers all over the world want to know when Half Life 3 will be released.

The beginning of history

It all began, as already mentioned above, in 1998, when an incredible shooter with a deep plot and fascinating gameplay appeared on the shelves. We were allowed to try on the image of the silent chemist Gordon Freeman, who did not utter a word for all the two parts of the game. But when an emergency situation arose on the secret base of the "Black Mass", Gordon took up arms without any problems and began to save his life in order to bring the whole truth to the world. He simultaneously has to fight both with the mutants that were created at the base, and with the soldiers who were ordered to eliminate Gordon by any means.

Continuation of half-life

The first part of the game made a real sensation, because before the "Half Life" the gaming industry has not seen such a great shooter. Naturally, gamers wanted to see the sequel, but they had to wait six years. During this time, came out and "Counter Strike" (network shooter on the engine "Half Life"), and other projects from "Valve", but only in 2004 the light saw the continuation of the sensational shooter. It was expected with some apprehension, as the continuation of masterpieces often do not reach the level of their predecessors. However, in the case of "Half Life" everything turned out quite differently - the second part was just as gorgeous as the first. That's why not only fans of the series, but also fans of computer games are still wondering when will Hald Life 3. After all, everyone expects the creators of this project another explosion in the field of gaming.

Unending expectation

For the first time the release of the third part of "Half Life" was announced not so long ago - about five years ago. Many gamers already managed to forget that "Valve" had once promised that the third and final episode of the great epic about Gordon Freeman would be released. But beyond the words it did not go - every year there were more and more new messages about the postponement of the final part of the trilogy Half Life, jokes appeared on the Internet that this game might never see the light. Developers to the questions about when will be released Half Life 3, always gave blurry answers that did not promise anything concrete. In a recent interview, one of the developers said that the third part will be on sale in the autumn of this year, but few people have already believed it. Is the series still unfinished? Is it really a question of when Half Life 3 will be released and there will not be an answer?

Weak ray of hope

"Valve" is now working on developing its own engine for computer games, so they are clearly not up to extraneous projects. Before starting such a serious activity, the company released two online shooters in zombie setting called Left 4 Dead, as well as the second part of the puzzle Portal, which received separate single and cooperative campaigns, developing in completely different storylines. And after that fresh "toys" from the company did not come out, but more recently a separate site was launched that can shed light on the question: "When will Half Life 3 come out?" The release date of the game there, of course, is not indicated, because the site is decorated in a very mysterious way. The page symbolically depicts the universe, and beneath it there are three counters that symbolize unannounced projects. One of them, most likely, corresponds to the release date of the game engine from "Valve", the other - the gaming platform "Steam Box", but what does the third counter mean? Many people assume and hope that it is devoted to the "Half", which can not but rejoice. It is not yet known when Half Life 3 comes out, there is even no certainty that this counter is somehow connected with a sensational project, but some craftsmen have already managed to "take into circulation" the symbolic image of the universe and by changing the contrast to find it in The graphic editor of the logo "Half Life" with the figure 3. However, this can hardly be considered a proof, since such a video can very easily be trumped up.

Will there be any continuation?

While optimists find in pictures from the website of the Half Life logo, pessimists consider the probability that the final part will not appear on sale. Many of them are tormented by the question of whether Half Life 3 will come out at all, and their forecasts are not very consoling. The fact is that almost all the latest projects of "Valve" are networked. They are designed for cooperative passage, which completely contradicts the concept of Half Life. Therefore, it is likely that "Valve" will continue to deal only with network projects, and the final part of the trilogy will not be released. Wait and see...