An email implying that we would see another half-life in five years was wrong

March 19, 2019 An email from Gabe Newell suggesting that another half-life would come out in five years was false.

The Valve CEO's email appeared on Valve News Network, a YouTube channel that covers the company's games. He had written "Do not die in the next five years" in response to a fan who asked me "Will I be able to play a new chapter in Half-Life before the end of my life?"

Valve has now confirmed to us that the e-mail is "not ours". The man behind VNN shot the video after two separate sources also Confirmed that the email was false. VNN has a regular series presenting an authentic match of fans with Valve and has often spoken to Gabe directly in the past, so this is a rare lapse of time.

The email was dated November 8, just days before the release of Half-Life's last semi-substantial story. Images of a Valve-built virtual reality helmet had elapsed on the Internet, which then claimed that Upload VR had verified it via its own internal sources.

Upload VR went further, saying that Valve would bundle its headset with its Knuckle VR controller and a Half-Life system. prequel.

Read more: the twisted and tragic story of Half-Life 3 in its entirety (until now)

The idea of ​​a full-fledged Half-Life 3 is, though infamous, the rumor that never dies, and one of the last cases where it's made its way into the grave is when the interest Valve for VR became clear and everyone decided a new Half-Life would be its system vendor, much like Half-Life 2 was for Steam. Valve then is associated with HTC to make the Vive and no Half-Life game has happened.

With the cancellation of this latest rumor, the official position of Valve seems to have remained unchanged since then.