gaming Half-Life 3 confirmed...?

[Sweetie-Belle 180]

Apparently Valve just pushed an update to DOTA 2, with a file named... guess what is?

 

HL3.TXT

 

If you wanna look, here:

 

https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking/blob/0dd82bbf7db9c0bde3f045e337544eeeb7038595/373301/game/core/tools/help/fgd/hl3.txt

 

Now this appears to CERTAINLY be Half-Life 3 evidence. I haven't browsed through all of it but this is certainly Half-Life 3 material:

 

 

{   string m_Id = "Element.npc_turret_ceiling_pulse"   string m_FriendlyName = "npc_turret_ceiling_pulse"   string m_TooltipOverride = ""   string m_HelpText = "Combine Pulse Ceiling Turret"  

},

 

 

 

Will HL3 have VR? Probably!

 

 

{   string m_Id = "Attribute.worldspawn.vrchaperone"   string m_FriendlyName = "VR Chaperone"   string m_TooltipOverride = ""   string m_HelpText = ""   },  

 

CHelpEntry   {   string m_Id = "Attribute.worldspawn.vrmovement"   string m_FriendlyName = "VR Movement"   string m_TooltipOverride = ""   string m_HelpText = ""   },

 

 

 

Some more interesting things

 

 

 

{   string m_Id = "Attribute.item_generic.pickup_prevents_respawning"   string m_FriendlyName = "Pickup prevents respawning (HL3 only)"   string m_TooltipOverride = ""   string m_HelpText = ""  

},

 

 

{   string m_Id = "Attribute.item_generic.associated_player_counter"   string m_FriendlyName = "Associated PlayerCounter Name (HL3 only)"   string m_TooltipOverride = ""   string m_HelpText = ""   },

 

 

 

 

This is really exciting and just gave me the some motivation to finish Half-Life 2 (I was playing it but suddenly stopped for some reason at one point near the end).

 

What do you think of this?

 

(Note: All the Spoilers have nothing at spoiling the story, we don't even know what the story is yet. They're just code files hinting at enemies, VR and so on)

Edited October 10, 2015 by Sweetie-Belle

[PROJECT: Simon 3,954]

Oh.my.Teemo. Please, just.. please.. I don't want to wait anymore T^T

[Chara 1,565]

If Fallout 4 is going to be good, and another Half-Life comes out the gaming franchise will be saved from Call of Duty, and other games!!!!

Edited October 10, 2015 by Zach

[chirox the pony 1,336]

Valve have a history of taking a long time with sequels, look at team fortress 2. I'm sure that if half-life 3 weren't being made they would have said so by now rather then just leaving people hanging for a game that just won't come out (as I don't see how that would benefit them). 

[Guest]

This could also just be something Valve is doing to troll people. Valve knows their community well and knows they are the type to go digging through files to find any kind of Half Life 3 hints. So this could just be a clever troll.