So according to anonymous source Half Life 3 is developed by 10 people

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Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50lSIaSR3zc

Here's a short summary I found on Neogaf:

HL3:
1. in development but by a small crew of ~10 people currently
2. project status is the script is complete
3. valve management not invested in releasing it anytime soon
4. was in development with larger team in 2009 but devs got moved to other projects which needed attention
5. mass effect 3 backlash influenced them. devs saw how passionate fans turned on the game and didnt want that to happen to the company's banner franchise
6. game culture has changed since 2004 ("sadly, most people are shitheads" - anonymous source at valve)

$$$:
7. cash flow from steam and F2P microtransactions is more than sustaining valve
8. staff moved to projects that bring in the money
9. Dota, CS Go, TF2 earned valve over $400 million in 2014.
10. Conservative estimate for total steam revenue in 2014 at $1.5 billion (1st and 3rd party)
11. Valve's 30% cut of $1.1 billion (3rd party only) combined with their top 3 F2P game earnings = $730 million in 2014.
12. no financial pressure to release HL3 (generous 12 million units full price retail for HL3 equals $720 million).*

Seems like it's in development hell, lets hope it won't turn out to be another Duke Nukem Forever.

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Will Half Life 3 happen?

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Yes, very soon

Maybe in a few years or so

Never

PRAISE LORD GABEN!

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jbondguy007

And that's how game companies switch from "creating what the gamers want and need" to "fuck everything, we make easy money who gives a flying shit about what they want? MORE HATS AND GUN SKINS AND KNIVES, WOHOO!"

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Ruaben

The signs were there all along.

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JakodSA

Well the fact that they screwed everyone over with the big promise of an episodic story line which abruptly came to an end nearly a decade ago. i highly doubt they would make half life 3, and even if they did. I totally refuse to purchase any of there empty lies.

PS: Besides they making a crap load of money every day with all their little schemes already in place and continuing to add more ways to squeeze money out of gamers.

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peterlol

I still have to play the other half life games :P

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Luminux

"sadly, most people are shitheads"

So true !!! Anyway it will never happen and if by some miracle it does happen it will not live up to all the hype it's been getting! It was praised for being revolutionary but the formula as been done and redone already . . .

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dantenemo

I'm only here to observe all the tin foil hats...

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FreekillRS

no, valve only needs to fix that timer on my profile

9 years ago

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