Things we know:

* Valve have been working on an unknown project called” HLX”
* Valve promised an updated version of the Half-Life 2 “Raising the Bar” book in 2025, but missed the deadline for unknown reasons
* Valve’s new hardware launch has been delayed by the RAM crisis

…there is a non-zero chance that Sam Altman has delayed Half-Life 3

@alexhaydock I'll eat my hat if they call it Half-Life 3. Valve has a longstanding in-joke (which isn't funny) that they avoid the number 3. I mean, they already put out two chapters of a Half-Life 2 sequel and called them Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Episode 2.

And then left Episode 2 on a cliffhanger.

@MisterMoo @alexhaydock They left Episode 2 on a cliffhanger *twice*.

Which I find even funnier.