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The year two Abiotic Factor roadmap carries the survival game into 2027 with community-led improvements, free updates, and a DLC expansion.
Valve composer Mike Morasky said HLX, the rumored Half-Life 3 codename, in a public GameSoundCon Q&A.
There's no mistaking it this time—he said it.
What does ARC Raiders look like without other players shooting you in the back? Embark Studios is about to find out. From October 13 to 20, the extraction shooter will test a PvE matchmaking toggle. Players can choose sessions with zero player-to-player damage and focus entirely on fighting ARC. Why now The numbers made the case. In a blog post, Embark said 51% of surveyed players want a dedicated
Wake up. There's Half-Life 3 chatter occurring again. This time because, about an hour into a panel about sounds in video games, a Valve composer has uttered three eyebrow-raising letters. HLX. In an industry rife with acronyms, what's so special about this one? Well, it's a rumoured codename for the next entry in the aforementioned series about a man with a crowbar, for one. Read more
It's been 19 years since the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, and yet the ceaseless clamour for a Valve game with a number '3' in its title continues. And following a swell of reports suggesting Half-Life 3 isn't just real, its development is well underway, a Valve developer has gone and sent the internet a-chatter all over again by publicly, albeit accidentally, referencing its codename during a livestream. Read more
