Rumors about Valve’s new game, HLX (presumably Half-Life 3), persist into 2025, with YouTuber Tyler McVicker speculating that the developer might officially announce it this year. According to McVicker, his team analyzed code changes from Dota 2’s recent update, suggesting that HLX is a single-player first-person shooter with enhanced physics and improved features.
Key improvements include:
– Enhanced physics
– Upgraded systems similar to Half-Life 2 (2004)
– Improved flammability, buoyancy, deformations, fluid simulation, and vehicle simulation
– Human NPCs with a “mood-based system” influencing behavior and responses
– Dynamic navigation meshes for destructible environments
The latest update for Deadlock featured the “hlx_fsr3” string of code, referencing AMD’s upscaling technology typically used in completed projects. While this is just speculation, McVicker believes Valve may announce HLX sometime in 2025, although he emphasizes that this is his prediction and not confirmation of the studio’s release schedule.
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Source: https://80.lv/articles/rumor-valve-s-new-half-life-game-could-be-announced-in-2025