Ever since obsessed fans pulled apart a video of Wheatley at the Spike Videogame Awards, rumors concerning Half-Life 3 have run rampant. While the community is expecting an imminent announcement, Valve writer Chet Faliszek has arrived to crush your dreams -- none of the rumors are true, and you're all being trolled.
"You are being trolled. There is no ARG," he said. "Wheatley’s speech was set in Portal 2 fiction -- that is all. There has been no directive from Gabe to leak anything. That is all false. I just want to say this so there is no confusion. This is the community trolling the community nothing more. While it is nice to see people excited about anything HL, I hate seeing people be trolled like this."
Fans reckon that Valve has been up to its "alternate reality game" shenanigans with fans, dropping subtle clues in the lead up to a Half-Life 3 reveal. It would appear, however, that the fans are doing what Victorians did when the War of the Worlds radio play was broadcast -- swearing they can smell the Martian smoke that doesn't exist and whipping themselves into hysteria.
Or ... is that what Valve wants us to think? WE MUST CONTINUE TO SPECULATE!
Valve’s Chet Faliszek Shuts Down All Half-Life 3 Rumors [Hot Blooded Gaming]
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1:00 PM on 12.28.2011 | 
Gabe Newell is fat, and supposedly telling us that HL3 does not exist. Jim Sterling is fat, and using jurnalizm to confirm HL3's non-existence.
*LE GASP*
The only logical conclusion is that all along Jim Sterling has been an agent of Valve sent to hide the truth so they can keep suspense when they announce the joint Valve-Dtoid nature conservation effort, Half-Life Tree!
I KNEW IT.
Wow, that's ironic since Valve's been trolling us for the past four years now (almost five)!!
'rip off the band aid' as the americans say.
Half-Life 3 will be the third Half-Life game. Chet Faliszek's name starts with a C, which is the third letter of the American alphabet. America is surrounded by three countries: Canada, Mexico and Alaska. Canada + Mexico + Alaska = 18 letters, which is evenly divisible by three. Chet Faliszek's own name consists of 12 letters, which is also divisible by three. A well-known anagram of "chet faliszek" is "the face silkz", which is three words, one of which is three letters. And spelled backwards, Chet Faliszek's name is "Kezsilaf Tehc", which is also interesting.
Sorry Valve, not buying it this time!
Everything else seems legit. Good work.
"Only the true messiah denies his divinity."
"What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me?"
*Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim (I didn't want to break the acronyms stream :))
**I think it's kinda sad that only 2 of the games above are not sequels and only one (Kingdoms of Amalur) uses an original IP. (and yes I know it's not an exhaustive list but it's definitely some of the biggest games of the past year)
P.S. Yes, there was also L.A. Noire, which is great, but still, the year was dominated by sequels.
I mean, I love Half Life and would be ecstatic to see more from the series, but this is just too much (or would it be too little).
2011
Still thinks alaska's a country
?
at least the game had gameplay footage and such(despite being a year old now)
keep on waiting Valve boys :P
But isn't Portal set in Half-Life fiction?
Don't you understand? When it comes to Half Life, there is no joking around! This is serious business!!
All hope is lost.
jesus I just woke up cut me some slack
That's it. I'm going to go change the Wikipedia page to say that Gabe Newell invented trolling during a morning bruncheon.
Ricochet 3
Alaska may not be a country, but Russia is. Russia is also a border country with the US. I declare your logic sound.
/more trolling
/saltonthewounds
Goddamn it Randy, I love you so much.
Thats the next Valve game, trust me.
/doubletrollhands