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funkydunkey @funkydunkey_ ... People who expect Bloodborne Remastered and Half Life 3 at the Game Awards when all the lights go down at the end of the show and the Last of Us soundtrack starts playing. 9:40 AM Dec 12, 2024 91.3K Views .

Dave in LA @DaveOshry Absolutely no f------ way lol Nima Zeighami @NimaZeighami · Dec 11 The rumor I heard, and I am not kidding here, is that Gabe will be there to announce Half-Life 3. I personally don't believe it. But that could be what Jason's talking about! x.com/genki_jpn/stat... 9:48 PM Dec 11, 2024 40.9K Views ...

Daniel @ultr4nima people at the Game Awards expecting Half-Life 3 watching the words "Genshin Impact 2” fade in on the big screen II GIF ALT 3:46 AM Dec 12, 2024 238.9K Views

Jacksepticeye @Jacksepticeye First year where im not at the game awards in ages. If they announced Half Life 3 tonight at it i'm gonna lose it • 6:02 AM Dec 12, 2024 263.9K Views •

Adrian @AGenesect imagine if half life 3 actually got revealed tomorrow...e be a LIKE THAT'S EVER GONNA II GIF ALT HAPPEN. 10:34 PM Dec 11, 2024 12.5K Views

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The Game Awards Half-Life 3 Reveal Rumor refers to a rumor surrounding the possible announcement of the next major installation of Half-Life video game series at The Game Awards 2024 award ceremony. Started by industry insider Jason Schreier saying that there would be two major announcements at the awards and another user relaying a rumor that Valve CEO Gabe Newell would be attending the ceremony to announce Half-Life 3, the rumor inspired memes and discussions prior to the ceremony in mid-December 2024.

Origin

On December 10th, 2024, during his appearance on the Kinda Funny Games Daily podcast,^[1] Bloomberg reporter and video game industry insider Jason Schreier said that at The Game Awards ceremony, held on December 12th, 2024, at least two announcements would make fans say "holy shit" (shown below; 35:20 mark).

There are at least two things that will make you guys reacting and be like, "Holy shit! I can't believe this thing is here." At least two things.

On December 11th, 2024, X^[2] user @Genki_JPN shared the quote, with the post gaining over 1,300 reposts and 6,100 likes in one day.

Later on December 11th, X^[3] user and virtual reality expert @NimaZeighami relayed a rumor that Valve CEO Gabe Newell would be attending The Game Awards to announce Half-Life 3, the next major installment in Valve's popular first-person shooter series. The post (shown below) garnered over 560 reposts and 2,600 likes in one day.

Nima Zeighami @NimaZeighami The rumor I heard, and I am not kidding here, is that Gabe will be there to announce Half-Life 3. I personally don't believe it. But that could be what Jason's talking about! Genki✦ @Genki_JPN. Dec 11 Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) says there will be at least 2 announcements at #TheGameAwards that people won't believe is there! "There are at least 2 things that will make you guys reacting be like 'Holy sh*t!, I can't believe this thing is here!""... Show more THE GAME AWARDS DECEMBER 12 7:01 AM Dec 11, 2024 718.6K Views

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On December 11th, 2024, following the initial rumor appearing online, the Half-Life news X / Twitter account @HL_Alyx_NoVR shared the rumor, with the post gaining over 1,100 reposts and 6,900 likes on X^[4] in one day.

On December 11th and 12th, jokes about the rumor saw viral spread on X / Twitter as users weighed on the possibility of Half-Life 3 being announced at the ceremony. For example, on December 11th, 2024, X^[5] user @Sabuuchi posted a setup for a Cereal Guy meme on the chance the game would get announced, with their post garnering over 450 reposts and 8,700 likes in one day (shown below).

Sabuuchi @Sabuuchi They would never announce Half-Life 3 at The Game Awards. 00 ...

On December 12th, 2024, X^[6] user @ultr4nima posted a joke about Genshin Impact 2 being announced instead of Half-Life 3, which received over 2,500 reposts and 29,000 likes in one day (shown below).

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"Half Life 3 isn't real, we've been developing Dota 3" Gojira 1962 @1962_gojira 1100 DOTAL DOTA 2 DOTA DOTA 2

Kroliki @Krliki Half-life 3 and gta6 fighting for goty in 2025 ...

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^[1] YouTube – Rocksteady’s Pulling The Plug On Suicide Squad Content – Kinda Funny Games Daily 12.10.24

^[2] X – @Genki_JPN

^[3] X – @NimaZeighami

^[4] X – @HL_Alyx_NoVR

^[5] X – @Sabuuchi

^[6] X – @ultr4nima

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