The other plausible reason for the 2018 release date is the fact that the franchise will mark its 20th year or anniversary in the same year.
The first game of the franchise, the original “Half-Life” survival first-person shooter video game came out in 1998. The second game, “Half-Life 2” came out in 2004. So a third installment is very much long overdue.
This assumption is giving fans of “Half-Life 3” the hope that Valve is indeed busy with the development of the game at the moment and the developer simply wanted to keep everything under wraps until it is ready to finally unveil the game.
Many gamers and critics, however, believe that Valve Corporation has already let a number of major gaming events slipped by without announcing “Half-Life 3,” and that every passing day that the game is not released, it either turns gamer away or lessen their excitement on it.
But some others believe that “Half-Life 3” will always draw excitement in whatever event it will be unveiled or launched.
It should be worth noting that amid all the rumors on “Half-Life 3,” Valve Corporation has yet to confirm whether the game is already in development or not, or whether they intend to come out with “Half-Life 3” at all or not.