Rumours regarding Half-Life 3 and Team Fortress 3 have been doing the rounds for quite a while now, with several persons tied to Valve or its community claiming that something major is just around the corner. Among them, insider GabeFollower - who previously leaked several accurate details about Deadlock - says that Valve will announce Half-Life 3 this year.
This is further backed up by Tyler McVicker - who discovered and leaked information about Half-Life: Alyx - adding that a reveal of the game is just weeks away.
Other sources, however, claim that we won't see anything at The Game Awards, and that Valve will unveil Half-Life 3 on its own terms, much like they did with their new hardware this past week. But to spice things up even further, it's now also said that Half-Life 3 may very well end up being - at least initially - a Steam Machine exclusive, launching alongside the anticipated hardware early next year.
Tom Henderson from Insider Gaming mentioned in a podcast that:
"Yeah, so like March, or, yea it'll probably be March, because I've heard there's a big game coming out in March that I can't say just yet."
Lots of rumours, all of which should probably be taken with a few handfuls of salt. But with this much smoke, there's likely a fire in there somewhere. It doesn't sound completely unrealistic, after all, since Alyx launched alongside the Index.
What do you think about the rumours? Does it seem likely that Half-Life 3 will be Steam Machine-exclusive?