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Sean Hollister
Valve didn’t announce Half-Life 3, so why all the secrecy?

I told you security guards lined the halls during my Valve visit. CNET’s Scott Stein can back me up. But I’ve never seen guards during previous Valve trips — and maybe they were only there that day. Steve Burke (Gamers Nexus) told me he didn’t see any when he visited.

Some think this image means a game beginning with “H” might stop being “censored” sometime “soon”.
Some think this image means a game beginning with “H” might stop being “censored” sometime “soon”.
Image: Valve via u/N0th1ng5p3ci1
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