data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/valves-trio-of-hardware-announcements-revived-my-half-life-3-fever-dream-170000561.html” data-ylk=”slk:Half-Life fans;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>Half-Life fans are nothing if not patient. For the diehard fans out there, the latest test of patience comes from Insider Gaming Weekly‘s data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://www.youtube.com/live/x7GRLcaZtgA” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:podcast;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>podcast, which claimed that the third installment in the Half-Life franchise is set to release with the launch of the data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/valve-announces-new-steam-machine-and-steam-controller-182836847.html” data-ylk=”slk:Steam Machine;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>Steam Machine sometime in spring 2026.
“The window I was specifically told was spring 2026 for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, for Half-Life 3,” Mike Straw, one of the hosts of the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast and senior editor at…
