Is that you, Gordon?
As Hamlet requested of Horatio, it is time to absent myself from felicity awhile, and in this harsh world draw my breath in pain to tell you that theHalf-Life 3speculators are at it again. Over the weekend, the discovery of a mystery Valve project called “White Sands” on a voice actor’s portfolio has set tongues and fingers wagging about potentialHalf-Lifenews in the offing.
Is it Half-Life 3, or something Half-Lifey but not Three-ey? A follow-up for acclaimed VR gameHalf-Life: Alyx, maybe? IDK what to tell you. Games journalists and Valve nuts alike have beenchasing a proper resolutionto Gordon Freeman’s story for almost as long as I’ve been doing this. Hamlet is notorious for delayed release but he’s got nothing on the G-Man.
The voice actor in question isNatasha Chandel, whose credits includeStarfieldand Call Of Duty: Vanguard. The reason people are linking her TBA “White Sands” project to Half-Life, other than it being a Valve gig, is that White Sands is a US military base in New Mexico, which is also the in-game location of Half-Life’sBlack Mesalaboratory. Chandel has yet to comment on the speculation, but the White Sands listing has now been removed from her portfolio, which I’m sure will put all the rumour-mongering to bed.
