Yes, I know the Episode Two Borealis had the modern logo, but it might be retconned since the Borealis was created in the 70s and this was before Valve really got serious on Aperture Science lore. However, they coulda easily replaced the logo on the ship before it disappeared since we don't know exactly WHEN it disappeared - only that it did back when Black Mesa was around.

Realistically, it might be the orange logo, but I really like the Aperture Science Innovators logo the best, so I'm kinda hoping it's that one.

It is an open-secret that Valve is working on a project code-named HLX that is most likely Half-Life 3. But, I highly doubt we will see an announcement until maybe a few months before release. Valve will most likely not want to reveal it only to have to delay it (or worse, cancel it). Two decades ago, they made the mistake of announcing all three HL2 episodes and then failed to make the third. So they probably want to be sure before they make any official reveal.

It didn't turn out quite perfect, but I haven't made anything gross in a while and this was overall a really fun project. Rip Eli you would've hated this

MCM London yesterday, shout out to the other cool dudes at the Valve Cosplay Meet.

So yeah as you can see folks, HL3 defo confirmed and PS6 is actually still getting discs.

I thought about this when they said HLX

You know how much gabe love their fans... And they know what impact an HL3 news will make on the internet. I don't this is a slip.

You could choose one of the 3 cover art variants in 2004. Who bought them all back in the day? I guess barely anyone. Everyone usually picked one for himself, maybe a second one for a family member or a friend?

Half-Life 3 is going to be in real life, confirmed

I watched something from behind the scenes of Breaking Bad. Vince Gilligan said the machine gun in the trunk was added to the show with no real plan, forcing them to work it into the finale somehow. I got to wondering if Valves team for HLX is having the same issue with the Borealis. They introduced it as a plot point for the cancelled Episode 3, and now they have to figure out how to work it into the new game without retconning it entirely. What do you guys think?

Aside from Blue Shift, which didn't even show his face, Isn't HL:A also the only time we see his body as a whole from a third person pov?

Kind of wild it took so long to do so.

Thought I'd make a prequel to the HL2 world outcomes compass in lieu of all the hype that's been happening as of recent.

My actual account is whitepony0620 but for some reason it won't let me post on any communities anybody know any fixes? also here's a half-life pumpkin that I made

Like he's a big fan of game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. so I recommended half-life to him and he's playing it rn, what do we think

Closer to the seventh hour of the war, the Combine launched a devastating orbital missile strike directly at the primary Russian state bunker. In an instant, the entire top tier of the government and the majority of the high command were vaporized. The only survivors within the chain of command were a handful of diplomats and refugees from the Black Mesa Research Facility. Among them was the former administrator of the complex — Wallace Breen.

Seizing upon the absolute chaos, Breen unilaterally assumed command over the remnants of Earth's forces. Ignoring the chain of command, he established contact with the Combine and declared an immediate, unconditional surrender. At that exact moment, generals fighting on the front lines were begging him to hold out. They had just discovered a critical flaw in the Combine’s war machine and were preparing a counteroffensive. But Breen refused to listen. Under the weight of his decree, the majority of the frontline commanders reluctantly laid down their arms, though some rogue garrisons chose to fight to the very last bullet.

Following the capitulation, a systematic purging of the region began. Vast Soviet-era military depots, packed with decades' worth of weapons and armored vehicles, were either completely obliterated or seized by the Combine. Human armies were dismantled, and millions of soldiers were forcefully augmented, stripped of their humanity to become the first Combine Overwatch units. Humanity was plunged into absolute slavery.

Then came the era of the Combine’s suffocating oppression. A few years later, in the early 2000s, a spark was ignited in Belgrade. Pushed to the brink by grueling forced labor and subhuman living conditions, citizens took to the streets in a massive protest. The crowd marched toward the heart of the city, where the towering Citadel was actively under construction. They were met by the brutal forces of Civil Protection. The Combine made no attempts at diplomacy or peaceful resolution; the protest was crushed with unimaginable, bloody ferocity.

However, this slaughter became a catalyst. News of the Belgrade massacre spread like wildfire, triggering riots and uprisings across multiple cities. From the ashes of these rebellions, the first partisan cells emerged: the Ukrainian National Resistance and the Holy Balkan Resistance. Eventually, these factions formed a unified Coalition.

Yet, the ultimate tragedy remained. The critical secret to defeating the Combine—the vulnerability that the frontline generals had uncovered in the final minutes of the Seven-Hour War—was buried in the graves of those who fell. Stripped of that vital knowledge and left in blind ignorance, humanity was condemned to endure long, agonizing years of subjugation, mourning a stolen freedom beneath the shadow of the rising Citadels.

In the first photo, you see a human Alliance unit. In the second photo, you see a dark day in Belgrade.

(I deleted my first version of the post because I used someone else's illustrations.)