"Half Life 3" release date rumors continue to circulate.

Valve Founder Gabe Newell has given countless interviews about the new game's development, but all of them remain vague and uncertian about the latest installment's fate.

Needless to say, no solid and official confirmation has been made.

In one of his interviews, Newell expressed that the growing clamour for the new game and the fans' expectations will not be put to waste.

"We definitely in a sense have an army of customers who are always helping us stay honest..." Newell said.

"We've essentially crowd-sourced supervision of a lot of these decisions to our customers and it works way better than almost any other system we could design. They're rabid, they're passionate, and there are a lot of them," he said.

But why hasn't the game materialized if they really value their fans? No one knows for sure.

"Half Life 3" release date rumors even surfaced before and during the E3 2014 that Valve will finally announce the official launch date of the latest instalment. But that didn't happen, leaving fans disheartened once again.

Rumored discovered artworks for the new game didn't help either. It has been previously reported that former Valve employee Minh Lee saw some studies for "Half Life 3." However, the rumor was quickly gunned down by the gaming community since Lee has left Valve several years ago and might have spotted an old and unused "Half Life" artwork.

It it's any consolation, another "Half Life 3" release date report claims that "Conuter Strike" co-creators have already confirmed that the third instalment is underway.

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