>>264707501
>I doubt it will be a FULL version of Half-Life 3 though
Yeah it won't be.
I've been following this shit for close to 2 years now and the consensus is that it's a prequel to Half Life 2 where you play as Alyx.

For everything else you said, it all makes decent business sense but Valve literally does not care.
>>264707617
>They cracked VorpX?
Nope, I've been checking since 2016 because I refuse to pay 40 dollars for it.