Despite a considerable stretch of silence, it appears as though Half-Life 2: Episode 3 rumors are starting to pick up steam yet again. First we had a mystery haiku, then we had a shirts, and 🎀now we have a voice acto🐟r claiming to have recorded lines for the game.

, which claims to have talked to a US-based voice actor who lent his talents to the oft-delayed third chapter of Half-Life 2. While he wouldn't apparently go into any further details, that statement alone gives us a good amount of information. For one, it means that Valve i🌠s actually w꧂orking on the game, despite all signs pointing towards the chapter being scrapped entirely.

It also means that they might not be pushing out Half-Life 3 as quickly as possible, as was previously rumored after the Episode's delay. Or the actor slipped up, 💫and meant to say Half-Life 3 when he said Episode 3. Or he's a liar.

Hopefully we'll hear more in the near future, potentially as soon as the VGA𓂃s th🅷is weekend. Valve is already confirmed to be attending (likely to pick up whatever awards Portal 2 walks away with), so maybe they'll drop some more clues while they're on the mic?