It seem that 'Half-Life 3' is really going to be happening, however it seems that Valve's (developer of Half-Life 3) focus is currently on the VR platform.

Here's the latest on 'Half-Life 3' release date, news, and updates.

The Verge reported that Valve will have 1/3 of its workforce to focus Half-Life 3's availability on VR. Alan Yates (Hardware Engineer at Valve) confirmed this in a Reddit thread saying,

"I was super fortunate to start at Valve right around the time Michael Abrash had begun the AR/VR research team. It was a much smaller team then than it is now, it has since grown to encompass about a third of the company, but the key individuals that solved most of the really hard technological problems and facilitated this generation of consumer headsets are still here working on the next generation."

Although the game still doesn't have a release date, according to Yibada, Half-Life 3 will be released on VR by 2018. When it comes other consoles it is yet unknown.

Developing a game like Half-Life series usually take two years, the least. Fans of the series doesn't mind if Valve is taking their time planning the game's development. After all, a rushed game isn't worth buying and they need to meet their expectations after the previous title's success.

VR gaming is no doubt the future of the gaming industry and what a way to introduce it with a Half-Life game, more specifically Half-life 3.

A report from The News Independent also supports this, stating that market insiders are now speculating that "Half-Life 3" is going to be released in 2018 already in full VR format, which means that both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 already have support for VR technology by then.