Mike Shapiro, who voiced the mysterious G-Man in the Half-Life games, has released an ominous video celebrating the arrival of the new year. In it, he teases new surprises coming

2025 is shaping up to be potentially one of the most exciting in recent memory, with more rumours about Half-Life 3 being a very real thing.

This message follows a previous report by Valve leaker Gabe Follower, who claims that Half-Life 3 recently entered play testing for "family and friends of Valve developers." If so, that would be a remarkable cone of silence from the trusted few, since there haven't been many other reports that suggest a new game is closer than expected.

Mike Shapiro is the voice of G-Man from the Half-Life franchise, and he just teased that G-Man is coming to Half-Life in 2025... Half-Life 3 confirmed?!

A post from original G-Man voice actor Mike Shapiro has sent Half-Life fans into a frenzy as Half-Life 3 hopes return in force. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Half-Life 3 rumor and speculation is in overdrive after the voice actor behind G-Man issued a cryptic tweet teasing some sort of news for 2025. In full G-Man mode, Mike Shapiro tweeted a narrated video in which he marked the end of 2024 by teasing “unexpected surprises” for this year,

Death and taxes are two of them, while the fact that Half-Life 3 is probably never coming is a fitting third. Despite a bevvy of occult rumours and whisperings, prayers and sacrifices to the periodic table have never borne fruit.

Half-Life 3 remains as one of the most anticipated projects in gaming, and a number of solid rumors have recently surfaced around the Valve title.

G-Man and Barney actor Mike Shapiro posted a cryptic video on New Year's Eve, captioned "#Valve #Halflife #GMan #2025". The images in the video are from his newest of three songs, Best Long Dog. It's 197 seconds long and it was released 197 days after his last song.