G-Man voice actor just made cryptic tweet seemingly pointing at Half-Life 3

Happy New Year, everyone! And what better way to start off 2025 than by once again hyping you all up for something that might never happen?

Mike Shapiro, the voice actor best known for his tantalizing portrayal of the G-Man, one of the eeriest and most mysterious presences in gaming, just tweeted something, well, tantalizing and eerie.

Long tweet short, Shapiro is clearly not speaking as himself, but rather as the G-Man, and he mentions of “unexpected surprises”.

“Half-Life 3 confirmed” is one of the most frustratingly timeless memes in the history of the Internet. By now, we’re all champions at straw-grasping when it comes to believing in Half-Life 3. Whenever someone sneakily snaps a picture of Gabe Newell’s breakfast, we can instantly come up with measured explanations as to why his choice of three fried eggs means Half-Life 3 isn’t just cooking but actually straight-up ready for a surprise Steam release on that very day.

But this time, we just had Mike Shapiro, known for his very cryptic G-Man, who was very obviously talking about the future of Half-Life. Shapiro, who hadn’t tweeted since 2020, also tagged Valve, Halflife, and the GMan in his mysterious tweet about this… future.

Sure — if Valve’s handling of their greatest profiting off of their game models is of any indication — you could make the case that current-day Valve has simply achieved unbelievable levels of corporate laid-backness and is fine with anyone creating false hype about the IP. Or maybe Shapiro was just drunkenly celebrating the end of the year in a way that would make Gordon Freeman’s greatest tormentor proud. Still, this feels like something else.

Though rumors were aplenty, I most seriously doubt Valve would use the Game Awards to present Half-Life 3 to the world. It’s way more likely that the company would go for an in-house presentation and there is no better way to kickstart the hype machine than to have the voice actor known for his work as the most mysterious character saying some viral-worthy things online.

Like, yeah, it might be nothing, but combined with the Half-life 2 soft remaster we’ve seen for the game’s 20th birthday celebration, and with Valve’s newfound will to get back to making games, it’s hard not to see this as something.

You can now play Half-Life 2’s greatly improved 20th-anniversary revamp on Steam.