The Half-Life 3 trademark has been removed. If you didn't see that coming...

Now, listen to me folks. Stop doing this to yourself. Half-Life 3 will be made, has probably been in the process of being made since the dawn of time. It will happen, some day, and it will be glorious. But until that day, until Gaben himself announces it by skydiving through your bedroom window with a fully functioning, real world HEV suit, stop torturing yourself.

When the time is right, the announcement will be made. Until then, stop jumping on rumours and conspiracy theories. They all end like this. The trademark was, most likely, a hoax. The unearthed documents about people being involved in making...remain unsubstantiated.

Stop doing this to yourself.