When Pigs Fly: The Eternal Wait For Legendary Sequels

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When Pigs Fly: The Eternal Wait For Legendary Sequels

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Oh, the ETERNAL SUFFERING of waiting for sequels that may never come! The meme brilliantly captures the gaming industry's most notorious development hell twins: GTA 6 and Half-Life 3. Rockstar takes a DECADE to release GTA 6 (still waiting in real life, folks), while Valve has basically ghosted humanity on Half-Life 3 since... *checks calendar*... THE DAWN OF TIME? The Half-Life logo ominously hovering there is basically the gaming equivalent of seeing your ex happy on social media. The pain is UNBEARABLE! Meanwhile, Rockstar's over there smugly planning their Game of the Year acceptance speech for 2026. TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX! By then we'll all be gaming with our grandchildren or possibly our robot overlords!

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