Gamers across the world are in shock today after it has been revealed that Half-Life 3, the long-awaited followup to Valve’s critically-acclaimed 2004 FPS, has actually been available to play for the last ten years, hidden in the 500mb indie game Frog Fractions 2.

This discovery was made late Friday night by Andrew Vole, a 38 year old gamer from Birmingham, England, who shared his discovery with the world the following morning. 

“I was really stoned,” Vole told reporters, “and decided to open the console and type ‘Run Half-Life 3’, just for a laugh, you know? Being a bit silly. Then the G-Man’s face appeared on screen and started talking to me. I thought I was having a psychotic break!”

News of the discovery quickly spread across social media.

“I can’t believe it was there the whole time!” Reddit user Horny4Gman posted, “All I had to do was download Glittermitten Grove, unlock Frog Fractions 2 inside that, and then unlock Half-Life 3 inside that! It’s so obvious!”

GG Tribune reached out to Gabe Newell, president of Valve and king of all videogame money, for comment on the decision to hide one of the most highly anticipated games of all time inside a completely unrelated indie title.

“We honestly thought people would find it sooner.” Newell told us, “We put hints all over the place, but no one spotted them. We’ve just been kicking our heels waiting for people to catch up.”

When asked to confirm what hints gamers were expected to notice to help them track the software down, Newell muttered non-committently and left the room, though not before throwing a Fabergé egg directly at this reporter’s head. Newell’s aides later confirmed that this was the standard way that Newell ended his interviews.

At press time, other companies quickly began mimicking Valve’s technique, with a press release from Ubisoft confirming that Beyond Good and Evil 2 has been hidden in their first game, Zombi for the Amstrad CPC, this whole time.