We won’t know until the game actually drops… whenever it drops. With the technology’s 15 minutes long past, Alyx might just be a last attempt to get the spotlight a few more seconds. Valve has spent much of the past decade developing new not-games, with their VR support being their biggest gamble. Of course, the other side of the coin is that Half-Life: Alyx is a cheap cash-in to justify Valve’s investment in the technology. Just as many are writing the technology off, this could be the innovative jolt that the hardware needs to launch it into the future. If Valve can release Half-Life: Alyx in conjunction with a development engine and toolkit, this could mean a whole new era for VR. Still, the potential of Half-Life: Alyx is the same as Half-Life 3. I’m sure that countless articles will crop up about whether or not a VR Half-Life is what fans really want. So on Thursday, November 21st, at 10 am PT, we will learn more about Half-Life: Alyx. We’re excited to unveil Half-Life: Alyx, our flagship VR game, this Thursday at 10am Pacific Time.Ĭan’t wait to share it with all of you! /BupFCxSrTw- Valve November 18, 2019 Without Valve, Steam, and Half-Life, the world of gaming would be very different. Valve games are consistently exceptional, but their platform Steam revolutionized digital distribution. Since then, “ Half-Life 3 confirmed,” has become a shorthand for gamer overhype and hysteria.

But Half-Life failing to deliver was a massive blow. It’s not exactly uncommon for games to fail to deliver on their episodic goals (the Source Engine title SiN Episodes failed to get past Episode 1 around this time). Half-Life 2 was released 15 years ago, and was left on a cliffhanger in 2007 with Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (of a proposed 3). Half-Life 3 is also one of the internet’s oldest jokes. It’s about the potential for a new golden age of user-created content. The promise of Half-Life 3 isn’t just about another good game. If you were to trace the family roots of many of your favorite franchises, you’d likely find the DNA of Half-Life somewhere along the line. Then there were the thousands of fan-mods, leading to millions of hours of experimentation by the gamers of yesteryear. Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Portal, and Left 4 Dead are all franchises that originated as Half-Life/Half-Life 2 modifications. Half-Life is a legendary franchise, known equally for its contributions to FPS game design and open-source philosophy. Today sure has been an emotional rollercoaster for fans of Half-Life. Half-Life 3-ish Confirmed, Half-Life: Alyx Coming to SteamVR

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