Half-Life: Alyx brings us again to City 17 in six weeks

A brand new Half-Life game is launching in a bit over a month. Huh, all sounds very actual once you put it like that. It’s solely been, what, 13 years for the reason that final one? Today, Valve revealed that Freeman-free VR prequel Half-Life: Alyx has nailed down a March 23rd launch date. Assuming Valve are proper about getting through the next six weeks without delay, we’ll all be hopping again on the practice to City 17 in six weeks time.

Well, a few of us. VR continues to be hovering only a little outta my worth vary, so I’m afraid my headcrabs might be staying firmly locked in two dimensions in the meanwhile. Ah, nicely at the least Valve’s announcement got here with some pretty new screenshots to fawn over.

Return to City 17 in simply six weeks. Follow https://t.co/Jwo28Gv5qO and https://t.co/R3DOBJdsOh for extra information. pic.twitter.com/cYStPwAqI0

— Valve (@valvesoftware) February 13, 2020

As noticed by Joe Parlock’s hawkish eyes on Twitter, somebody’s gone and left the massive ol’ Source Engine error placeholder in that first shot. An oversight? Sure. But it brings a tear to this previous mapmaker’s eye.

Preordering Alyx will allow you to linger in City 17 a bit early. Not within the game, thoughts, however in some Steam VR Home environments themed in Half-Life’s oppressive metropolis. Valve additionally notice that they’ll have phrase on Index headset availability “soon”. To be anticipated, actually, on condition that pleasure for a brand new Half-Life emptied their VR warehouses.

Honestly, studying Half-Life: Alyx was a VR unique took the wind out of my sails. It does sound correct good, although. Like Matt, small particulars like having the ability to put a bucket on a headcrab and watch it panic helped crystalise what Half-Life in VR could be for me. Unfortunately, that shifts it from “wasn’t interested” to “very interested, cannot afford.” Rubbish.

If, by some means, March 23rd continues to be too distant, you would all the time go bash by means of every other Half-Life game for free – at the least, ’til Alyx hits Steam subsequent month. Hell, you would even take a look at fan-made remake Black Mesa now that it’s pretty much done.