Valve immediately formally introduced Half-Life: Alyx, a “full-length” game solely for VR. Half-Life is returning after 12 years, although Gordon Freeman seemingly will not be and this isn’t Half-Life 3. Set between the occasions of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, this one stars future sidekick Alyx Vance within the years earlier than Gordo’s return when she and her dad have been constructing the resistance. And sure, this actually is just for VR. Come watch the announcement trailer.
I don’t even like VR however that’s fairly chuffing cool alright.
Valve declare Half-Life: Alyx “features all of the hallmarks of a classic Half-Life game: world exploration, puzzle solving, visceral combat, and an intricately woven story that connects it all with the characters iconic to the Half-Life universe.” I had not anticipated to see Eli Vance once more so nice, go on, punch me sq. within the coronary heart, you monsters.
“Everyone at Valve is excited to be returning to the world of Half-Life,” Valve founder Gabe Newell stated in immediately’s announcement. “VR has energised us. We’ve invested a lot of ourselves in the technology. But we’re also game developers at heart, and to be devoting ourselves to a VR game this ambitious is just as exciting. For that to come in the form of Half-Life feels like the culmination of a lot things we care a lot about: truly great games, cutting edge technology, and open platforms. We can’t wait for people to experience this.”
Important: this screenshot’s filename referred to Alyx’s helpful devices as GRAVITY GLOVES. That is an efficient identify.
The game may even help new ranges made by gamers in Hammer, Valve’s degree editor. They say it’s coming “updated with all of the game’s virtual reality gameplay tools and components.”
Valve animator Christine Phelan told us in an interview that “It’s very difficult to imagine Half-Life: Alyx in a non-VR form.” Going from jacking in with cybergoggles and virtuahands to sitting earlier than a monitor with a keyboard and mouse would, she stated, “require such extensive redevelopment, and would require discarding so many of its unique elements, that for all intents and purposes it would be an entirely different game.” Which is smart. A game is greater than a sequence of occasions, irrespective of how a lot you’d like to listen to the story.
Half-Life: Alyx is coming to “all PC-based VR headsets” via Steam in March 2020. It will price $60 however people who personal Valve Index cybergoggles will get it totally free. See the game’s site for extra.
Do take pleasure in all of the Half-Life: Alyx screenshots in 4K too.
