The latest entry to the Half-Life franchise will be Half-Life: Alyx. Valve has stated that the game was developed as a virtual reality game from the ground up and will be coming to Steam on March 2020 for $59.99 (RM95 in Steam Malaysia Store).
Here is the detail of the game released by Valve.
About Gameplay in VR
Valve’s return to the Half-Life universe that started it all was built from the ground up for virtual reality. VR was built to enable the gameplay that sits at the heart of Half-Life.
Immerse yourself in deep environmental interactions, puzzle-solving, world exploration, and visceral combat.
Leanto aim around a broken wall and under a Barnacle to make an impossible shot. Rummage through shelves to find a healing syringe and some shotgun shells. Manipulate tools to hack alien interfaces. Toss a bottle through a window to distract an enemy. Rip a Headcrab off your face and throw it at a Combine soldier.
Extra content for Index owners
Customers who have purchased Valve Index hardware by the end of 2019 will have access to unique bonuses starting early next year:
- Explore environments from Half-Life: Alyx in your SteamVR Home space.
- Alternate gun skins to embellish Alyx’s arsenal.
- Special Half-Life: Alyx-themed content for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2.
- Community-Built Environments – A set of Source 2 tools for building new environments will ship with the game, enabling any player to build and contribute new environments for the community to enjoy. Hammer, Valve’s level authoring tool, has been updated with all of the game’s virtual reality gameplay tools and components.
View the announcement trailer and a 20-minute developer interview done by Geoff Keighley which includes “Why is it not Half-Life 3?” question.
Half-Life: Alyx will be released on Steam and will support Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest with PC and a link cable, and Windows Mixed Reality devices. Pre-orders are available now with a 10% discount.
