I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know a lot about Half-Life: Alyx because I don’t own any of the equipment needed to play it but what I do know is that it looks like a hella good time. Judging by one player’s antics throughout his gameplay, you can get up to some fun things
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If memes have taught us anything, it’s that you can use them for everything. In Garry Newman’s case, he’s jumped on Twitter to use a meme to tease the potential arrival of the next Garry’s Mod game. Although there are no details yet and mostly speculation. With the arrival of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve’s VR-exclusive game, it
In the short history of virtual reality gaming platforms, Half-Life: Alyx can be easily named as one of the best VR games of all time. After nearly 13 years, Valve finally brought back the Half-Life series in a totally unexpected way, and the result is incredible. However, as you may know, VR gaming still needs
In just a few more hours, a new Half-Life game will launch for VR. Even if we are quarantined, your loved ones or roommates may be interested in watching you play the latest Valve title. This Half-Life: Alyx Spectator Mode guide will aid you in giving your audience the best viewing experience. What is the
Geoff Keighley has dropped a surprise, announcing that The Game Festival is returning for a special Spring edition and will be bringing a large range of video game demos to Steam. Last year, The Game Awards, which is hosted by Geoff Keighley announced a digital event that was taking place alongside it. The Game Festival
When Epic launched their own alternative game store in late 2018, there were plenty of people on both sides of the fence. Some praised the service for giving a bigger split to developers than Valve’s own Steam service does. Plus, the more curated store results in fewer titles clunking up the system. However, others felt
If you thought VR was an expensive hobby before, do I have some news for you. Well, the news is you’re right. VR is extremely expensive, from the cost of a beefy enough computer to just being able to afford the necessary space for a VR set-up. Simply put – VR is pricy in every
While fans may be disappointed that Half-Life: Alyx is exclusive only to those with virtual reality units, there may be a slight, glimmering hope that Valve is working on another title in the series. This hope comes from an interview from Game Informer who spoke with Valve developer, Robin Walker. “it’s been incredibly rewarding to refamiliarize ourselves
Half-Life: Alyx is nearly upon us. Valve’s latest releases onto VR headsets via Steam on March 23. The game was previously rumored to be showing off gameplay back at The Game Awards but was seemingly pulled at the last minute. Fortunately, it appears the wait was worth it as Valve cheekily put out three new
A little over a month before the release of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve has now apparently become the latest video game company that has felt the effects of the coronavirus. In a report from UploadVR, Valve stated that the ongoing sickness that has taken root in China will lead to shortages of the Valve Index, the company’s
Every single person that has a Steam account will know the pain of having a plethora of games sitting in the library, either installed and unplayed or uninstalled and still unplayed. Unless of course, you’re some freak from another universe where you actually play every game you buy on Steam. Well, for the normal folk,
Valve has been laying down the law it seems as the official Twitter account announced that it had banned a huge number of players from the MOBA game Dota 2 for apparently abusing matchmaking. On February 11, the tweet announced that Valve had banned over 40,000 accounts. Those accounts were apparently found to be abusing the
If you’ve been waiting for a certain Deep Silver first-person shooter to come to Valve’s digital storefront, your wait has almost come to an end. The Metro Exodus Steam release will finally be available next week, February 15. So, when exactly can you purchase Metro Exodus on Steam? It will be available at 12am ET.
Dota Underlords, Valve’s Dota themed auto battler, launched on Steam in June 2019. Ever since then its been in an early-access state, running a “beta season”. Over that time Valve has expanded the game’s reach, making it available mobile devices through both the App Store and Google Play Store. This long beta-phase has undoubtedly hurt the
Today Valve held a Reddit AMA regarding their upcoming VR titles Half-Life: Alyx allowing the community to ask them any questions they may have for the game. This naturally led to new information including behind the scenes development and more. With the recency of numerous delays for big titles including Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cyberpunk 2077, and Dying Light 2, fans
It seems as though every few months, rumors start to pop up somewhere on the Internet claiming that Valve is working on the much-requested Left 4 Dead 3. While the idea of a third installment in the beloved zombie-killing series is alluring to many, it doesn’t sound as though we should expect a new entry any
In a post on the Steamworks Development group board on Steam, publisher Valve revealed new updates to how game soundtracks would function. Additionally, the team also announced brand new features that will give more options to creators and players alike. The new features will easily peak the interests of audiophiles and gaming music enthusiasts alike.
Left 4 Dead 2‘s co-op zombie FPS was a massive success when it launched in 2009. Because it was made in the Source engine, fans could easily use the game to create new maps and campaigns to keep the game alive long past its launch window. Some fans have taken that to the max and
While Half-Life: Alyx didn’t appear last week during The Game Awards 2019 like it was originally planned, new information and footage on the game has now come about in a rather unconventional way. Revealed via the YouTube channel Tested, a variety of new gameplay footage for Half-Life: Alyx has now been shown off. The footage that can
In the lead up to The Game Awards 2019, host and producer Geoff Keighley said that fans could look forward to seeing more from Valve’s upcoming VR title Half-Life: Alyx. However, if you ended up watching the show last night and were wondering where the game was, well, it seems as though plans to show off
For weeks now, many have been speculating about the status of In the Valley of Gods, the forthcoming project from Firewatch developer Campo Santo. After Campo Santo was acquired by Valve last year though, updates regarding In the Valley of Gods have been quiet. Now, we seem to know why. In a message given to Polygon, Campo Santo
The Steam Autumn Sale brought the popular Steam Controller down from its usual listing price of $49.99, but there was a catch. These were to be the last controllers to be available due to them being discontinued. Due to Valve not planning on making any more controllers it was obvious that perhaps the controllers would
Valve’s high-end virtual reality headset, the Valve Index, maybe the best way to play VR games, but affordability is not one of its many features. Despite it’s $999 price tag, there has recently been a shortage with only one indication of why people are spending hundreds of dollars on a headset: Half-Life: Alyx. As of
Even though VR won’t be something that the team at Xbox is focused on moving forward, that hasn’t prevented the company’s head Phil Spencer from appreciating experiences within the realm of virtual reality. In a recent exchange on Twitter, Spencer revealed that he was able to play Valve’s upcoming release of Half-Life: Alyx earlier this summer
Dota Underlords is Valve’s in-house developed answer to the uber-popular Auto Chess genre. The game has seen success even in an increasingly populated space. The team has been constantly updating the game, recently pushing out the “Big Update“, which added tons of new content. The latest update – “The Outlanders” – continues the recent string
During their latest earnings call, CD Projekt Red commented on concerns about releasing Cyberpunk 2077 around the same time as Half Life: Alyx. “So, of course, we’ve seen the Half-Life announcement. I think it was a surprise for everybody, but I think not in the way you are suggesting,” says Michal Nowakowski, CD Projekt Red’s
The Steam Autumn Sale has some solid deals on video games. Titles like Gears 5, Cities Skylines, and Resident Evil 2 Remake are heavily discounted making some of the most recent games the most affordable they have ever been. You probably already knew that though. But did you know the sales event also puts a
Though the prospects of a new Half-Life game once seemed like a distant memory, Valve surprised nearly every one with the reveal that it will, in fact, return to the series with the upcoming VR title, Half-Life: Alyx. Of course, with there being over a 12-year-long gap since we last saw the franchise in Half-Life 2: Episode 2, some
While the joke of a new Half-Life game has been prevalent on the internet for over a decade, the fantasies of returning to the world of Gordon Freeman and company are finally becoming a reality with the long-awaited reveal of the franchise’s next entry. As Valve detailed earlier this week, Half-Life: Alyx will finally bring players back to
Today marked the announcement of a brand new Half-Life game by Valve for VR – Half-Life: Alyx. The return of the critically acclaimed series looks pretty good and is the result of years of experimentation and development. In fact, Programmer Robin Walker even told IGN that Valve “didn’t set out to make a Half-Life game”