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Half-Life: Alyx is a 2020 virtual reality (VR) first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. It was released for Windows and Linux , with support for most PC-compatible VR headsets . Set five years before Half-Life 2 (2004), players control Alyx Vance on a mission to seize a superweapon belonging to the alien Combine .
While VR hardware and games grew modestly for the remainder of the 2010s, Half-Life: Alyx, a full VR game developed by Valve and released in 2020, was considered the killer application for VR games. The advent of VR in gaming marks a significant milestone in the quest for fully immersive digital experiences.
It was resurrected as a VR game but shelved again when Half-Life: Alyx eclipsed its development. [144] SimTrek: a virtual reality game developed primarily by the creators of Kerbal Space Program. It was cancelled during the development of Half-Life: Alyx. [144]
Half-Life VR may refer to: Half-Life Alyx, 2020 video game; Half-Life VR but the AI Is Self-Aware This page was last edited on 8 October 2024, at 14:49 (UTC). ...
Players use VR to interact with the environment and fight enemies, using gravity gloves to manipulate objects, similarly to the gravity gun from Half-Life 2. Alyx was released to acclaim. [36] Reviewers at publications such as VG247, Tom's Hardware and Video Games Chronicle described it as VR's "killer app". [37] [38] [39]
As of December 2019, 6.67% of the VR units connected to Steam are Valve Index sets. [19] While Valve had anticipated supply for many of those that had ordered the Index in time for the March 2020 release of Half-Life: Alyx, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed production, which left Valve with a reduced number of units available on the release date. [20]
After canceling several further Half-Life games, Valve released a VR game, Half-Life: Alyx, in 2020. [31] Walker said the team saw VR as a way to return to the series. [ 32 ] Phil Iwaunik of PCGamesN wrote in 2021 that the cancelation of Episode Three may have benefited the legacy of Half-Life 2 , citing the lack of cultural impact of Alyx and ...
Alongside development of the Enhanced Edition will be a virtual reality (VR) version, though this will release at a later time as the Enhanced Edition. The VR version will use gameplay features that were introduced with Half-Life: Alyx, and will be cross-play compatible in its multiplayer mode with PC users that are not using VR modes. [92]