Valve also posted a trailer, showing everything from headcrabs to the Citadel from Alyx’s first-person VR perspective… plus a special little cameo if you stick around to the end. Index owners will also get alternate in-game gun skins, and “Alyx-themed content” in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

It’ll cost $60, but be free for anyone who owns Valve’s Index VR headset.It’s built to be played whether you want to move around your room, stand in one place or sit in a chair.

It’s built on the Source 2 engine, and will work on “all SteamVR compatible VR systems” - so HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest when hooked to a PC, Windows Mixed Reality headset, or Valve’s own Index VR headset.

With that said, they told The Verge in an interview that players should play through Episode 2 first… so Valve might have surprises in store there. The game, which has been in development since 2013, will be released on both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, and will fully support motion controllers. With a new set of Source 2 tools being released to the community, it could be set to. Valve’s immensely popular Half Life 2 is heading to VR after a fan mod for the game was successfully Greenlit on Steam. In fact, I can remember talking to a good friend of mine about this. Valves forthcoming VR game Half Life Alyx has triggered huge hype. So, weve been waiting for the Half-Live 2 VR mod for what seems like an eternity. Half-life and its sequel Half-life 2 are sci-fi action titles set in a future in which an experiment goes wrong. Alas, for anyone hoping for something that takes place after the events set in motion in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 12 years ago, it sounds like this ain’t it. Half-Life 2 VR coming to HTC Vive & Oculus Rift. Image caption, The HTC Vive is set to go on sale before the end of the year. It’ll take place sometime between Half-Life and Half-Life 2.Players will take on the role of Alyx, wearing a pair of “gravity gloves” that allow you to grab things otherwise out of reach.It’s scheduled for release in March of 2020.As expected, Valve just dropped some details about Half-Life: Alyx, the flagship VR game it teased earlier this week.

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