Browsing: Alyx

Valve officially released a new update for the incredible VR game Half-Life: Alyx, bringing support for the Steam Frame in standalone mode. Not just that though, there’s some other nice improvements to the game that remains one of my all-time favourite gaming experiences when I played it through on the Valve Index.

That was not the line anybody was waiting for this morning, and I include myself, because for ten months the only question this headset ever got asked was what it would cost, and at 10:01 Pacific Valve answered it. Alex has the full price breakdown, and Nina has the reservation rules, which close Thursday at…

In June I wrote that the headset had no launch game and that everyone should be worried about it. On August 6 a free Half-Life 2 mod cleared Valve’s own Verified bar and I came back to sort out which half of my argument had been wrong. Then last Thursday, in a showcase carrying more…

No VR horror game has managed to put Dead Space’s strategic dismemberment system into motion-controller hands with the tactile physicality that Half-Life: Alyx brought to the rest of its design — but Rustmourne, an indie PC VR survival horror title, is attempting exactly that synthesis, and it is targeting an early 2027 release on SteamVR…

Half-Life: Alyx has received a new ‘No VR’ mode, allowing players without a virtual reality headset to play through the entire game’s campaign on a flatscreen.