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Valve: "We absolutely see Half-Life: Alyx as our return to this world, not the end of it"

Valve has indicated more Half-Life games will follow the release of VR title Half-Life: Alyx, putting Half-Life 3 hopef…

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In an interview with Eurogamer, Valve said that Half-Life: Alyx "will mark Valve's return to the world of Half-Life, not the end." Good news for people who don't have a virtual reality headset. However, in January, during the AMA on Reddit, the developers said that they had no idea what would happen next. You can end up with Half-Life 3 as well as a card game or an RTS...

Just a reminder: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

Half-Life: Alyx Marquera "le Retour De Valve Dans L'univers D'Half-Life" - NoFrag

Dans une interview avec Eurogamer, Valve précise qu'Half-Life: Alyx "marquera le retour de Valve dans l'univers d'Half-Life, pas la fin". Une bonne nouvelle

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[Romulus]

2 more VR AAA exclusives are confirmed by Valve as in development though.

 

[Kadayi]

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Would be awesome to get a full fledged mainline PC game but not gonna hold my breath.

 

[Gavin Stevens]

That’s good to hear.

Now how about making this work for traditional input methods so that the people who paid the way for half life to be so well loved in the first place can play it?

Not hating on VR. But it’s an expensive hobby for little gains, and everybody has been waiting since the dawn of man for a new damn half life...

 

[Dr. Claus]

Now can you release the game on PSVR or something that *doesn't* cost an arm and a fucking leg to afford? Seriously PC VR is fucking expensive.

 

[Ristifer]

I'd also like to return to that world. With Episode 3.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Now can you release the game on PSVR or something that *doesn't* cost an arm and a fucking leg to afford? Seriously PC VR is fucking expensive.

Kinda my same reaction, people will stand in line for pretty much any Valve PSVR game, Portal 2 was so successful on PS3, and valve on consoles was an amazing gaming moment.

 

[Bootzilla]

2 more VR AAA exclusives are confirmed by Valve as in development though.

When was the last time these were confirmed though? Valve confirming something is in development has a pretty weak correlation to it actually coming out

 

[Darkmakaimura]

When was the last time these were confirmed though? Valve confirming something is in development has a pretty weak correlation to it actually coming out

Michael Shapiro (voice of Barney and G-man) said there's another surprise announcement when you play HL Alyx. Something to that effect.

 

[lukilladog]

You started with the wrong foot then.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I certainly hope so. I'd love to see Valve make more games, and good ones. Like they used to.

I still want HL3, L4D3, and TF3.

 

[Romulus]

When was the last time these were confirmed though? Valve confirming something is in development has a pretty weak correlation to it actually coming out

Last year. 3 VR titles total, one of them being Alyx.

 

[jufonuk]

Left for dead 3 when ?

 

[420bits]

Would be awesome to get a full fledged mainline PC game but not gonna hold my breath.

Since their "stream-box" failed we won't get a PCgame, Valve doesnt give 2 shits about making games when they are making bank on Steam as a platform.

Now can you release the game on PSVR or something that *doesn't* cost an arm and a fucking leg to afford? Seriously PC VR is fucking expensive.

No, that won't generate a sale on their new VR-hardware.

When was the last time these were confirmed though? Valve confirming something is in development has a pretty weak correlation to it actually coming out

I'm guessing that we will see a new VR-game from Valve about "when they release "Steam-VR 2.0"-o'clock".

 

[Gargus]

I've had 0 interest in this game. 1 because I dont have a pc vr, only psvr and I won't get a setup for pc because it's too expensive to get a nice one and my head can't handle cheap vr. And I dont really care about alyx, she is an ok side character but I dont want to play a whole game as her, I want to continue with Gordon because it's his story I've followed so far.

So unless half life 3 comes out with a continuation of the story I'm not really interested.

 

[01011001]

well, fuck me sideways and call me cassandra, will we actually eventually get Half Life 3? I know almost everyone has lost hope by now... but with this... COULD IT BE?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

well, fuck me sideways and call me cassandra, will we actually eventually get Half Life 3? I know almost everyone has lost hope by now... but with this... COULD IT BE?

Don't bet on it.

 

[LostDonkey]

Sure. Its a return for some but not me because I dont and wont have VR.

Thanks tho.

 

[Bootzilla]

I've had 0 interest in this game. 1 because I dont have a pc vr, only psvr and I won't get a setup for pc because it's too expensive to get a nice one and my head can't handle cheap vr. And I dont really care about alyx, she is an ok side character but I dont want to play a whole game as her, I want to continue with Gordon because it's his story I've followed so far.

So unless half life 3 comes out with a continuation of the story I'm not really interested.

Gordon barely is a character so much as an empty vessel through which we experience the story of the world and "side characters."

 

[SirKicksalot]

I should stop smoking for real this time and I'll have enough money to buy an Index in a couple of months

This is like back in the '90s and early to mid 2000s when you needed new hardware every 1-2 years!

 

[Moses85]

Ok, its proofed, there is a God existing.

 

[Bootzilla]

I should stop smoking for real this time and I'll have enough money to buy an Index in a couple of months

This is like back in the '90s and early to mid 2000s when you needed new hardware every 1-2 years!

Believe it or not it's been about 4 years since the Rift came out

 

[Kev Kev]

well, fuck me sideways and call me cassandra, will we actually eventually get Half Life 3? I know almost everyone has lost hope by now... but with this... COULD IT BE?

 

[Screamer-RSA]

Here's hoping their next game is an actual game, not HL Alyx: Duck Hunt.

 

[Romulus]

Here's hoping their next game is an actual game, not HL Alyx: Duck Hunt.

How is remotely similar to a shooting gallery? None of those games give you control of where to go. You can walk around anywhere like a normal game while firing and shooting.

 

[Diddy X]

Pretty obvious, game is gonna be a success and they are gonna use the engine more, etc

Here's hoping their next game is an actual game, not HL Alyx: Duck Hunt.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

They love teasing us

when HL3 eventually hits I’m gonna rise from the grave

 

[Ixiah]

Spoilers:
The end of HL Alyx will include a Trailer for HL3

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

I really hope that this leads us into having an actual Half-Life 3 and maybe some more Portal too. I'd be OKAY with another Left 4 Dead as well, but can honestly do without it. Maybe a return to Day of Defeat? Hell, give me something Valve. I don't care about DOTA2 and I'm past my cringe days so CSGO is out as well. TF2 is dying because you refuse to support it anymore.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Spoilers:
The end of HL Alyx will include a Trailer for HL3

Spoiler: Rumors and supposed leaks

A supposed leak I read says the last 1/4th of the game has you taking control of Gordon on the Boealis. Supposedly Alyx was sent back in time by Gordon while they're on the Borealis to change certain events but has memory loss or whatever as a result. The leaker claims to have been a playtester but they weren't allowed to play to the end so they weren't privy to how it wraps up. Yada yada. I dont believe the leak but have at you.

 

[ZywyPL]

2 more VR AAA exclusives are confirmed by Valve as in development though.

HL:Alyx 2 and a new IP I guess, given they can't count to 3.

 

[Diddy X]

This absolutely means we will eventually get Half-Life 3, I mean they are getting into the universe again and we have that HUGE cliffhanger at the end of the last game of the main series.

Hype is already over 9000.

 

[Kadayi]

I'd also like to return to that world. With Episode 3.

^ This.

I remember watching that Interview Keighley did with the 3 devs and it basically seemed the only reason they decided to make the game was because they already had the HL assets in the Source Engine and none of their other existing IPs were suitable candidates. There was nothing in the interview that suggested it was a choice fuelled by an actual desire to bring HL back versus simple convenience over coming up with a new IP (because that would require some actual effort). I dare say it will be a great VR showcase game, but this notion that finally, we're going to be moving a step closer to the conclusion of an episodic Trilogy of an IP Valve left abandoned and unserviced for over a decade is wishful thinking. This is all about trying to galvanize the VR space and make it more of a thing.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Kinda my same reaction, people will stand in line for pretty much any Valve PSVR game, Portal 2 was so successful on PS3, and valve on consoles was an amazing gaming moment.

Too bad that whole initiative went nowhere after. IIRC, Portal 2 was their last real game they developed. Everything since has been nothing but low effort MTX filled monstrosities.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I'm a bit more pessimistic. I think future titles might still be spin offs or even remakes. Hopefully I'm wrong and we do get a proper sequel.

 

[Screamer-RSA]

Pretty obvious, game is gonna be a success and they are gonna use the engine more, etc

Hey, I'm squanching here!

 

[BadSector]

"Half-Life: Alyx is coming roughly twelve and a half years after Half-Life 2: Episode Two..."
https://thegeek.games/2020/03/06/half-life-alyx-its-not-the-end-of-the-series/

 

[Kev Kev]

I still want HL3, L4D3, and TF3.

 

[MiguelItUp]

^ I ain't quoting all them gifs, but yeah. Lord knows it ain't feasible, but that doesn't change the fact that I still want them, lol.

 

[Kev Kev]

^ I ain't quoting all them gifs, but yeah. Lord knows it ain't feasible, but that doesn't change the fact that I still want them, lol.

lol yeah same here. ive been saying for years they should release a "black box" or something just like they did the orange box with all the "3's" they havent done

HL3, L4D3, TF3 and Portal 3

it would be insane

but i'm 99.999999% sure that'll never happen... but im still holding out hope for that 0.00001% chance

 

[MiguelItUp]

lol yeah same here. ive been saying for years they should release a "black box" or something just like they did the orange box with all the "3's" they havent done

HL3, L4D3, TF3 and Portal 3

it would be insane

but i'm 99.999999% sure that'll never happen... but im still holding out hope for that 0.00001% chance

Man, SAME. Can you imagine the implosion from such a thing?! Lmao. Yeah, I'm right there with you. Maybe if we cross our fingers hard enough....

 

[SnapShot]

"We'll see.......about that......"

 

[JMarcell]

I just hope that if they release HL3 one day, they dont force VR-only scheme down our throats.

 

[Thaedolus]

Here’s a PSA that Black Mesa is now out of early access. It’s faannnntastic

 

[-MD-]

Team Fortress 3 is what I really want.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Half Life 3 confirmed

 

[Tesseract]

next few years will be fun

 

[Jimmyisback]

This is fantastic but still not getting half life VR. Not gonna waste 700 dollars for a single game.

 

[kiphalfton]

Now can you release the game on PSVR or something that *doesn't* cost an arm and a fucking leg to afford? Seriously PC VR is fucking expensive.

Not gonna happen if you wanna have finger tracking sensors.