Valve's new Half-Life game isn't Half-Life 3, but will be in VR
The virtual reality game drops Thursday at 10 a.m. PT.
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Valve has announced Half-Life: Alyx.
Valve has announced a third Half-Life game, this time using virtual reality . The game will drop on Thursday, Nov. 21, the gaming company revealed Monday afternoon.
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"We're excited to unveil Half-Life: Alyx, our flagship VR game, this Thursday at 10am Pacific Time," Valve tweeted. "Can't wait to share it with all of you!"
We’re excited to unveil Half-Life: Alyx, our flagship VR game, this Thursday at 10am Pacific Time.
— Valve (@valvesoftware) November 18, 2019
Can’t wait to share it with all of you! pic.twitter.com/BupFCxSrTw
Valve, which owns gaming platform Steam, also developed the games Portal, Half-Life, and Team Fortress before announcing way back in Feb. 2017 that it was working on three VR games.
The first Half-Life game came out in 1998, at the time being called "revolutionary" by CNET sister site GameSpot. Half-Life 2 dropped in 2004. Since then, we've been waiting for a third installment of the franchise while Half-Life 2: Episode One dropped in 2006 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two in 2007 as shorter games.
