There’s a large time gap separating the events of God of War III and 2018’s God of War, and now fans will finally learn what happened to Kratos during that lost era. As revealed by CBR, Dark Horse Comics is bridging the gap between the two games in the…
GameStop has moved to digital-only ordering after receiving intense scrutiny over its initial reaction to concerns over COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus. GameStop initially told employees to refuse to close down stores despite statewide orde…
People love to stay in touch. Whether that’s chatting to friends and family on video calls, messaging on WhatsApp or touching base while working remotely with Microsoft Teams or Slack. Gamers are no different.
In the old days, gamers would make u…
Last fall, Half-Life 2 celebrated its 15th anniversary, and regardless of how you feel about the 13-year gap between Episode 2 and Alyx’s release today, there’s something refreshing in hearing the phrase “the new Half-Life game.” The first two were not…
One of the first things that struck me when I started playing Half-Life: Alyx was the dirt under Alyx Vance’s fingernails. It’s a simple thing, but it’s not often that you see that level of fine detail in a VR game. Usually, virtual hands are either lo…
It’s not often that an unanswered cliffhanger in a story becomes echoed so perfectly by one in real life – but the legendary, lingering end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and the real world silence that followed is anything but ordinary. 13 years after rele…
MAJOR SPOILER WARNING for Half-Life: Alyx and all previous Half-Life games!The first new Half-Life game in 13 years may be a prequel, but Half-Life: Alyx is still very much connected to Half-Life 2 and its episodes.
Since VR is still a fairly small mar…
In Half-Life: Alyx, the Citadel looms over all.
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As I’m wandering through a dark hallway, with just my virtual flashlight in front of me to light t…
It’s hard to know how to review a game like Half-Life: Alyx. So much is expected of it. For Half-Life fans it’s the culmination of a decade-plus wait, not quite the sequel people want but at least a sign of life from a series long-dormant. Fans of virt…
Enlarge / The Combine are back, but you face them (and other terrors) from a different perspective—in more ways than one. Welcome to Half Life: Alyx.
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Developer: ValvePublisher: ValvePlatform: Windows PC VR (any PC headset that …