As Alyx, players take the fight to the Combine to save the future of humanity,” Valve said in its initial announcement. “Alyx Vance and her father Eli secretly mount the resistance to the brutal occupation of Earth by a mysterious alien race known as The Combine. The game is set between the events of the original Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004). The company announced the game in November 2019 with a trailer (below), promising a “full-length game built from the ground up for virtual reality:” Half-Life: Alyx will launch the week after GDC, an annual game developers event which Valve has regularly attended, and where the company first debuted its VR initiatives way back in 2015. The most anticipated VR game to date is now just one month and ten days away, and Valve has released some new screenshots to whet your appetite.
Half-Life: Alyx finally has a release date and it’s March 23rd.