alt Hacker NewsAre the rumors still hinting at a VR-only experience as they did a couple of years ago when Half-Life: Alyx released, or is that no longer the speculation? Because that would be unfortunate for me, I'd have to play with a bucket in hand.
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Valve recently said outright that they have no VR titles in development.
https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-no-first-party-vr-game-in-dev...
Leaks disproved this in 2023. HLX is a single player non-vr PC game.
I believe for the next Half-Life, latest rumors indicate it is actually back to 2D. During the press event last month, they were also pretty clear that no VR game is currently in development at Valve.
A huge missed opportunity imo, but maybe playing HL3 on a theater sized screen is nice enough.
Seems unlikely with the steam machine coming? I haven't heard any sign of it specifically being frame only
From interviews with the Alyx devs, it really sounded like the only reason they didn't call it HL3 was fear of not living up to the name.
Given the org structure at Valve, it's going to take someone with massive hubris to say "I can be the one to lead the HL3 project."
That or Gabe getting off his megayacht to lead it (or tell someone their project is worthy of being called HL3).