It’s a great day for the Half-Life series, as Valve’s popular and excellent VR game, Half-Life: Alyx, celebrates its first anniversary today, March 23rd. To mark the occasion, Valve is discounting the game by 40%, reducing the game price to just $ 36 USD.
This discount is available for a limited time as the offer expires on March 31 at 10 am PT. Check out the Steam store page to learn more and order the game, which requires a virtual reality headset to play.
“We are very grateful to the Half-Life community. Games have been a much needed bright spot for many of us in the past year, and we consider ourselves lucky to be a part of that,” wrote Valve.
Valve also drew the community’s attention to an “enthusiastic” response to Half-Life: Alyx when it comes to mods. Players have collectively created and released more than 800 of them so far. A summary of some of the most notable is available here on Steam, and includes a mod where Alyx’s hands are weapons of gravity, another that automatically picks up and stores ammunition, and one that adds two-handed crowbar. Gordon Freeman to the game.
Half-Life: Alyx was GameSpot’s game of the year in 2020. “Not only did Half-Life: Alyx do well in its move to VR, it also elevated many of the aspects we love about Half-Life games,” he said. the reviewer Michael Higham in the analysis of GameSpot’s Half-Life: Alyx. “Half-Life: Alyx hits you with something unforgettable, transcending VR troops to one of the best moments in the game.
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