Players will step into the shoes of Alyx Vance and face many of the same challenges Gordon did in the four earlier installments. Half-Life: Alyx will revolve entirely around two secondary characters who played a major role in Half-Life 2 and its two episodic sequels. But after a period of silence, Valve has come out swinging once again and gave itself a firm deadline to release the prequel. But less than a month later the company backed out of an Alyx demo it was supposed to host at the 2019 Game Awards, which put the state of the game into question months before its launch. Valve took the wraps off of its first full-length VR title back on November 21 with an announcement trailer and a March 2020 release date window. But Gordon and his signature gravity gun won’t be the focal point of Half-Life: Alyx at all.
The exclusively virtual reality title will be the first Half-Life title Valve has released in 12 years after the sci-fi shooter’s infamous cliffhanger that left fans drooling for Gordon Freeman’s next adventure. It’s not Half Life 3, but Valve finally gave Half-Life: Alyx a release date Thursday.