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                                                                                                                                       Alyx and her dad are
                                                                                                                                       trying to cause
                                                                                                                                       trouble for the
                                                                                                                                       Combine.






                       THE NUCLEAR OPTION





                         HALF-LIFE: ALYX is Valve’s largest ever project, and it’s just the start



                           fter leaving us                                “Half-Life: Alyx is the largest game    a lot longer than a typical VR game,
                           hanging for years and                          team we’ve had yet,” Valve designer     clocking in at around 15-20 hours.
                           driving the internet                           Greg Coomer tells us. “About a third    Despite the change in protagonist
                           into an endless                                of the people on the project have       and switch to VR, it still sounds
             A conspiratorial frenzy,                                     worked on previous Half-Life games,     familiar: a mix of shooting and
             Valve’s finally returning to the                              some all the way back to the first       puzzles, returning pals like the
             world of Gordon Freeman, though                              Half-Life.” As well as boasting the     ominous G-Man and adorable
             we won’t be playing the                                      developer’s largest team, Alyx will be   headcrabs, and plenty of physics
             bespectacled physicist this time.                                                                    wizardry. Instead of a gravity gun,
             Instead, Half-Life: Alyx is a virtual                                                                however, there are gravity gloves. It’s
             reality spin-off set between                                                                         also once again set in City 17, which
             Half-Life and Half-Life 2, with the                                 INSTEAD OF A                     should look a lot like how you
             much chattier Alyx Vance stepping                                                                    remember it, judging by the
             into the spotlight as she fights the                                GRAVITY GUN,                      screenshots, even though it’s had a
             Combine. Though a VR exclusive,                              HOWEVER, THERE ARE                      modern makeover.
             Valve says it’s still a full Half-Life                                                                  While it’s set before the events of
             game, and it’s not the only one the                              GRAVITY GLOVES                      Half-Life 2, it will still apparently
             team wants to make.                                                                                  move the story forward, and the



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