{"id":19066,"date":"2020-02-16T10:02:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=19066"},"modified":"2020-02-19T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T18:05:44","slug":"valve-confirm-release-date-of-half-life-alyx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=19066","title":{"rendered":"Valve confirm release date of &#8220;Half-Life: Alyx&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get ready to immerse yourself in <em>Half-Life<\/em> all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_20200216-175624_Chrome-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_20200216-175624_Chrome-704x1024.jpg 704w, 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data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Half-Life: Alyx, available March 23, 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NCOLWqSp3e\">https:\/\/t.co\/NCOLWqSp3e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q04EZwNfBt\">pic.twitter.com\/Q04EZwNfBt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Valve (@valvesoftware) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valvesoftware\/status\/1228039740001177600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the news that the new Steam VR game would be available in six weeks, Valve have confirmed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/546560\/HalfLife_Alyx\/\">Steam page<\/a> for the sequel that the full <em>Half-Life<\/em> series will be free to play on Steam until <em>Half-Life: Alyx<\/em> is released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow alignfull\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div 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300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200213_113921-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200213_113921-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200213_113921-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official description of the game from Valve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Half-Life: Alyx<\/em> is Valve\u2019s VR return to the <em>Half-Life<\/em> series. It\u2019s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of <em>Half-Life<\/em> and <em>Half-Life 2<\/em>.<\/p><p>Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity\u2019s only chance for survival. The Combine\u2019s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth\u2019s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance.<\/p><p>As founders of a fledgling resistance, you\u2019ve continued your clandestine scientific activity\u2014performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine.<\/p><p>Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch the <em>Half-Life: Alyx<\/em> announcement trailer below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignfull wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Half-Life: Alyx Announcement Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O2W0N3uKXmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Half-Life: Alyx<\/em> will be available to play on PC via Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nGet ready to immerse yourself in Half-Life all over again.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=19066\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Valve confirm release date of &#8220;Half-Life: Alyx&#8221;&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":19068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[813,24,20],"tags":[325,1305,531,653,1698,749,1046],"class_list":["post-19066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-gaming","category-videogames-2","tag-half-life","tag-half-life-alyx","tag-pc","tag-steam","tag-steam-vr","tag-valve","tag-windows","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Valve confirm release date of &quot;Half-Life: Alyx&quot; - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=19066\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Valve confirm release date of &quot;Half-Life: Alyx&quot; - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get ready to immerse yourself in Half-Life all over again. 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