Tyler McVicker

New information about the original cancelled version of Half-Life Alyx has surfaced, and it is exactly the kind of thing the Valve community has been waiting years to see. Let's figure out what we are actually looking at here. The gameplay used as the b-roll was from the megabuild of the Half-Life 2

Valve was about to finish-up a Half-Life game in late 2018, cancelled it, stripped out as much as they could from it, and made the final version of Half-Life Alyx in less than 18 months. This is the story of that completed, yet unreleased, and now lost, Half-Life game. HLA (YouTube)

A year on from the release of Half-Life Alyx and Valve accidentally ships strings from two separate virtual reality projects in development. Some of these strings are from Citadel, which we have covered at length in the past, and others show an evolution of HLVR's original concepts, now codenamed HL

With the release of HLA’s developer commentary update, I had an excuse to play through the entire game, end-to-end again, with the added bonus of deep dives of the game's production history from the voices of those who made the game possible. However, being as intimately familiar with the project as

An early audio draft for Patrons. Enjoy! It has been a few months since Valve introduced the Half-Life Alyx workshop into beta, and unfortunately, many of the major issues that users were facing on day 1 are still being faced today, with no communication or road-map announced with regards to improve

The full 25-minute report finished and uploaded for the Patrons a few days early! Enjoy! Through the information found within The Final Hours of Half-Life Alyx, hundreds of rumors, unconfirmed leaks, and pieces of unconfirmed information were given more legitimacy. This video goes through 40 details

Today on Valve News Network, we take a look at some incredible features and content pushed by Valve and the Half-Life Alyx team for HLA. These updates include liquid physics in bottles, huge tools additions, and a look behind the scenes of development. Incredibly Half-Life Alyx Updates from Valve (Y

Today on Valve News Network, we take a look at our first episode of Half-Life: Alyx's Cut Content, which is focused on the useable Tripmine weapon. I'm sure you think that we've made a blunder, as a version of tripmines is found within the game, however, left within the files is a finished tripmine

Today on Valve News Network, we take a look at a recent leak of a pre-release build of Half-Life Alyx that kept in all internal non-VR testing tools and commands still built in. These tools now allow modders to create non-VR mods for Half-Life Alyx much faster than previously thought. In fact, with

Half-Life Alyx is ONE WEEK AWAY, and Valve has started talking to the press, a lot. Here is a recap of all the pertinent information, recapped quickly for your convenience. Here is the newest episode of Half-Life Alyx Ketchup. Final Half-Life Alyx News? - One Week to Go - HLA Ketchup (YouTube)

Today on Valve News Network, we take a very deep look at all the assets that were released with the SteamVR Half-Life Alyx environments, including a lot of details about the Half-Life Alyx as a whole. Half-Life Alyx's INCREDIBLY MASSIVE Datamine (YouTube)

Let's go over all of the gameplay released on Monday, and point out each of the small details you might have missed regarding Valve's upcoming VR title, Half-Life: Alyx. Half-Life: Alyx Gameplay - Everything You Missed (YouTube)

Found on SteamDB only a few hours ago, the Steam listing for HLA now holds a sub-listing for a build named to be for "External Partners." What does this mean? HLA "External Partners" Leak - Patreon Early Release (YouTube)

Over my break, I was in contact with some new sources providing not only information on Valve's day-to-day, but also some tangible assets, such as model renders, and most impotently, screenshots. Today we will be taking a look at 9 never before seen screenshots from Half-Life: Alyx, and analyzing th

Today on Valve News Network, we speak once again with Alyx Vance's voice actor for many years, Merle Dandridge. Still, this time, we speak deeply regarding her work on the upcoming Half-Life: Alyx, and the reason why, although she worked on the game for years, she isn't going to be heard. A huge tha

The world got to see it's first taste of HLA gameplay, and it was not in the most flattering way. Let's go in-depth in all the footage we saw of Half-Life: Alyx, and rip out every piece of information we can find about the upcoming game. Half-Life: Alyx - TESTED Gameplay - In-Depth Analysis (YouTube

Today on Valve News Network, we take a look at a substantial amount of new leaks found within updates for DOTA 2, Underlords, and SteamVR home, hinting towards new weapons & enemies in Half-Life: Alyx, and the possible return of Left 4 Dead 3. Half-Life: Alyx & Left 4 Dead Leaks Found in SteamVR (Yo