FEBRUARY 2020 PCWorld 87
- HALF-LIFE: ALYX
Release date: March
No, it’s not Half-Life 3. After more than a
decade, Valve’s finally putting out a new
Half-Life game though, one where you play as
Alyx in the events leading up to Half-Life 2. A
pre-sequel, to borrow a phrase from
Borderlands.
The catch? It’s VR exclusive, a showcase for
Valve’s Index headset—and for Oculus, the Vive,
or any other PC VR
setup you might
own. That’s
undoubtedly
frustrating for
anyone who hasn’t
made that
investment yet, but
perhaps Half-Life:
Alyx can be as
groundbreaking
for VR as Half-Life 2
was for physics engines
all those years ago.
We’ll see.
- DOOM
ETERNAL
Release date: March 20
Doom Eternal was
supposed to unleash
hell last November, but
fell victim to a last-
minute delay. Now it’s
ripping and tearing its way through March
instead.
As we’ve said before, Doom Eternal is just
“More Doom,” and that’s not a bad thing.
With nearly four years separating the reboot
and its sequel, I certainly haven’t tired of
semi-mindless run and guns, especially ones
that play this slick. Hopefully it’s been delayed
for the last time, and we can all get to
murdering demons in the near future.
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