In Inside XR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the details of Half-Life: Alyx and how they add an immersive layer to the game rarely found elsewhere.

Gordon Freeman had a robotic arm during the development of Half-Life 3 that let you control the elements in the game -- fire, water, etc -- with developer Valve is pushing the boundaries of realism ...

There is a fantastic moment in Half-Life 2, during the 'Water Hazard' section of Valve's FPS game, when you first arrive at one of the resistance outposts, Station 12. Previously, you - or, if you ...

The 1990s was an astonishing period for video games – an entire decade where it felt like a revolutionary vision of the future arrived every six months. Super Mario 64 made the third dimension an ...

Highly anticipated: The "Half-Life 3 confirmed" catchphrase might not be around for much longer. There's been a slew of speculation that the 18-year wait since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 could soon end, ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Valve might finally be working on Half-Life 3, according to a Half-Life expert and a recent credit in an actor's resume. Over the weekend, Half-Life ...

First it came to Portal, now it’s coming to the Source engine’s other big classic: Half-Life 2 is getting a ray-tracing remaster thanks to the efforts of a community modding superteam with support ...

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It's been 20 years since Gordon Freeman led the climactic assault on City 17, and you might be forgiven for thinking that Half-Life 3 will never, ever happen. Episode One and Episode Two were ...

TL;DR: Mike Shapiro, the voice actor for G-Man in the Half-Life series, hinted at his return in 2025, suggesting "unexpected surprises." Valve's new project, codenamed HLX, is speculated to be ...

Wishful thinking: Although Valve has not acknowledged that it is working on Half-Life 3, years of data mining have uncovered a growing body of evidence suggesting that it is not only in development ...