Half-Life Alyx gets 40% off now to celebrate first anniversary

It’s a big day for the Half-Life series, as Valve’s popular and excellent VR game, Half-Life: Alyx, celebrates its first anniversary today, March 23. bringing the price of the game down to just $ 36 USD.

This discount is only available for a limited time, as the offer expires March 31 at 10 a.m. PT. Check out the store page on Steam for more information and to order the game, which requires a VR headset to play.

“We are extremely grateful to the Half-Life community. The game has been a much needed bright spot for many of us this year, and we consider ourselves lucky to be a part of it,” Valve wrote.

Valve also referred to the community’s “enthusiastic” response to Half-Life: Alyx when it comes to mods. Players have collectively created and released over 800 of them to date. A roundup of some of the more notable is available here on Steam, and it includes a mod where Alyx’s hands are gravity guns, one that automatically picks up and stores ammo, and one that adds the foot of Gordon Freeman’s two-handed doe at play.

Half-Life: Alyx was GameSpot’s 2020 Game of the Year. “Not only has Half-Life: Alyx made a successful switch to virtual reality, but it’s upped a lot of things we love about Half-Life games,” reviewer Michael Higham said in GameSpot’s Half-Life: Alyx review. . “Half-Life: Alyx brings you something unforgettable, transcending the tropes of virtual reality for one of the game’s greatest moments.

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