March 23, 2020 - strike-force-heroes

The other VR games Valve was planning to make aren’t in active development

Mar 23, 2020

Those with excellent memories may remember Gabe Newell alluding to three Valve VR games back in 2017. That was long before Half-Life: Alyx was announced, and a lot can change in three years. As of now—and immediately following the release of Half-Life: Alyx—the company doesn’t have two other VR games in active development. Speaking to […]

Valve made Half-Life: Alyx less scary because fast zombies in VR aren’t fun

Mar 23, 2020

Half-Life is, first and foremost, a sci-fi shooter: aliens from another dimension are invading Earth and it falls to you, a man or woman with a gun, to do something about it. But there’s always been an element of horror running through Valve’s games. The...

The response to Alyx will determine the role of VR in Half-Life’s future, Valve says

Mar 23, 2020

After 13 years, there’s a new Half-Life game. Half-Life: Alyx is great, but it’s also a prequel, set five years before the cliffhanger events of 2007’s Half-Life 2: Episode 2. We don’t know how Gordon Freeman’s story ends yet, but last...

This Gigabyte gaming laptop with a 4K screen is on sale for $1,300

Mar 23, 2020

You probably know Gigabyte best from the its PC motherboards, but the company also produces tons of other hardware, including gaming laptops. The Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED is a great machine, and now one variant of it is down to $1,299.00 at Newegg. The Aero 15’s...

Doom Eternal speedruns are already clocking in under 90 minutes

Mar 23, 2020

I shouldn’t be surprised that people are finishing the fastest shooter on the block even faster than I imagined. Doom Eternal speedruns are already clocking in under two hours, with these runs from BloodThunder and CreeperHntr shaving an extra 30 minutes off. ...

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