According to lead programmer David Speyrer, in an interview with the video game magazine The Verge released the same day, Half-Life: Alyx is 'the next part of the Half-Life story,' and says that they recommend playing through Half-Life 2: Episode Two beforehand. On November 21 the first trailer for the game was released and the game became available for pre-purchase. On November 18, 2019, 12 years after the release of Half-Life 2: Episode Two and the day before the 21st anniversary of the release of the original Half-Life, Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx, a virtual reality video game set in the Half-Life universe, where you play as Alyx Vance in the aftermath of the Combine invasion on earth, before the events of Half-Life 2.

Since then, Valve has released ten other games. However, as of November 2021, three pieces of concept art are all Valve have shown of the sequel. Half-Life 2: Episode Three, the third and final installment of the Half-Life 2 episodes, was expected to follow soon after Episode Two, as Valve had stated that they aimed to release a new episode every six to eight months. Read at your own risk!įan-made Half-Life 3 logo, based on the official shirt as seen below.įor over a decade after the release Half-Life 2: Episode Two in October 2007, there was very little news from Valve on the next Half-Life game.

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