The study responsible for the project makes it clear that, despite the recent delays of high-budget titles, its game does not move by date.
Half-Life: Alyx will not suffer any delay, Valve said to reassure fans who predicted another date change in the calendar after the cases of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cyberpunk 2077 or Marvel’s Avengers, among others. The study, which will bring back its most successful IP through an ambitious virtual reality title, will be released in March and is almost finished.
"Except for a couple of adjustments that correspond to the final scene, the game is made," says the team of developers of Valve in a recent AMA (day of questions and answers) made in the official thread of the game in Reddit. "Many of us in Valve, as well as other playtesters, have already played the full title multiple times," they continue.
They didn't present the game until it was almost finished
The Half-Life team: Alyx consists of a total of 10 Valve employees, a dozen workers who are in charge of the design, programming, sound design and animation work; Now, they are polishing everything for the gold version and the consequent sale of the title via Steam. "We are convinced that we will meet the planned launch date," they insist, which will be one of the thirty-one days of the month of March.
New half-life concept art: Alyx | Valve
“We allow the‘ Valve Time ’to pass before announcing the game,” they add. For those who are not familiar with the “Valve Time” concept, it is the tendency of the study to extend the developments over time, whose launching ends up delaying much more than estimated. On this occasion, the launch was long … but they did not venture to give an exit window until the game was going through the final phase of development.
However, Half-Life: Alyx will be compatible with numerous virtual reality devices, including Valve's own solution, Index VR, this March. The adventure will be framed between the first and second episode numbered with Alyx Vance (character we met in Half-Life 2) as the main protagonist. It is unknown if the role of the original protagonist, Gordon Freeman, will be relegated to the background this time.
This same week we have known that, by March, the entire Half-Life saga is available to play for free on Steam. You can know more about the game in this link.
