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Valve are confident Half-Life: Alyx won’t be delayedValve Time is on time this time
Valve Time is on time this time
Delay season has hit the big games of this year pretty hard. Several large releases have been pushed back from their early 2020 estimates to several months down the line. Some haven’t given new estimated dates at all. Today, Valve says they’re confident that they won’t missHalf-Life: Alyx’s planned release.
In a Q&A hostedon Reddittoday, the Alyx team answered fan questions about the upcoming non-3 sequel. One user asked about the elephant in the room: the fabled “Valve Time” that struck pastHalf-Lifegames with delayed releases.
Valve say thatHalf-Life: Alyxwon’t be getting a shove to later in 2020. “With the exception of some tweaks to the absolute final scene, the game is done,” they reply. “Lots of us at Valve, as well as playtesters, have played through the entire game multiple times.”
There are other good user questions to check outin the threadif you care to scroll through. Valve aren’t planning to release a Source 2 software development kit at launch, they say, but would like to release one “at some point.” Another user asks about just how dangerous Barnacles will be in Alyx.
For what it’s worth, Half-Life: Alyx doesn’t have a releasedateyet, planned just for “March 2020.” You can find iton Steamuntil then, of course, where it will cost £46.49/€50/$60. The rest of theHalf-Life series is free to playuntil Alyx arrives this spring.
