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Rift S Globally Out of Stock Prior to ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launch, Here’s Your Alternatives

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Come March 23rd, Valve’s continuation of the Half-Life series is set to launch on all SteamVR-compatible headsets, breaking a 13-year gap between Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (2007) and the upcoming HL2 prequel Half-Life: Alyx. HTC Vive Comos & Cosmos Elite. Image courtesy HTC. HTC Vive Pro & Valve Index.

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Super Fan Remaking Original Witcher Game In VR Using Unreal Engine

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Rather than developing a mod for the original 2007 release, however, Loan is constructing the entire experience from the ground up in Unreal Engine, resulting in higher quality visuals as well as a new range of possibilities. Enter Patryk Loan, a Witcher megafan currently in the process of rebuilding the original Witcher game in VR.

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Trinity VR’s ‘DiamondFX’ Batting Simulator is Made for the Major Leagues

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One of the more off-beat uses of HTC’s newly announced Vive Tracker came from Trinity VR who have taken the Vive Tracker, as announced by HTC at CES this week, slapped it onto a real baseball bat and were using it to demonstrate their baseball simulator. ” How is this done? Years of statistics it turns out.

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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is the Best Rated PC Game of 2020 & Best Rated Steam VR Game of All Time

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When looking at the top rated PC titles of all time on Metacritic , Alyx holds the 31st position in the list, surrounded by PC gaming classics like The Sims (2000) , Warcraft III (2002), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005) , while far exceeding Half-Life 2: Episode One & Two.

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Valve’s Gabe Newell: ‘We’re excited to return to Half-Life, VR has energized the studio’

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Valve hasn’t released a full-length single player game since 2011’s Portal 2 ; the game will also be the first entry in the Half-Life series in 12 years, with the last being Half-Life 2: Episode 2 released in 2007.

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Remastered ‘Half-Life 2’ Coming to Vive & Rift with VR Controller Support via Revamped Mod

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A reborn mod project is bringing compatibility for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with full motion input support, remastered visuals, a made-for-VR UI, realistic weapon interactions, and more. Luckily you can pick up all three, along with Portal (2007) for the entirely reasonable price of $20 via The Orange Box.

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‘Half-Life 2: VR’ Mod Gets Green-lit on Steam in 4 Days

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Half-Life 2: VR , a revamped version of an older mod which will adapt the beloved Half-Life 2 for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, has been green-lit, signifying Valve’s official acceptance of the mod for distribution on Steam. Read on to learn more about the mod and the team behind it.

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