Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is one of the most moddable VR games out there, which has spawned high-quality DLC and some impressively detailed levels. Now, the developer behind ‘Gunman Contracts’—one of the ...

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and legendary programmer, isn’t shy when it comes to voicing his opinions on all things XR. To Carmack, Meta’s block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) was “far ...

What happens when Half-Life: Alyx, a 10/10 IGN Masterpiece, is stripped of its virtual reality foundation? Would it hold up as an FPS, like Half-Life 2, without a VR headset? Well, the GB_2 ...

TL;DR: John Carmack, a key figure in FPS and VR gaming, shared his views on VR's niche status, emphasizing standalone headsets like Meta Quest as VR's biggest success. He noted that AAA VR content is ...

Desktop VR games generally require substantial computing power, but Half-Life: Alyx is even more demanding than other titles. Valve says you'll need at least an Nvidia GTX 1060 or an AMD RX 580 with ...

Verge emigrant Cameron Faulkner has a fitting paean to Half-Life: Alyx, on its fifth anniversary still one of VR’s best games: “It was a huge gamble to release the long-awaited prequel to one of the ...

With Half-Life 3 still just a potential twinkle in Gabe Newell's eye, the return of Valve's epochal PC shooter feels more like a pipe dream every day. The Steam maker did give us the excellent ...