Half-Life: Alyx, Valve's first major single-player game since 2011's Portal 2, is out this March. That, along with the relative drought of new releases in the first few months of the year, make right now a pretty good time to catch up on the Half-Life series. That's especially true since Valve is letting you catch up on the every other Half-Life game for free until April 1.
The games included in the free-play promotion include Half-Life, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Source, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two.
The Half-Life series is regarded as one of the all-time greats. It puts you in the role of scientist Gordon Freeman, moments before a horrible catastrophe takes place at the Black Mesa Research Facility. Strange monsters start roaming the hallways, claiming the bodies of Gordon's co-workers and being general nuisances. It's your job to escape and get to the bottom of what's going on.
As for the upcoming Half-Life: Alyx, it's a virtual-reality exclusive. Thankfully, pretty much anyone with a VR headset that can connect to a PC will be able to play it. The game will be compatible with the Valve Index, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest (with Link), HTC Vive headsets, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. You can pre-order it on Steam for $54 USD.
The Half-Life series
- Half-Life
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life: Source
- Half-Life 2
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
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