2012 saw the leak of a series of concept art images reportedly drawn for Half-Life 2: Episode Three. Among them were various drawings of Alyx Vance, men wearing cold weather gear, and a return to Xen.

As outlined in the Half-Life: Raising the Bar art book ... also appears in the Half-Life 2 beta, so it's clear that Valve has been trying to make the concept work for a long time.

Half-Life: Alyx is an incredible blend of the best VR ... The result is a cohesive whole, never over-relying on one concept or gimmick and instead making them complement each other from start ...

Collectively, Half-Life: Alyx is the most detailed VR game I’ve ever played. With consistently great art direction and impressively crisp anti-aliasing, the game’s visuals are top-notch.

Here’s how it works. Half-Life: Alyx features a trio of locomotion options, letting you move through the environment normally, blink teleport, or shift teleport. The two teleportation styles are ...