Since the release of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve has become very talkative about the past and the future of the studio. The big question now in the room is: What happens with Half-Life after the VR title Alyx?
On the Polygon website, designer Robin Walker mentioned that while Valve "has no firm plans yet," the next part does doesn't need another 13 years to appear. However, this project should be »approached more calmly«.
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Since the Half-Life developer is an independent studio, you can take your time with your next decision. In addition, the future of Half-Life depends on how well Alyx is received. Accordingly, the team does not want to rush, but rather wait and see.
However, Walker states that internally one is "very attached to the universe of the popular shooter series". In addition, Valve "had a lot of fun developing Half-Life: Alyx." He mentioned something similar earlier and stated that the VR shooter »Will not be the end of the series«
According to Walker's personal assessment, it will be »Do not give such an extremely long radio silence again«
Judging by our test, we have to don't worry about half-life. Because Petra was completely convinced of Alyx: VR has never been so good. Plus users can find out how they come to this conclusion in the test video.
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What is the studio planning next?
Gabe Newell also spoke in an interview about the very ambitious plans for the future. He wants above all Advancing technology and expanding VR. His big plan is to create the matrix – a digital world that connects us directly to our brains.
In addition, this should happen much sooner than most expect. The co-founder of Valve states that he still has this goal within the next ten years wants to achieve. Who knows: Since Half-Life is always about "solving interesting problems", we may already be playing the next part with our brains as controllers.