Valve News Networks provides new updates on Half-Life: Alyx and the potential L4D VR game.

According to new information uncovered by Valve News Network while data-mining SteamVR, Valve is currently in development of a Left 4 Dead VR spinoff. Run by independent reporter Tyle McVicker, you may recognize Valve News Network as the same source responsible for leaking information regarding Half-Life: Alyx prior to its official reveal this past November.

In a message posted to his Twitter on December 8th, Tyler claims that not only is Left 4 Dead VR real, but that more details surrounding Half-Life: Alyx will be revealed during the 2019 Game Awards taking place tomorrow at 5pm PT.

Videos are finally back tomorrow.



Boneworks is out on Tuesday.



Left 4 Dead VR is real.



The game awards is in a few days, with new Half-Life Alyx news.



Get your minds ready, it’s about to blow. — Tyler McVicker (@ValveNewsNetwor) December 9, 2019

McVicker breaks down the newly-discovered information in a video update posted onto the official Valve News Network YouTube channel. In it, he provides additional details regarding several strings from Left 4 Dead that were found in VR-related software that Valve has actively been making updates to. Some of the terms listed include “coach,” “biker,” “jimmy,” “riot_control,” “namvet,” and many other references to the Left 4 Dead franchise.

“Surprisingly, we have Left 4 Dead related strings showing their head for the first time in nearly three years,” states McVicker in the video.

In the update, he discusses not only several Left 4 Dead related strings of code, but several updates to Half-Life: Alyx as well, including new enemies and weaponry. Based on the code found in SteamVR, the classic zombie enemy type will be making a return to the Half-Life universe, as well as a new enemy referred to as “The Reviver.”

There’s also a reference to the Vortigaunt, an extra-dimensional alien race that served as a hostile enemy force in the original Half-Life before allying themselves with the protagonist, Gordon Freeman, during the events of Half-Life 2. Based on the details provided, it sounds as though these characters will be assisting the player throughout the game by providing healing support as well as additional firepower.

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In addition to these potential character updates, McVicker references several strings that could potentially be referencing some of the weapons featured in Half-Life: Alyx. According to McVicker, players will have access to a “Phys Gun” (possibly an early version of the now-confirmed “Gravity Gloves”), an “Energy Gun,” frag grenades, the iconic crowbar, as well as a weapon referred to as “Rapid Fire.”

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