Our March IGN First game (think of it as IGN's monthly magazine-style "cover story") is Half-Life: Alyx , the long, looooooong-awaited new entry in the legendary Half-Life series. The first-person shooter is going VR this time around, and you're about to see why that's cool.

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The first video below is our first exclusive piece of Alyx content for the month: a nine-minute gameplay video from early in the campaign, when you first encounter zombies and headcrabs. Take a look:And here are the three trailers Valve also released today. The first covers some of the same ground our exclusive video does (though it is a different playthrough). The second video, meanwhile, shows off Alyx using grenades as well as what happens when Xen begins to infiltrate City 17. And the third video is a tense, hectic firefight with Combine soldiers that gives you a look at the shotgun.

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Half-Life: Alyx will be released for PC-based VR platforms on March 23.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan , catch him on Unlocked , and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.