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Could ray-tracing be on the way for Source 2 games like Half-Life: Alyx?

Code from a recent Artifact beta update suggests Valve may be playing around with ray-tracing and RTX rendering in the Source 2 engine.

Fan-made Half-Life: A Place in the West comic series gets remake of first two chapters

Having built a modest following around its fan-made comic series, the creators behind Half-Life: A Place in the West remade the first two chapters and released them recently.

Shacknews Game of the Year 2020 - Half-Life: Alyx

It's finally time to celebrate the Shacknews GOTY 2020. Half-Life: Alyx confirmed!

Shacknews Best Developer of 2020 - Valve

Valve's return to polished, triple-A game development signaled a return to form for the Half-Life and Steam studio.

Shacknews Best PC Game of 2020 - Half-Life: Alyx

Yes, it's a VR game, but it also happens to be the very best PC game release in all of the year 2020.

Shacknews Best Comeback of 2020 - Half-Life franchise

2020 saw the return of many franchises, but none of them were as meaningful as Valve's release of Valve's Half-Life: Alyx.

Shacknews Best Graphics of 2020 - Half-Life: Alyx

From bottles of booze to hallways that feel lived in to the bottoms of crates, Half-Life: Alyx is a visual treat, and exhibits the best graphics of 2020.

Shacknews Best VR Game of 2020 - Half-Life: Alyx

Can there even be an argument as to why any other game besides Half-Life: Alyx would deserve Best VR Game in 2020? There is no other real choice.

Half-Life: Alyx gets in-game developer commentary in free update

The spectacular Half-Life: Alyx has received a free update that adds optional developer commentary throughout the game, and we spoke with Valve's Jason Mitchell about it.

Steam Playtest is a new way for devs to let players test their games

This new feature gives game developers more tools to provide players with another means of assisting development