Half Life in VR? Valve Not Sure “What the Right Thing Is” Yet

Programmer Jeep Barnett discusses the possibility of a Half Life game releasing for Vive.

Posted By | On 06th, Mar. 2015

half life

The Aperture Science labs VR demo for HTC Vive amazed everyone when it was revealed at GDC 2015 and of course, comments made by Valve’s collaborative partner made us think that the possibility of Half Life in a virtual setting was happening. Though said comments were eventually clarified and retracted, Kotaku did speak to programmer Jeep Barnett about the idea behind the demo.

“We’ve said, ‘Let’s take some existing art and see how it fits’. So yeah, we’ll grab some headcrabs, we’ll grab the machine guns from Half-Life, the rocket launcher — all those different fun things—and see how they play in VR. But right now, it’s a tool for exploring the different kind of game designs we want to do.”

Barnett said that as of now, there’s no fixed idea for a Half Life game in VR. That doesn’t mean Valve isn’t interested though. “We’re not saying, ‘no’ but we don’t know what the right thing is [yet].

“Our most precious resource is time, and we don’t have enough time for people to do everything. Would we like to make all of our franchises in VR? Absolutely. But we don’t have enough time or people. So we have to figure out what’s the best fit, what plays to the strengths of VR.

“Is Half-Life a good fit? Is Left 4 Dead a good fit? Is a new franchise a good fit? I don’t know yet. We’re really trying to cover the broad spectrum of what we could do, and then we’ll start focusing on spearheading that.”

Till then, we’ll have to continue speculating and hope that one day, Half Life 3 eventually releases. Stay tuned for more information.


Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out!

Share Your Thoughts Below  (Always follow our comments policy!)



Keep On Reading!

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Update Adds Motion Blur, Ray Tracing and 30 FPS Options on PS5

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Update Adds Motion Blur, Ray Tracing and 30 FPS Options on PS5

Capcom notes the update "won't affect frame rate significantly", with future updates to improve performance st...

Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty Have Generated Roughly $750 Million in Revenue

Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty Have Generated Roughly $750 Million in Revenue

In 2023, the action RPG and its expansion raked in roughly $206 million in revenue, CD Projekt has revealed.

The Witcher 4 Has Over 400 Developers Working on it, Still in Pre-Production

The Witcher 4 Has Over 400 Developers Working on it, Still in Pre-Production

Meanwhile, Cyberpunk 2 and Fool's Theory remake of the first Witcher are both in the concept stage of producti...

Predator: Hunting Grounds is Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in Late 2024

Predator: Hunting Grounds is Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in Late 2024

Developer IllFonic has taken over publishing for the title, with a new update next month and additional Predat...

Helldivers 2 Patch Fixes Freezes From Arc-Based Weapons and Stratagems

Helldivers 2 Patch Fixes Freezes From Arc-Based Weapons and Stratagems

The new patch ensures the Arc-12 Blitzer, Arc Thrower, and Tesla Tower will no longer cause players' games to ...

Like a Dragon, Judgment Developer is Seemingly Teasing an “Important Announcement” for Monday

Like a Dragon, Judgment Developer is Seemingly Teasing an “Important Announcement” for Monday

But Monday is April Fool's Day, so it could be a whole lot of nothing. Then again, it could be Judgment 3.