half-life: alyx levitation – Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation

June 15, 2022

Half-Life: Alyx Levitation – Here’s 7+ Minutes Of Impressive Mod Gameplay

Half-Life: Alyx’s upcoming fan campaign, Levitation, continues to look hugely promising in this new gameplay video.

Over seven minutes of footage from the mod from developers FMPONE and Corey Laddo debuted at the PC Gamer Show this weekend.

Half-Life: Alyx Levitation Gameplay

The footage shows newly-designed environments that allow for more of Alyx’s seminal gameplay. So expect the same enemy types and encounters but with fresh angles. Towards the end of the demo, things move outside in a hugely impressive construction yard sequence that has some callbacks to some of the climactic moments of the main game.

Levitation was first announced in April, promising a four to five hour campaign that will release in Q3 of this year as a free mod for people that own the original game. In the experience you’ll pick up with a new story that sees Alyx investigating a mysterious levitating structure. Whilst not an official expansion by any means, it looks to be proof that Alyx modders are really getting to grips with Valve’s set of tools.

Need more Alyx mods? You’ll want to check out Return To Rapture, a fantastic two-part campaign that combines the world of Half-Life with the BioShock universe. There’s also Gunman Contracts, which turns the game into a John Wick-style shooter. And also be sure to check out our list of the best Alyx mods.

No specific release date for this mod just yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we do. Are you going to check out Half-Life: Alyx Levitation when it releases? Let us know in the comments below!

June 13, 2022

Brand New Half-Life Alyx: Levitation Trailer Appears on the PC Gaming Show

During the week that’s definitely not E3 there have been a number of companies sticking to tradition, hosting events with lots of new videogames to announce. Amongst them was the PC Gaming Show yesterday which just so happened to have a tasty virtual reality (VR) update, a brand new gameplay trailer for Half-Life: Alyx mod Levitation.

The work of modders FMPONE and Corey Laddo – and a few others behind the scenes – Levitation has been gaining plenty of attention ever since it was unveiled earlier this year. While we’d all love an official update from Valve, thanks to the Steam Workshop Half-Life: Alyx is highly moddable with dozens of excellent community additions, and Levitation is gearing up to be one of the best.

Half-Life Alyx: Levitation is going to be a 4-5 hour adventure in City17, set in an area called Sector X which houses a mysterious floating building. G-Man is set to make a return alongside your mate and inventive engineer Russell. Even with the new trailer, little else has been revealed regarding the narrative. At least it’ll serve as a nice (unofficial) side-mission for fans eager for more Half-Life in VR.

From the looks of the gameplay trailer Half-Life Alyx: Levitation is going to be heavily action-oriented, once again pitting Alyx against Combine soldiers and the ever-reliable headcrabs.

Two years after its release Half-Life: Alyx is still regarded as the pinnacle of VR gaming, offering just the right mix of action, immersive interaction and puzzling that the franchise is known for. “A stunningly rich experience from start to finish, Half-Life: Alyx is one of the best VR titles available, a perfect showcase for what VR gaming is capable of,” gmw3 said in its review.

Currently, Half-Life Alyx: Levitation is expected to arrive later this year. While you’re waiting other Half-Life: Alyx mods include Return to Rapture, a two-episode addition set within the Bioshock universe. Or how about VR mods for non-VR titles? Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Quake 3 Arena, Resident Evil 2 and 3, and more have all been given the unofficial VR mod treatment.

For continued updates, keep reading gmw3.

April 5, 2022

Levitation: Alyx Mod With 4-5 Hour Campaign Looks Amazing

An upcoming Half-Life: Alyx mod looks absolutely stunning in a new trailer, promising an engaging and spectacular short campaign set in the Alyx universe.

The mod, titled Half-Life: Alyx – Levitation, will be released in Q3 of this year on Steam Workshop, available for free for those who own the base game. According to the developer, the mod campaign will be roughly 4 to 5 hours in length.

As you can see in the trailer embedded above, the production quality looks absolutely fantastic. There’s appearances from Russell and G-Man, with new (or perhaps just reworked) voice lines, and the story will center around a levitating building in Sector X that two of Alyx’s friends go to investigate.

In terms of gameplay, it seems like a continuation of similar stuff found in Alyx’s main campaign — a mixture of action, exploration and shooting, with hopefully some puzzles chucked in for good measure too.

Half-Life: Alyx released in early 2020 and since then we’ve seen some incredible mods available through Steam Workshop. One of the most prominent ones is the Alyx Bioshock VR mod, Return to Rapture, which is spread over two parts, the most recent of which released last month. Other mods such as Gunman Contracts overhaul Alyx into something completely new — in this case, a mobster shooter.

You can view our list of the best Alyx mods as of last October here. It’s been a while since we hopped onto Steam Workshop, so keep an eye out for an update with more Alyx mods added to the list in the coming weeks.