New Half-Life: Alyx Game and Portal Projects Teased By Valve Datamine
A fascinating datamine teases several new Valve games, including a follow-up to Half-Life: Alyx and a new Portal project. The beloved developer is know for creating the Half-Life and Portal series, alongside the digital distribution platform Steam, but their output of new games has become nearly non-existent in recent years. The recent launch of Valve's Steam Deck handheld console brought gamers back to the quirky world of Portal with a demo called Aperture Desk Job, and this short title may contain hints at the developer's next titles.
1998's Half-Life, an immersive first-person shooter which combined fast-paced gunplay with an immersive sci-fi story, instantly put Valve on the gaming industry map. Half-Life 2 was met with even greater acclaim in 2004, and Valve reached the peak of its popularity with 2007's Orange Box. The epic compilation included Half-Life 2: Episode 2, the first-person puzzle game Portal and the class-based first-person shooter Team Fortress 2. However, The Orange Box also served as the end of the golden age of Valve games. 2020's Half-Life: Alyx renewed fans' hopes for more new titles, though, and rumors suggest that Valve is developing multiple new game projects following the virtual reality Half-Life installment.
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As revealed by YouTuber Tyler McVicker and reported by ComicBook.com, data found within Aperture Desk Job appears to reveal several upcoming Valve projects. The dataminepoints to four games: a follow-up to Half-Life: Alyx, a Source 2 port of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a previously-cancelled Portal game centered around paint and a multiplayer game called Citadel. The long-rumored Citadel, the most detailed of the four leaked
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