How to Play Half-Life Alyx Without VR

Paul DeMarco

Published: Mar 26, 2020 06:50 am

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It was only a matter of time before someone figured out how to play Half-Life: Alyx without using a virtual reality headset.

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Valve News Network creator Tyler McVicker was seen playing a leaked pre-release build of Half-Life Alyx with just a keyboard and mouse.

Millions of Half-Life fans around the world are probably hyped about soon being able to play the new game without having to buy a $1,000 VR headset.

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Take a look at a recent leak of a build of HLA that kept in all internal non-VR testing tools. With the right files and noclip, it's possible to play the game using HL2s weapons. The question to be asked, is it good?
— Tyler McVicker (@Tyler_McV) March 27, 2020

This pre-release version of Half-Life Alyx left in all the non-VR testing tools developers were using for QA. Combined with certain files and noclip console command enabled, he was able to play the game with Half-Life 2 weapons.

A public release for this project is set for sometime tomorrow between 9 AM and 12 AM EST.

We’ll keep you posted when we have more details about how to play Half-Life Alyx without VR.

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Paul DeMarco

Paul is a hardcore Call of Duty fan, but also enjoys a good survival battle royale game like Fortnite or PUBG. He's been a gamer since 2005 and doesn't plan to stop any time soon.