Half-Life: Alyx Levitation mod trailer promises a free 4-5 hour campaign

When it released in 2020, Half-Life: Alyx set a new benchmark for virtual reality gaming that has yet to be surpassed. So fans of Valve’s exemplary VR title will be glad to head about Levitation, an impressive looking mod that’s set to feature a new 4-5 hour story within the game’s sci-fi world, free for all owners of the game.

Levitation is expected to release later this year, coming from SFM animator Corey Laddo and level designer Shawn Snelling, AKA FMPONE. The trailer is excellent in its own right, giving just enough story to draw us in, and with a great voice over from the iconic G-Man (albeit one that doesn’t sound quite right), and combining that with great looking VR action – something that’s very difficult to capture given how humans actually move around.

The story will put you in Alyx Vance’s shoes once more, tasked with hunting down Maya and Barry, a pair of rebels that have disappeared after going against orders to not investigate a spooky floating building in Sector X. PC Gamer has pinned this down, reckoning it takes inspiration from concept art for Zona, a Spanish television series based on Roadside Picnic, which was in turn the story that inspired the STALKER series.

Half-Life: Alyx was and remains a fantastic showcase of what VR gaming can be. While handing it our Best VR Game award for GOTY 2020, we said:

“There is far more to the experience than fan service, as Half-Life: Alyx combines (pun intended) some of the most detailed and beautiful visuals available in a VR title with a thrilling narrative and gameplay that genuinely feels like it belongs in the Half-Life series. Gunplay is responsive and enjoyable, environmental puzzles are present and correct, and the new Gravity Gloves are an inspired way to work with the best aspects of VR control. Eliminating the need to find the fiddly hitbox for interactive objects that plagues so many VR titles, these gloves also fit perfectly with the story and setting of the game.”

Half-Life: Alyx is out now for PC, but I’m sure there’s millions of PSVR and PS5 owners out there crossing their fingers so hard they go white that Valve’s VR magnum opus comes to PSVR 2. Here’s hoping!

via PC Gamer