Gamespot named Half-Life: Alyx Best Game of the Year. This is reported in the material on the portal website.
The journalists of the publication noted that Alyx is an incredible combination of the best concepts of virtual reality with professional performance. According to the authors, the VR component shows the legendary franchise in a whole new light. “Half-Life: Alyx is such an addictive and thoughtful game that you forget that you are in virtual reality and begin to perceive reality as it is,” the media report says. The impact of the new title on the virtual reality gaming industry was also noted.
Other titles were also shortlisted for the award. Valve has been rated alongside Demon’s Souls, Persona 5 Royal, The Last of Us Part II, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Hades, Ghost of Tsushima, Spiritfarer, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
In addition to the main award, leaders of various nominations were also announced. For example, Ori And The Will Of The Wisps and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 were included in the list of the best titles for Xbox in addition to the above-mentioned games, Genshin Impact, SpellTower + and Good Sudoku were in the top of the main mobile games. The list of major releases for Nintendo Switch included Murder By Numbers, Paradise Killer and Spiritfarer. The best PC games are Microsoft Flight Simulator and Crusader Kings III.
Half-Life: Alyx was made available to PC users in March 2002. The title is a first-person shooter for virtual reality devices. According to the plot, the game takes place five years before the events of Half-Life 2.
Earlier the winners of the annual The Game Awards ceremony have become known . The main game of the year, according to the jury, was the PlayStation exclusive The Last of Us: Part 2. The game also won the Best Game Design, Best Story and Best Audio Design nominations.