There’s no shortage of speculation when it comes to all things Valve. Tyler McVicker, YouTuber and one of the leading voices dedicated to deciphering Valve’s various internal developments, however now reports that not only is the company’s long-awaited standalone VR headset still coming, but it may arrive alongside its own Half-Life game.

Valve’s much hyped standalone, known only as ‘Deckard’, is “still very much in production,” McVicker maintains, saying that according to his sources that Valve “still intend[s] on shipping this piece of hardware.”

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While rumors swirl around the next Half-Life game, which may not be a VR-supported title (aka ‘HLX’), McVicker speculates a Half-Life game built specifically to showcase Deckard is likely in the cards, much like how Half-Life: Alyx (2020) showed off the capabilities of Valve Index.

Echoing a previous rumor first reported in 2020, McVicker renews speculation that two Half-Life games could be in development, making for what could be an asymmetric co-op game across PC and Deckard.

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The result would be “an asymmetric multiplayer game taking place in the Half-Life universe,” McVicker says, “where one player is in VR and the other on a computer. The computer player would always be Gordon Freeman, while the VR player would be Alyx Vance. The idea was that these two characters would interact, with the VR player experiencing Alyx’s story and the PC player experiencing Gordon’s story, both having cooperative elements between them.”

While that specific claim is still very much a rumor, McVicker does a lot of sleuthing when it comes to code published by Valve across its various first-party titles and services, which can hold some clues as to what’s coming down the pipeline. He admits he’s “nowhere near done” sifting through all code published by Valve in 2024 however, so we may learn more at some point later this year.

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  • ViRGiN

    What is this front page BS?
    Why are you covering this "report"/"rumor" from the same guy who in November of 2021 made the exact opposite claim?

    This is a jobless guy who's entire job is to get you to click on his videos. It's how he makes his money.

    This article is beyond pathethic. Gamescom was happening all weekend, and instead we get this senseless rumor, a whole nothing burger?

    Valve doesn't care about VR, never did, never will. As simple as that. SteamVR bug fixes are irrelevant lmao.

    • kool

      Did not disappoint!!

    • spirr9986

      WRONG…..

      • ViRGiN

        Gayben over 9000

    • simon cox

      most excellent sir

    • "This is a jobless guy who's entire job" — this sentence just gave me an aneurism. What are you doing right now VRincel? What is your jobless job? You sure seem to spend A LOT of time in VR comment boards screaming at anyone who doesn't have your exact opinion.

      • ViRGiN

        Thanks for confirming you're heavy went champion mom basement dweller incel.

        • ViRGiN

          Whilst I look into in a mirror…

      • Peter vasseur

        Virgin has absolutely no clue what he is talking about. He’s a hardcore meta fanboy, thinks tech demo standalone games are the best ever. Don’t be to hard on him, he lacks experience with real vr.

    • kakek

      Apart from the last point that Valve hate VR ( which is why they made their own headset and made the only Half life title in decades VR ) I agree.

      This remain a baseless speculation. Pretty sure Valve still has a small team putting together prototypes and testing what they could or couldn't do with VR, but that it's not the same has having a headset in production.
      they could very well keep that as a background project forever.

      Right now, there is nothing to write about.

    • Sven Viking

      McVicker has also covered a lot of accurate leaked info in the past, but to be honest this particular one seems like baseless speculation involving a series of hypotheticals and leaps of logic.

      • ViRGiN

        If you say many, many things, you might be many times right.

        • Sven Viking

          I mean, he explained almost every detail of Half-Life: Alyx long before its announcement for example. The Half-Life VR demo before it was confirmed in the Final Hours of HL: Alyx. Deadlock. Left4Dead 3 details years before they were confirmed in an ex-Valve artist’s portfolio. etc.

          He definitely has a problem with speculating too wildly, but in some other cases he’s ended up looking wrong just because Valve frequently changes their plans or cancels projects.

  • tomchall

    ye postin' cringe

  • gothicvillas

    Basically, we are where we were years ago

  • Um, isn't this the same shit head who said
    not too long ago that Deckard didn't exist,
    Valve's not interested in VR anymore, etc., etc. …??
    But NOW he's super-accurate, huh?
    'kay.
    Fuck outta here ….
    []^ (

  • Goddamn, I understand now why Upload shut down the chat boards for awhile. Some heavy toxic incellin' mom's basement angry energy in here.

    • ViRGiN

      Agreed, this comment above mine embodies everything you mentioned.

      uploadvr wanted to monetize comments, which failed. Why they need any money after Palmer luckey poured millions to it anyway?

    • I am NOT an incel, goshdarnitt!!
      I kissed a girl one time, this I swear!!1!
      Well, she doesn't live here, right, she lives in Canadia ….
      And one time, right, she stole money from her Mom's purse, right …?
      And then she bought drugs and then we took marihuana cigarettes.

    • Somerandomindividual

      Message boards like this are cancerous and posts should be moderator-approved.

  • Nick

    Asymmetric VR games have historically done very poorly so that's a terrible idea if true

  • Sven Viking

    I think he's talking about their popularity rather than their quality. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is probably the most successful example, and it's playable with one device and some sheets of paper.

  • Nevets

    Good luck Valve. But I wonder if it'll be the newest generation of VR users, those squeaky-voiced kids in the likes of Rec Room, who will truly adopt this new medium. The current crop of pimply-faced gamers seem too angry at VR being imposed on them to appreciate its worth. If HL:Alyx didn't stir up excitement in their incel dens, then what hope for Deckard?

  • J.C.

    The only “proof” that Valve is still working on VR is that they hired Nate Grove a little under a year ago. I’d be thrilled if we got another Alyx game. An asymmetrical one, though, seems like a recipe for problems. Mostly “I don’t know anyone with VR to play the other character” problems.

    They could make it optional, but who cares if you look through a fence and see Alyx or Gordon and they move erratically, signally a real person playing? You can’t make them REQUIRED to complete anything.

    I’m hoping they’re making two separate games that don’t actively connect to each other. If they both follow the same story and you can see stuff the other didn’t? That sounds cool.

  • Nick

    never played it

  • spirr9986

    Dear Valve, WHEN WHEN WHEN……….. I could care less about an Asymmetric VR game. But want the Valve Deckard, and they should make Half-Life 3 playable in VR as well as flat.

    • spirr9986

      And before you make a stupid comment….Shut Up Virgin.

      • Arno van Wingerde

        Well, since Virgin is not here, let me add that while I do not like his comments on all things Valve… has he been all that wrong about PCVR being a very small market and Valve cashing in on Steam, but not delivering much since the Index? I appreciate the Steam link, but come on!

  • spirr9986

    And Long Live Tyler Mcvicker….. Down with Virgins

    • Arno van Wingerde

      Well Tyler has a happier message … just like Trump for many Americans. It doesn't make it more true though – wait and see!

  • spirr9986

    LOL at least you get me lol

  • Gato Satanista

    If this is true, I hope that the asymmetric thing is optional.

  • CS

    So you need two devices to play the game. Sounds like a bad idea.

  • Mick Cutter

    As long as both can also be played solo (with AI?), then I could see this working.