Ukusukela oko iValve yenza ivenkile yangaphambili yePC, iSteam, baye bashiya ubukhulu becala kuphuhliso lwabo lomdlalo. Umphunga uye waba nengeniso kakhulu, kwaye ikwayinto iValve ehlala ihlaziywa. Basesenza imidlalo, nangona kunjalo, kwaye kunyaka ophelileyo babone eyona mikhulu yabo kwiminyaka Isiqingatha-Ubomi: Alyx, ungeno olutsha kuthotho olude oluleleyo oluthathe ithuba elipheleleyo lobuchwephesha obutsha beVR. Kwakhona, khumbula I-Artifact? Kwakukho naloo nto, ndiyaqikelela. Ngoku kubonakala ngathi inkampani inokuninzi kwipayipi.
Umseki weValve uGabe Newell uthethe naye 1 News malunga nezifundo ezahlukeneyo kugxilwe ekuboneni i-Esports iza eNew Zealand. Nangona kunjalo, uye walahla ulwazi olungalindelekanga, esithi iValve ine "imidlalo ekuphuhlisweni esiza kuyibhengeza." Kwakhona walatha ngokuthe ngqo Isiqingatha-Ubomi: Alyx njengoko kubonisa ukuba inkampani isenokufumana amandla ngokukhutshwa komdlalo. Kwaye xa ebuzwa malunga nokuba omnye wale midlalo wawuyintsomi I-Half-Life 3, wayibeka njengesiqhelo, esithi, “Kudala ndingathethi ngezo zinto ngempumelelo yaye ndiyathemba ukuba andisayi kuthetha ngazo de zibe yimibuzo engenamsebenzi.”
Kuyavuyisa ukucinga ngalo kuba kwakukho ixesha apho iValve yayithathwa njengenye yabona basunguli abakhulu kushishino. Nangona kunjalo, kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuba akukho xesha libekiweyo apha, kwaye ngenxa yempumelelo kunye nesidingo sokugcina iSteam, ezi zibhengezo zinokungezi ixesha elide kakhulu.
