Valve, which is still being pressured to launch "Half-Life 3," is developing three full-scale VR games. Gabe Newell made the announcement in a recent media roundtable at their office in Bellevue, Washington.
Virtual reality is slowly blowing up for the video game market due to the advancements in technology. Valve already supports such titles via SteamVR but they still do not have full VR games at their disposal. The video game company is now developing three full-scale titles which will be using its own Source 2 engine. It will be using the free open-source Unity engine as well.
Gabe Newell told Euro Gamer that they are not merely developing VR experiments but rather full-scale titles that they will be releasing in the future. Unfortunately, Newell already debunked rumors that one of them will be based on "Half-Life 3" by saying that they already tried it with the franchise and found out that it was not fun.
"One of the questions you might be asking is 'Why in the world would you be making hardware?" said Newell. "What we can do now is we can be designing hardware at the same time that we're designing software."
Newell added that VR will be the next big thing in gaming. He said that the PC gaming industry has been stuck with the mouse and keyboard setup for several decades now and that VR will offer new kinds of experiences for gamers.
Another statement from Newell is that chip manufacturers should be involved more in the marketing efforts for VR headsets, Polygon reported. He also believes that price cuts for VR headsets will not be possible because the target market is not mainstream gamers but rather those who have powerful rigs.
Valve has not made any comment regarding the "Half-Life 3" status and the new VR games may mean that it is not a priority at all. The three VR titles have not been named and no release dates were disclosed as of this writing.
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