That makes Half-Life: Alyx the first game in the series to not have an accompanying multiplayer offering, as the first two Half-Life games have online death match modes.
Finally, Walker confirmed that Half-Life: Alyx will let you save and restore your game anywhere.
However, Walker says that as the Valve Index hardware improved alongside the game, the playtesters were staying inside the VR game longer and longer.
Half-Life: Alyx was revealed in November 2019 and since then we’ve had tiny bits of new info.