Half-Life: Alyx unlock time zone details: what you need to know

When does Half-Life: Alyx unlock in your time zone? I have all the information right here for you.

@anthony256

Published Mar 22, 2020 10:10 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:44 PM CST

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Half-Life: Alyx pre-loads have started on Steam, and if you haven't read it already -- I have an extensive Half-Life: Alyx Buyers Guide that goes over the PC hardware and VR headsets that I recommend using to play what should be the best VR game of all time.

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But when exactly does Half-Life: Alyx unlock in your particular time zone? Let's find that out. We know that the game will unlock for US gamers on Monday, March 23 at precisely 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT, which equates to:

Canada - March 23 @ 1PM
UK - March 23 @ 5PM
Australia - March 24 @ 4AM
New Zealand - March 24 @ 6AM
Russia - March 23 @ 8PM
Japan - March 24 @ 2AM
India - March 23 @ 10:30PM

We know that Half-Life: Alyx is a 48GB download, while the game requires 67.3GB of storage space. If we compare that to Half-Life 2 which used up just 6.4GB of storage, Half-Life: Alyx is a gigantic upgrade of over 10x in storage space required.

Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.