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Black Mesa: A New Half-Life |
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It's about time that Half-Life fans get a revamped edition of the original to play (are you listening, Square Enix?). Granted, this is fan-made and Valve isn't behind this project yet, but I think they should consider it.
Sometime in 2009, Black Mesa will give the game a completely face-lift, including modern technology and production values. As you can see from the end of the trailer above, the project was originally called Black Mesa Source. Valve put a stop to those shenanigans and requested a name change so that consumers don't confuse it with an official Valve project.
The trailer for this game is downright beautiful; it stays true to the storyline and the new textures make me think it is Christmas; not only is it pretty, but there is an addition of multiplayer modes so that there can be some Gordon on Gordon action.
You won't need Half-Life: Source to play Black Mesa. As long as you have any Source Engine game on your PC, you can download and play this conversion any time you want. Some examples of Source Engine games are: Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life: Source, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episodes (One, Two and Three), Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead.
