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Half-Life revamp Black Mesa head(crab)s to Steam for a 'low price'
Black Mesa, the fan-made Half-Life mod that re-imagines the game with current technology and a bunch of extra goodies, is coming to Steam soon for "a relatively low price," the development team says. Black Mesa started as a free mod, and there will still be a free version, but the team wanted to give players a chance to support its efforts financially. "For us, Black Mesa is purely a labor of love," the team writes. "We believe this philosophy has significantly contributed to the overall quality and feel of the game. Our decision to sell Black Mesa rests on two key points. One is we believe we can make the game even better by having full access to the Source engine. This lets us tackle and fix limitations instead of working around them. The second is because frankly, our team could really use the financial help." The paid version will include a few features not in the free game, but soon after the paid version launches on Steam, a brand new free version will go live, too. Black Mesa was one of the first 10 games to make it through Greenlight in September 2012, granting it a spot on Steam. The current, free edition of Black Mesa is available now through a number of hosts, including Mod DB. Check out the complete list under "Download" here.
Black Mesa Source now available
You don't have to wait for Steam to publish Greenlight winner Black Mesa Source, the Half Life 2-based recreation of Half Life. The team has released the Half Life 2 total conversion for free through its own website. You can also download the file directly from Joystiq.So if the game's out and free, why does it need to be on Steam? The developers explain on the Greenlight page: "When we are on Steam we'll be able to reach more players and make installation and future updates easy for everyone!" Making updates more convenient is always a noble goal.
Fan-made Black Mesa trailer reinvents original Half-Life
It's been over ten years since Valve's Half-Life was released on PC, changing FPS gaming forever. In 2009, the fan-made Black Mesa will do more than just revisit the classic Valve game – from the looks of this newly released trailer, Black Mesa will reimagine the game with modern tech and modern production values. (Update: The project was originally called Black Mesa Source, but Valve requested a name change to not as confuse it with an official Valve project.)The spirit of Black Mesa is true to the original; however, we're stunned by the ambitious goals for this project. The new character models and textures used in this Source Engine-powered mod urge us to give them money. The addition of multiplayer modes, such as co-op, make us think Valve will downright buy the team (if they haven't already!).Black Mesa won't require Half-Life: Source to play. So long as you have any Source Engine game on your PC, you'll be able to download and play this amazing total conversion when it comes out.[Thanks, Andrew H.!]%Gallery-38225%
