Black Mesa Released

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 14, 2012 @04:41AM from the and-so-soon dept.

ProbablyJoe writes "The long awaited Source engine remake of the Valve's original Half Life has finally been released. The initial release only includes the story up until Xen, but the developers say they'll be adding the rest of the story, along with an online multiplayer Deathmatch mode, soon. The game is available to download for free, and only requires players to install the Source SDK (included with all Source games, or a free download). The highly anticipated release has also caused a huge amount of traffic for any servers hosting the files, with GameFront, GameUpdates, and Black Mesa's own CDN brought down within minutes of the release. The project has also been approved by Steam's Greenlight program, and will hopefully be available through Steam soon, though no timeframe has been given."

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Please by davewoods · 2012-09-14 04:47 · Score: 4, Funny

No crowbar nerf.
...Black Mesa? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-14 04:47 · Score: 5, Funny

That was a joke.
Ha ha.
Fat chance.
(Anyway, this cake is great....)
1. Re:...Black Mesa? by Quakeulf · 2012-09-14 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You know what Gordon Freeman would say to that?
  
  Would you?
  
  He would probably say something along the lines of:
  
  "..."
In pieces by Tarlus · 2012-09-14 04:50 · Score: 5, Funny

The initial release only includes the story up until Xen, but the developers say they'll be adding the rest of the story, along with an online multiplayer Deathmatch mode, soon.
More episodic releases in the Half Life universe? NOOOOO!!!

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Godammit. by jiteo · 2012-09-14 04:51 · Score: 5, Funny

I have classes to study for and clients to work for, this is NOT a good time.