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There is a fantastic moment in Half-Life 2, during the 'Water Hazard' section of Valve's FPS game, when you first arrive at one of the resistance outposts, Station 12. Previously, you - or, if you prefer, Gordon Freeman - have been told that communications with Station 12 have mysteriously ceased. Overlooking City 17's irradiated river, the Station is supported on stilts. Immediately, you know that something is wrong. The river is silent. No-one exits the Station to greet you. A large wooden container dangles ominously from a pulley - the grand piano over Buster Keaton's head; some stark realisation just waiting to drop.

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New Half-Life 'campaign' pieced together following huge Valve leak

Half-Life Blue Shift gets Black Mesa treatment in Valve FPS remake

Half-Life mod offers new ending if you constantly hold a cardboard box

I still believe in Half-Life. The retcon ending to Half-Life Alyx. The huge modding and fan-game community that brings us sequels and remakes like Black Mesa and Levitation. Half-Life is still alive, and I still expect to see the arrival of Half-Life 3 at some point between now and the day my HEV suit finally whispers "user death imminent." In the meantime, though, following the public leak of Half-Life, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 assets from the entire Valve repository, it seems a shortened, alternate version of the original Gordon Freeman FPS game has been pieced together - an obscure, Valve-eyes only cut of Half-Life 1.

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Half-Life Blue Shift gets Black Mesa treatment in Valve FPS remake

Half-Life mod offers new ending if you constantly hold a cardboard box

Half-Life remaster, out now, makes Valve's iconic FPS game even better

If I were a security guard at Black Mesa, my head would get crabbed within minutes of a resonance cascade. Not so for Barney Calhoun, who fought his way free of the facility back in Valve's 2001 Half-Life expansion, Blue Shift. Modding team HECU Collective have been forcing him to run that gauntlet again, so far releasing 3 chapters to their mod for Black Mesa - not the fictional company, but the very real (and good) fan remake of the original Half-Life.

Chapter 4: Captive Freight comes out tomorrow, so it's a fine time to jump in.

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Half Life Blue Shift, the beloved expansion pack for Valve's seminal FPS game, released following Opposing Force, is returning in a full remake, modelled after Black Mesa. It's the ideal distraction for Portal, Half-Life 2, and Steam fans as we continue pondering whatever happened to Half-Life 3.

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Half-Life: Blue Shift mod for Black Mesa now includes three playable chapters

Black Mesa's Half-Life: Blue Shift mod hits Chapter 2

Black Mesa is better than Half-Life 2, here's why

A new Half-Life mod grants a fresh, "joke" ending to the iconic Valve and Steam FPS game, provided you escort a cardboard box through the whole of Black Mesa, similar to the Half-Life 2 gnome and Portal's companion cube.

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Half-Life has a new Halo and Doom-inspired "sequel" set for Steam

Half-Life roguelike shooter approved for Steam by Valve