Half-Life News

Half-Life remake Black Mesa is being remade, new demo out now

I think we're reaching some kind of wonderful Half-Life nexus point here, our very own resonance cascade whereby all the versions, variations, and different visions of Valve's epochal FPS finally combine into one glorious, green-glowing singularity. First there is Half-Life. Then there is the Half-Life remake, Black Mesa, which incorporates visuals, physics, and other elements of Half-Life 2. And now there is another, new Half-Life remake, which remakes Black Mesa using the GoldSrc engine of the 1998 original. The Half-Life remake is being remade...in Half-Life. We're past the event horizon here, folks. Like a delicious, warm microwave casserole, if you want to sample the new Half-Life remake, a fresh demo is available right now.

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Enormous Half-Life mod is basically an entirely new game

There will, one day, be a full, official, and new mainline Half-Life game. If we can get Half-Life Alyx, and the big 25th anniversary rework of the original, then surely, eventually, we can get Half-Life 3. In the meantime, however, trust modders to keep the Gordon Freeman and Black Mesa fires burning. As Valve's classic FPS turns a quarter of a century old (I just grew a hundred more gray hairs typing that), a gigantic new mod transforms Half-Life into basically an entirely new game. It looks like Half-Life. It feels like Half-Life. But with new levels, characters, weapons, and enemies, this is truly something else.

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From Diablo to Half-Life, this site brings back classic PC game boxes

Barring the occasional collector's edition, big box PC games are a thing of the past. But one website is dedicated to digitally preserving them, all in glorious 3D. And, thanks to its owner's efforts, you can feast your eyes on classic game boxes from Diablo to Half-Life and beyond.

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December 22, 2023 Update

Fixed multiplayer team setup in Disposal.
Fixed Tau Cannon shots always counting as headshots if they reflected off a wall and hit the player who fired.
Fixed several minor HUD layout issues.
Miscellaneous security fixes.

Half-Life is still the best game Valve ever made

Half-Life recently hit its 25th anniversary, and after going free on Steam for a limited time, interest in Valve's classic FPS spiked once again. It's undoubtedly iconic. Half-Life's success made Valve one of the biggest names in gaming, helped to shape the entire FPS genre, and in many ways defined the direction of the entire industry. One of the primary reasons for its success, though, is its unique oddness among triple-A games, even making its era-defining sequel look conventional. There is simply nothing else quite like Half-Life.

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