Mon, Jun 11, 2012 | 04:26 BST

Creators of Half-Life remake “Black Mesa” promise new media soon

After a lengthy period of silence, the development team behind the fan-made Half-Life remake “Black Mesa” has promised some “exciting new media” when the Black Mesa Facebook fan page reaches 20,000 ‘Likes’.

Black Mesa is a free fan-made remake of the original Half-Life, made with the Half-Life 2 engine. A trailer was first released in 2005, and in 2008 it was announced that the mod would release the following year. The project currently has no release date set.

Thanks, CVG.

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#1

HauntaVirus
11/06/12, 3:51 am

Thanks for the heads up, the facebook link is broken though.

#2

Matt Williams
11/06/12, 4:25 am

Thanks for letting us know, it should work fine now

#3

Judicas
11/06/12, 5:49 am

This should totally be called Black Mesa Forever as it’s going to be forever before it ever comes out.

#4

xxJPRACERxx
11/06/12, 7:48 am

This as take so long that I won’t be pleased by anything except the actual game.

#5

roadkill
11/06/12, 8:04 am

@3 Just as all things Half-Life are.. ;)

#6

Edo
11/06/12, 9:12 am

17800 at the moment,I just hope it’s not yet another screenshot,cause they are already walking on thin ice.

#7

Takeshi
11/06/12, 10:27 am

New trailer? Not really interested in screenshots.

#8

absolutezero
11/06/12, 11:03 am

They say this everytime. Nothing ever really emerges apart from a wireframe model of a gun or something.

#9

freedoms_stain
11/06/12, 11:31 am

Yeah, I’m glad that the article points out that the last time they released a trailer they actually promised a release date which they’ve currently missed by a time frame measured in years.

Is it mod of the year time again and they need to drum up interest to win the award again?

#10

Edo
11/06/12, 12:22 pm

Someone has leaked it and it’s a bunch of new screenshots….yay…………..

#11

DSB
11/06/12, 1:53 pm

I think the fact that a group of guys have dedicated themselves to reverse engineering an entire game and remaking it from the bottom up using new technology – without a single paycheck – is pretty impressive no matter when it comes out.

Black Mesa isn’t a port, they’re using very few of the old assets, as well as adding new design of their own.

#12

Edo
11/06/12, 2:10 pm

@11
Nah,not impressive they are a bunch of condescending pricks who hope that Valve will hire them,it’s pathetic actually when you think of it and to prove my point http://i.imgur.com/sG2YZ.jpg .

#13

DSB
11/06/12, 2:30 pm

@12 How does that make their work less impressive? As far as I know, there have been upwards of 100 people working on the project, with no help from Valve, and none recruited by them.

#14

Edo
11/06/12, 2:43 pm

@13 Well here ‘s the worlds smallest violin playing the world’s saddest song just for them…seriously ,what work?A bunch of highly compressed screenshots?A 4 years old trailer?Oh they are on facebook now so it’s official…give me a break.

#15

DSB
11/06/12, 3:08 pm

@14 You’re a pretty bitter person.

I don’t recall them asking for pity, jobs, or money.

Personally I don’t consider liking someone a prerequisite for enjoying their work.

#16

Edo
11/06/12, 3:15 pm

@15 “You’re a pretty bitter person” nah .. I just don’t like condescending pricks.

#17

Da Man
11/06/12, 5:25 pm

I don’t know how hard it is to reverse engineer a zip archive but I have deep respect for nerds, which any gamedev board is overrun with, and them not having anything better to do.

Most common types of enthusiasts:

1) Remaking some old arse ‘classic’
2) Making a WoW killer

Visit any gamedev board, there’re tonnes of 19 to 24 y/o, all willing to participate, because they feel as a part of a mysterious industry.

Not saying they’re idiots for doing it. By all means, more power to them.

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