Yesterday, we informed you about an unknown countdown timer that appeared on the official Black Mesa website. Now we know that most of you are hoping for the Xen missions to be released, however this most probably will not be the case.
A couple of hours ago, the official Workshop for Black Mesa went alive, featuring seven maps.
This launch hints towards the promised release of Black Mesa’s Steam “retail” version.
The Steam version of Black Mesa will be powered by a new engine, described as a custom hybrid of several Source branches and features.
The Steam version of Black Mesa will also have upgrades, bug fixes and a multiplayer addon. Not only that, but any additional fixes or add ons after the initial launch can be done on the fly via Steam.
The Black Mesa team will unveil what this big surprise is tomorrow, so stay tuned for more!
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If this is going to be a steam release then i think they are going to give us Xen at the same time.
I thought they once said the retail version would be released before the Xen levels for the free version. Maybe I’m remembering incorrectly though.
Don’t know about this.
I am already overloaded with PC games and more quality games and mods keep coming literally everyday.
The game was great but there was a small problem with it. Original Half Life was fast paced Action game. This one is a bit slow and feels more like survival horror game. Still, one of the best games of 2012. I hope they included Xen level in this release and also make the game a bit more fast.