Tag Archives: Black Mesa

Black Mesa Xen technical beta phase has been launched, 4K/Ultra screenshots gallery

The Black Mesa team has just launched the technical beta phase for Black Mesa Xen. This beta features three of the six maps that are currently being created for Xen, continuing Gordon’s adventure from the cliffhanger ending of Lambda Core. Continue reading Black Mesa Xen technical beta phase has been launched, 4K/Ultra screenshots gallery

Black Mesa Improved Xen Mod version 0.5 released, features photogrammetry and better graphics

While the official Xen levels for the faithful Half-Life remake in Source Engine, Black Mesa, have not been released yet, modder ‘zloikot’ decided to remaster himself those alien levels so that gamers could experience them. And today, the modder released a brand new version of his mod. Continue reading Black Mesa Improved Xen Mod version 0.5 released, features photogrammetry and better graphics

Black Mesa Xen will feature soft particles, dynamic flashlight shadows & Screenspace Fog

The team behind the amazing Black Mesa mod has announced that Black Mesa Xen will come with some new  graphical features like Screenspace Fog, Flashlight Dynamic Shadows and Soft Particles.In order to showcase these effects, the team has released some GIFs that you can also find below. Continue reading Black Mesa Xen will feature soft particles, dynamic flashlight shadows & Screenspace Fog

New Black Mesa Xen Engine hotfix update released, improves dynamic shadows, lighting and performance

The team behind the amazing Half Life Black Mesa, a fan remake of the first Half-Life game in the Source Engine, has released a new hotfix update for it. According to the release notes, this hotfix improves most dynamic shadows flickering, most dynamic lights flickering on lower quality levels Nvidia GPUs,  features settings optimization for new deferred lighting and shadows, and improves the overall quality and performance. Continue reading New Black Mesa Xen Engine hotfix update released, improves dynamic shadows, lighting and performance

New Black Mesa patch overhauls its graphics, featuring dynamic lighting, deferred rendering and more

Last month, Crowbar Collective claimed that a new patch would overhaul Black Mesa’s graphics. And today, we are happy to report that this update is available to everyone. Black Mesa’s December patch overhauls its graphics engine by adding new features such as dynamic lighting and deferred rendering, and it looks absolutely great. Continue reading New Black Mesa patch overhauls its graphics, featuring dynamic lighting, deferred rendering and more