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Black Mesa Team Reveals That the Highly Anticipated Xen Levels Won’t Be Coming to the Mod Version

In a recent Reddit AMA, Black Mesa’s multiplayer level designer Joe R, revealed that the highly anticipated Xen levels for Black Mesa will be only coming to the paid version. Joe R claimed that it’s currently impossible to add these levels in the mod version of Black Mesa as Xen will be built on the new engine that powers Black Mesa Steam. Continue reading Black Mesa Team Reveals That the Highly Anticipated Xen Levels Won’t Be Coming to the Mod Version

Black Mesa Coming To Retail, Will Be Powered By A New Game Engine

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Black Mesa is considered one of the best mods ever released on the PC. Although the mod has not been completed yet, Valve has made an offer to the development team that could not be refused. Therefore, a paid version of Black Mesa will be coming to Steam. This new version will be powered by a new game engine and will be hitting Steam really soon. Continue reading Black Mesa Coming To Retail, Will Be Powered By A New Game Engine

First screenshots for Black Mesa: Insecurity, fan-made remake of Half-Life: Blue Shift

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The team behind Black Mesa: Insecurity, a a re-imagining of the Half-Life expansion Blue Shift, created for the Source engine mod Black Mesa, has released the first screenshots for it. This mod is being created by two gamers, and is 33% complete. There is still no ETA yet, but the duo is working hard to finish it. In addition, Black Mesa: Insecurity will feature Ilopns’ HD model pack that has been recently released. Enjoy the screenshots after the jump! Continue reading First screenshots for Black Mesa: Insecurity, fan-made remake of Half-Life: Blue Shift

‘Black Mesa’ & ‘STALKER: Misery’ Win Mod Of The Year 2012 Award – ‘DayZ’ Comes Second

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2012 was a great year for PC games mods. Not only did we get DayZ and Black Mesa, but we also enjoyed Brutal Doom, Cry of Fear as well as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II and Fallout: New Vegas with their contents that were cut off from their vanilla versions. Oh, and Skyrim got one hell of mods. And let’s not forget mods such as Doom: The Mercenaries that brings together the past (2D sprites) with the present (latest versions of Resident Evil). Continue reading ‘Black Mesa’ & ‘STALKER: Misery’ Win Mod Of The Year 2012 Award – ‘DayZ’ Comes Second

Black Mesa is coming and no… we are not kidding

Black Mesa could very well be the DNF of mods (or the epitome of ‘mod vaporware’). It was said that this highly anticipated mod would hit the PC in 2011 but… guess what… it was delayed. Not surprising, right? However, Hubicorn, Black Mesa’s webmaster, has revealed something that will definitely wet your pants. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s official; Black Mesa is coming really soon. Continue reading Black Mesa is coming and no… we are not kidding

New Black Mesa Screenshot Released

Black Mesa can be definitely described as the next ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ in the mod-land. This bad boy has been in development for lots of years and although a lot of people think that it’s just a vaporware and nothing more, the team behind it has just released a brand new screenshot from its latest build. Now I’ll be honest here; it does look great. Yeah, this is a Source game but the level of detail is great and can keep up with today’s standards. Let’s just hope that the game will get released… someday… in the next coming years. Enjoy! Continue reading New Black Mesa Screenshot Released