Run. Think. Shoot. Live. Source.

Black Mesa is the Half-Life 2 total conversion of the original Half-Life game. Utilizing the Source engine and its endless array of possibilities and powers, Black Mesa will throw you into the world that started the Half-Life continuum and introduced Gordon Freeman to the world as a gun-toting, bullet-dodging Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics.

Black Mesa was built and founded on the principle that Half-Life: Source did not do the original title enough credit, regardless of the true intentions laid out with the release of Half-Life: Source by Valve Software. Subsequently in November 2004, Black Mesa was founded and set out to reconstruct the original title, giving it the new environments, models, and abilities it deserved on the Source engine. This total conversion will not require Half-Life: Source installed on your system to play, only a legitimate and working version of Half-Life 2. At the present time, Valve Software is not associated or involved with the development of this project.

Here is a small list of planned features of Black Mesa:

    * Redesign and overhaul of all 18 chapters, the hazard course and deathmatch levels of the original Half-Life and Half-Life DeathMatch games.
    * Models now take advantage of increased polycount limits and normal mapping technology making deadly opponents and friendly coworkers appear more real.
    * A completely original soundtrack and music library bringing Half-Life's themes and feelings to life in the new sounds engine built into the Source Engine.
    * Artifical Intelligence that will hunt you by sight and sound.
    * Normal, bump and specular maps built into textures giving flat surfaces a new, more dynamic look.
    * Co-operative mode, allowing you and your friends to play through Black Mesa together.
    * The entire cast and characters that the world fell in love with more beauty than ever before, bringing truth to the saying, "if looks could kill..."
    * A multiplayer mode allowing for deathmatch and team deathmatch experience with the complete Half-Life 1/Black Mesa Aresonal at your disposal.
    * A priority on gameplay and immersion factors such as sounds, functionality and interaction.
    * Built by developers who's passion is seen through the quality of their work.

This mod is not dead, we are still hard at work on it.

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Episode 4 is now up for download, however if you are downloading it from iTunes it will take 1-2 hours (from the post time) for it to update before you are able to download it on iTunes. Posting the episode 3 1/2 hours early but as always the earlier the better ;).

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KILLER89(FIN)
KILLER89(FIN) Aug 18 2008, 2:27am says:

http://www.blackmesasource.com/404/burn_bm_dvd.jpg

Bye.

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KILLER89(FIN)
KILLER89(FIN) Aug 19 2008, 2:58am replied:

Goodbye, Black Mesa.

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poisonheadcrab
poisonheadcrab Aug 19 2008, 10:02pm replied:

What do you mean goodbye black mesa

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vaynecactus
vaynecactus Aug 20 2008, 4:32am replied: Online

I guess it's just these guys thinking BMS is dead...

Well maybe it is, it's been almost 10 months since they did a media update. :/

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prob101
prob101 Aug 18 2008, 1:34pm replied:

what the flip?

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BarryC
BarryC Aug 15 2008, 8:49pm says:

I posted about 3 years ago this game was never going to come out. I found this mod randomly again and it's a good feeling knowing you were right :D

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MichaelTannock
MichaelTannock Aug 16 2008, 7:37am replied:

Seriously though(just to clarify my previous comment), the amount of time we've spent developing Black Mesa is about average for a game of this size and quality.
Add that to the fact that we haven't died, and you'll see that a release is actually very likely.
As for how good you feel telling other people that we'll never release the game, well I suggest you take up a different hobby.

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MichaelTannock
MichaelTannock Aug 16 2008, 5:10am replied:

You're in for one hell of a surprise.

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Ammoseller
Ammoseller Aug 16 2008, 12:30pm replied:

I don't intend to gripe much but can we get another official news update? Its been quite awhile (december obviously)

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prob101
prob101 Aug 18 2008, 1:36pm replied:

what surprise is this?

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