Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.

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 Half-Life Beyond - Development Log #11

Half-Life Beyond - Development Log #11

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Happy Holidays! Have a Present. article about current and upcoming additions to Half-Life Beyond!

December 2023 - Current Roadmap Update

December 2023 - Current Roadmap Update

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A quick overview of the actual development roadmap until the first release.

10 years of Sandpit and Sandpit v4 released

10 years of Sandpit and Sandpit v4 released

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In planning since 2010 and in development for 3+ years, Sandpit v4 has been released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the first release of Sandpit...

Half-Life : Echoes Release - Thank you

Half-Life : Echoes Release - Thank you

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A massive thank you to everyone who played and enjoyed my mod.

Half-Life: Echoes has been released!

Half-Life: Echoes has been released!

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After 20 years of enjoying everything that the Half-Life community has had to offer, I am incredibly happy to finally release my own contribution to you...

PS2 Blue Shift - Final release

PS2 Blue Shift - Final release

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I can't believe that it is a final release and that this project came this far from ugly buggy proof of concept.

Half-Life : Echoes Release Date and Trailer

Half-Life : Echoes Release Date and Trailer

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Playtesting is complete. A release is imminent. Come check out the trailer!

Half-Life : Echoes final polish

Half-Life : Echoes final polish

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A complete version of Echoes is being play-tested for final bug testing and polish. I will be releasing soon.

RTSL: 2015 Awards

RTSL: 2015 Awards

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Check out the winners of the Run Think Shoot Live, Awards 2015.

Life Signs 2015

Life Signs 2015

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Operation Black Mesa and Guard Duty are back! It's been a very busy year and here's what we've been up to.

We're Got ModDB

We're Got ModDB

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"We're on ModDB now" and Xash3D Android v0.16 release.

How to use detailtextures in a professional manner

How to use detailtextures in a professional manner

Level Design/Theory Tutorial 7 comments

Hello everyone and welcome to my first tutorial. Let me start with the basics: If you don't know what a detail texture is, I shall explain. Basically...

2014 Kickoff Update

2014 Kickoff Update

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The latest news on Operation Black Mesa and Guard Duty!

Half-Life: Echoes Announcement

Half-Life: Echoes Announcement

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After 15 years of enjoying Half-Life, and the endless user-created content over those years, I wish to give back to the community and create my own take...

Blue Shift: Reassignment Media Release

Blue Shift: Reassignment Media Release

Blue Shift: Reassignment 19 comments

This is Blue Shift: Reassignment, a modification with goals to improve and enhance the gaming experience of the Half-Life expansion, Blue Shift.