Natural Selection is an action-strategy game for the PC. It is a "Half-life modification", which means it is written on top of the Half-life game engine. "Mods" are a new sort of underground game development that enables small teams to create games using the technology of existing games. This means less expensive and lower risk game development, which allows experimentation and innovation. This arrangement also implies that "mods" are made as art, not for making money. When complete, Natural Selection will be released for free to all owners of Half-life, which is required to play Natural Selection. Game summary Multiplayer-only Half-life mod where one team plays marines and the other plays aliens. The humans must keep their cool and work together to assault an alien-infested spacecraft or colony. Marines vs. marines and aliens vs. aliens scenarios are also supported. "First-person strategy" with a real resource model and consequences for actions....

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Natural Selection Source Code Released!

Natural Selection Source Code Released!

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The source code for Natural Selection is now available to anyone, free of charge. Head on over to GitHub to get it. You can use it to make your own version...

Natural Selection source code now available!

Natural Selection source code now available!

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Unknown Worlds released the source code of Natural Selection and it is now free to download.

NS2 Alpha Date Set!

NS2 Alpha Date Set!

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As you all know, we strongly value our ties to you, the community. When we released NS v1.0 after 18 months (games were easier back then!), in some ways...

Design of ns2_tram

Design of ns2_tram

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For today's update we would like to focus on "Tram", one of several maps currently in development. This full sized NS2 map will ship with the Alpha, so...

The Shotgun

The Shotgun

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We thought we'd take a moment to show you the updated version of one of the favorite weapons from NS1 (unless you were a Skulk...) - the Shotgun.

Damage Types in NS2

Damage Types in NS2

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Hey everyone, I wanted to discuss damage types in NS2 briefly, and it's a bit much to discuss properly for tweet.

Natural Selection 3.2 Release: Friday March 2nd @ 4pm PST

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We are excited to announce that we are releasing version 3.2 this Friday. Our good friends over at NSRadio.net are going to throw a release party with...

Natural Selection v3.2 Beta2 Released for public testing

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We are proud to release beta2 of Natural Selection v3.2! We intend this to be the last public beta as the next set of changes will be released as the...

NS2 Tech Preview: Dynamic Infestation

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Max has posted an NS development blog showcasing one of the new features currently being prototyped for Natural Selection 2. There is some information...

3.2 Public Beta

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Due to the nature of the balance changes we're making in NS v3.2, we've decided to open up testing in a public beta so we can get more feedback...

v3.0

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It's been a long time coming, but the Natural Selection people have done it again with the release of Version 3.0 of the highly rated Half-Life modification...

3.0 Trailer

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In anticipation of Natural Selection 3.0, the Natural Selection team have released the official 3.0 game trailer! Hi-res version (22 megs) Jarhedz Brywright.co.uk...

New B6 News (Nov 12)

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Oh boy, it's like a religious holiday held in December (I am "Politically Correct Man").. I'm back with more B6 news. O Sieges no...

B6 News (Nov 9)

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Well, the time is finally upon us, time to deliver some news about B6 that contains actual content from the build. While many balance issues are still...

Beta 6 and team update

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With NS v3.0 beta 5 out the door, the NS development team is already hard at work on beta 6. After a development meeting that laid out the foundation...

Natural Selection Interview @ GGMania

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Natural Selection 2.0 Q&A has been posted up on GGMania. The interview is with Ned 'MonsieurEvil' Pyle of the Natural Selection mod team, as he talks...

Single Player NS

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Hey all Just thought I mighet let you in on the business of SP NS - for those of you that don't use the ns.org mapping forums first, keep and eye on this...

Natural Selection

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Natural Selection website has been updated with the next patch, 1.04. This changes are being tested but here is the full list: - Fixed exploit that allowed...

Natural Selection 1.03 Patch Released

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The new patch for Natural Selection has been released. Again, this is a server-side only patch, but balances play a little more and adds some new stuff...

Natural Selection Patch 1.2 Released

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The latest patch for Natural Selection has been released, fixing several bugs and adding a 50% performance boost to servers running it (thats what they...

Natural Selection - the must knows

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The Interview you've been waiting for, and wanting.

Natural Selection Released

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Natural Selection has been released, at an estimate of 95MB its worth getting now and playing in a few hours ;) :: Visit the Natural Selection Site and...

Natural Selection server files released.

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Well the moment you guys have been waiting for is just about here! Starting with Server files for Natural Selection! These are the Win32 and Linux files...

Natural Selection Manual

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The Natural Selection manual is been released! It can be located online, as well as in a zipped download. It is entirely in HTML and covers tons of indepth...

NS Release date announced, trailer released.

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Heres the news straight from the Natural Selection site! It is our pleasure to inform you that Natural Selection will be released October 31st - yes...

Natural Selection To Go Gold!

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An update, was just recieved regarding the greatly anticipated Natural Selection Mod, which has recieved an award right here at the modDB! Anyhow here...

Tons of new ingame screens available

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There are plenty of new screenshots upshowing ingame action from Natural Selection's Release Candidate 5. They can be seen at: and There are about 30...