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Game Development March 16, 2021

Russian modders release first chapter of Half-Life: Blue Shift remake based on Black Mesa

A group of modders from Russia is working on recreating Half-Life: Blue Shift, the second add-on to Valve’s iconic shooter. It’s based on the Black Mesa game, and now its first chapter is available for free download.

Industry News December 9, 2020

2020 in video games: Black Mesa dev on their new IP, putting rogue-lite ideas into FPS games, and Hades’ breakthrough

Joining us today for a quick end-of-the-year interview is Benjamin Truman, lead writer on Crowbar Collective’s Black Mesa.

Dev Interviews April 22, 2020

Black Mesa project lead Adam Engels on Half-Life, remote work, and game design philosophy

Black Mesa 1.0 came out on March 6 bringing closure to 16 years of arguably the most ambitious modding effort ever. The nuances of Gordon Freeman’s inaugural adventure cleverly rewritten, multiple environments and AI overhauled, Xen completely reimagined. The game itself, once a fan mod, is now a commercial stand-alone title. All good things to those who wait.