The project lead, cman2k, has made it official. September 14th will be the release date of Black Mesa Source.
We’re freaking out over here! It is so exciting to share this news with you!
- You can now Download the Black Mesa Soundtrack, courtesy of our very own Joel Nielsen, at the very generous price of whatever you want! Enjoy and share!
- In the near future you’ll see our Website, Wiki and Forums all taken down temporarily for renovations.
- On September 14th you will see the first release of Black Mesa! This will include our re-envisioning of Half-Life all the way up to Lambda Core. We believe this is a great way to provide a complete-feeling 8-10 hour experience with a solid ending, make our fans happy and help us make the best overall game possible.
We are still working hard on Xen and BMDM, but instead of making you wait we are giving you Black Mesa as soon as it’s ready! We’re doing our best to help bring the immense vision of this project into reality, and we are very excited for what the future brings!
High-Fives Yo,
Carlos Montero – Project Leader
I checked the date and it appears that today is not April 1st. So, this is the real thing ladies and gentlemen. You can check out the soundtrack on Joel Nielsen’s website. Furthermore, there is now an official countdown on their website.
Source:blackmesasource.com
All these years… finally! But seriously, they left out Xen? I thought they were going to release the whole thing and that’s why they were taking their time. How did they manage to leave out the final area? lol
I guess they figure releasing one portion is better than none just to show what they have worked on and leave people in suspense. I know this launch seems a bit weird, but I am pretty much okay with it since they are being upfront about it.
Personally, I really want to see what they have done and if I can play half of the game, and they feel it is complete up to that point, then I don’t mind waiting to play the rest instead of waiting to play the whole thing in one shot.
It’s way more than half the game. It’s the whole game minus one area, which I hated personally lol. I think it was 2 areas actually + the boss but I can’t be sure. Been ages since I last played HL1. Can’t wait to play this either, don’t take me wrong!
If you ask me, Valve should be hosting it on their servers for free for everyone, just to prove how they love their player base and how awesome their games + modders are etc 😉