Black Mesa (game)

Black Mesa (previously known as "Black Mesa: Source") is a modification for Half-Life 2. "Black Mesa" aims to be a update/retelling of the original Half-Life, done on the Source Engine. 'Black Mesa' originated from many users' dissatisfaction with Valve's half-hearted Source port, Half-Life: Source. Half-Life: Source was almost visually identical to the original game's Gold Source engine and made little use of the visual enhancements of the Source engine.

"Black Mesa" will feature original textures, sounds, voice acting, and music designed specifically for the mod.

This mod is currently under development. Valve Software has stated in news updates over their Steam Service that Black Mesa is "what we're looking forward to playing." The release date for the project is set for 2009. There are two trailers for Black Mesa, one of which was released on December 1, 2008 of Black Mesa Source.

Black Mesa will not feature antlions, Male Black Ops or the Overweight Security Guards. It will however have all the enemies and characters in Half-Life and will feature Security Guard and HECU zombies.