Black Mesa: Source is due out September 14th

http://blackmesasource.com/

There's finally a countdown, after ~8 years of development by the independent group of developers. It should be a free mod for anyone who has HL2, likely requiring Episode 2 as it uses the newer engine.

Black Mesa: Source is Half Life 1 with newer graphics and the better engine. It's been under development for the past 8 years, almost always being "close" to release. It looks like they're finally ready for the public to get a look.

I've been waiting the whole time. Listening to the soundtrack as I'm posting this. I definitely thing it's gonna be worth the wait. Also I think the release on the 14th is only up to the part right before Xen.

Aaaaaaaand they're releasing it unfinished. Xen and the actual ending of the game won't even be included....

Guess I'll just wait another 8 years for that piece.

They've put it up on Greenlight, so please give it a thumbs-up. It will be released regardless, but if it's on greenlight then on Steam, it will be available directly through Steam, and get any patches automatically.

Also, I had forgotten that Valve made the Source SDK free.. So you won't need *any* games in order to play this. Woot!

Since the site is somewhat down now...

Link to the original .torrent file - http://www.mediafire.com/?ba8kfb4xu4jjvna

Torrent with updated trackers - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5372503/BlackMesa.torrent

Or the magnet link to the same torrent - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a9b546b8141c210870ce09c43038a6aee9e0157f&dn=BlackMesa&tr=udp://tracker.1337x.org:80/announce

Direct download - http://www.shacknews.com/file/32999/bla ... 10-windows-free-game

It has been greenlit! Playing through now to finish it up.

I'll get some screenshots to post in the BlackMesa thread (if there is one).