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Black Mesa: Blue Shift releases its fourth chapter

By Jody Macgregor published 12 December 22

News Barney's solo adventure continues.

Black Mesa level showing crowbar and a dead soldier

Half-Life remake Black Mesa is getting a remake… in the original Half-Life engine

By Christopher Livingston published 7 July 22

News Black Mesa remade Half-Life in the Source engine, but now modders want to remake Black Mesa in the GoldSRC Engine.

A museum plaza full of alien and terrestrial exhibits

Black Mesa opens an interdimensional 'Xen Museum'

By Natalie Clayton published 27 April 21

news The official mod charts the evolution of Xen's five-year development.

Black Mesa: Blue Shift

Black Mesa: Blue Shift aims to fully remake Barney's solo adventures

By Andy Chalk published 18 February 21

news The developers hope to announce a demo 'soon.'

Festive Team Fortress

Here's what PC Gamer played over the break

By Fraser Brown published 6 January 21

Quality Time Freed from our gaming obligations, we just played more games. Apart from Steven.

Black Mesa's version of the resonance cascade.

Half-Life remake Black Mesa is a success story that could only have happened on PC

By Andy Kelly published 30 December 20

Staff Pick Back in Black Mesa.

A four-legged crab monster looms against a harsh alien landscape.

Black Mesa is finally finished, for real this time

By Natalie Clayton published 25 November 20

news The Half-Life remake's 'Definitive Edition' ends 16 years of development.

Black Mesa Definitive Edition beta

Half-Life remake Black Mesa now has a Definitive Edition in open beta

By Natalie Clayton published 30 October 20

news 15 years on, this labour of love still isn't quite done

Black Mesa was one of Steam's top-selling new games in March

By Andy Chalk published 22 April 20

news Borderlands 3 and the wonky survival MMO Last Oasis also made the list.

Half-Life: Alyx's level designer would rather play Black Mesa than the original Half-Life

By Christopher Livingston last updated 23 March 20

News Dario Casali, who has worked on the entire Half-Life series, says the Black Mesa team did 'an awesome job.'

The story of Black Mesa, the Half-Life remake over a decade in the making

By Andy Kelly published 5 March 20

Source code From mod to full Steam release, this is the story of one of the most ambitious remakes ever.

Black Mesa review

By Andy Kelly last updated 5 March 20

Bar fight Xen doesn't suck anymore.

Half-Life Xen vs. Black Mesa Xen: a video comparison

By Andy Kelly published 4 March 20

Video Half-Life's worst level has never looked better.

Black Mesa finally leaves Early Access next week

By Fraser Brown published 25 February 20

News After 14 years in development, the Half-Life remake is almost ready.

Black Mesa wants players to test its full 1.0 launch build

By Joe Parlock published 13 February 20

News The right tester in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

Half-Life remake Black Mesa is almost ready for its 1.0 launch

By Fraser Brown published 27 January 20

News But you can still play the whole thing now.

Black Mesa: Xen is finally out, but it's still in Early Access

By Fraser Brown published 24 December 19

News Play the full game now, but expect more polish and bug fixes later.

Black Mesa: Xen's first 2 chapters are available now

By Fraser Brown published 2 August 19

News Play through 9 maps.

Black Mesa's original Xen campaign is getting a public beta in August

By Fraser Brown published 8 July 19

News Join Gordon on an alien vacation.

Black Mesa's Xen beta is now available

By Christopher Livingston published 25 June 19

News Three levels of Xen are available in a technical beta.

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