Half-Life - those two words are iconic, not just because of how well known and publicised the franchise’ success has been over the past 12 years, but the fact that it birthed arguably the greatest first person shooter of all time. Now, just imagine taking that inception and remaking it, yeah,...
After years of development, Black Mesa (remake of Half Life) is finally releasing on September 14th. However, don't get too excited, as it's not the full game. This initial release will cover up to Lambda Core, which is over 8 hours of gameplay. Sadly, no word was given on when the complete...
Eight years, that's a long time, especially in video game development terms, not even Rockstar take that long in making Grand Theft Auto (although no one would blame them if they did, except Steve Burns - he's a maniac who writes for Play mag) But this is how long the ambitious Half-Life remake...
As E3 starts to become a distant memory and we can all get on with counting down the days until GTA V comes out and wondering what the hell is going on with Half-Life 3, I’ve decided to take a step back and reflect on what was, what could have been and what is to come following on from E3...
Around 4 years ago a team of freelance and mightily enthusiastic developers undertook a project called Black Mesa: Source, which would be a complete re-imagination of Valve’s award winning classic Half-Life utilising today’s Source engine. A trailer was released at the time and it looked,...
Anyone who's played Hλlf-Life 2 (Lambda added for coolness and pretentiousness) is immediately familiar with 'Ravenholm', easily one of the craziest, most well put together and scariest levels in gaming's long storied history. Well there was going to be a game based on it, co-created by Arkane...
There are lots of fan made Half-Life films out there to date but none which have yet encapsulated the iconic opening of the original game. Thankfully, that wait is now over as this short film provides an insight into what a movie of Half-Life could potentially look like. Die hard fans of the series...