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The release of Xen in the early access version of Black Mesa had been pushed off a few times; initially planned for a December 2017 release, [24] [25] [26] a beta version of a segment of the remade Xen was released in June 2019 for stress-testing by players [27] The full beta was released on December 6, 2019. [28]
The Black Mesa Research Facility (also simply called Black Mesa) is a fictional underground laboratory complex that serves as the primary setting for the video game Half-Life and its expansions, as well as its unofficial remake, Black Mesa. It also features in the wider Half-Life universe, including the Portal series.
Black Mesa received positive reviews upon its initial release and was lauded as the game was updated and improved. Praise was directed towards the gameplay and attention to detail, comparing it to that of an official Valve release, as well as for the improvements they had made on the Xen chapters."
Black Mesa is a third-party remake of the original Half-Life, developed and published by Crowbar Collective and made in the Source engine. Originally published as a free mod in September 2012, it was approved by Valve for a commercial release. [53] [54] It was fully released on March 6, 2020, for Windows and Linux. It was praised by reviewers ...
Half-Life takes place at a laboratory called the Black Mesa Research Facility, situated in a remote desert in New Mexico. In Half-Life, the player takes on the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist involved in an accident that opens an inter-dimensional portal to the borderworld of Xen, allowing the alien creatures of Xen to attack the facility ...
The facility is now heavily damaged, and it soon becomes clear that a new alien race, Race X, has exploited the situation to mount a localized invasion, attacking both human and Xen forces in Black Mesa indiscriminately. [12] Fighting between the black operations units and Race X quickly intensifies.
Dr. Walter Bennett (voiced by Harry S. Robins) is a Black Mesa scientist. He is seen in Half-Life: Blue Shift. In Blue Shift, Dr. Bennett is seen fixing a battery in Dr. Rosenberg's office, along with Dr. Simmons. The three scientists soon get it fixed with the help of Barney Calhoun, and they start their teleportation out of Black Mesa.
[a] The entity appears to be fleeing the powers of the enigmatic G-Man. Candidate Twelve arrives at a climactic confrontation between the Xen aliens and the HECU marines. After prevailing, the player is transported to the Black Mesa staff dormitories, where he is witness to the G-Man's rescue of Alyx Vance.