Operation Black Mesa

Operation Black Mesa is both a third-party total conversion mod for Half-Life 2 and a remake of the video game expansion Half-Life: Opposing Force. The ultimate goal of the mod is to recreate the original expansion pack from the ground up, using the advanced capabilities of the Source engine, the improved graphics quality of Half-Life 2 and enhanced character AI, to create a new and more engrossing in-game world by introducing more varied, complex environments and more challenging, realistic gameplay. Operation Black Mesa will be playable by anyone who owns any Source engine game.
Overview
Operation Black Mesa, which began in November 2004 was born of the discontent fans experienced when playing Half-Life: Source; when considering the living environment Valve created with Half-Life 2 using the Source engine, the original game fell far short of what many players thought could be done with the software, basically being a straight port, except for improved water and lighting effects along with the inclusion of ragdoll physics. However, the fans did not want to wait and thus took the task into their own hands.
History
On, September 17, 2006, Operation Black Mesa released their first media; showing the progress made on the game's eleventh chapter titled "The Package" as well as a weapon model.
On, January 1, 2007, Media release "Stage 2" was initiated, which featured a revamped website and notices about new developers entering the team and old ones leaving.
On, March 8, 2007, the team posted a news update to verify that the mod was still in business. Regretably the mod was put on ice shortly thereafter.
On, September 29, 2007, the mod was revived by several members of the old development team and resumed progress.
On, December 17, 2007, the first Pre-production media release by the new team was posted.
On, January 30, 2008, Operation Black Mesa won 5th place in MOTY in 2007.
On, July 8, 2008, the OpBM team release their second media update showing their steadily increasing pace.
On, October 25, 2008, the third media pack hits the streets, showcasing the HECU marines and gameplay through the teams first trailer.
On, December 3, 2008, the teams forum and FTP was hacked. The incident was covered in the article posted by the team on their new homepage and forum labeled; "Unforeseen Consequences".
On, December 24, 2008, the team released a media package for the holidays; "Christmas is here"

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