{"id":248644,"date":"2020-03-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/after-15-years-of-hard-work-black-mesa-is-finally-out\/"},"modified":"2020-03-06T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:00:00","slug":"after-15-years-of-hard-work-black-mesa-is-finally-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/after-15-years-of-hard-work-black-mesa-is-finally-out\/","title":{"rendered":"After 15 years of hard work, Black Mesa is finally out"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"gordons-alive\">Gordon&#8217;s alive&#8230;<\/h2> <p><\/iframe><\/p> <p>Friends, Romans, countrymen, I never thought I&#8217;d live to see the day. The day when what started as a small fan project to update the classic shooter <em>Half-Life<\/em> into the (at-the-time) revolutionary Source engine would actually come to fruition, but today is that day! <em>Black Mesa<\/em> which has been in development since 2005 has received its 1.0 release. Here is a triumph of fan love and perseverance, when comes such another?<\/p> <p>To say I&#8217;ve been waiting for this for a long time would be an understatement. I&#8217;ve been waiting for this since&#8230;well since I finished <em>Half-Life 2: Episode 2<\/em> and needed more of it in my veins. I still have my copy of the pre-Xen release from back before it came to Steam as a retail release. To put it in perspective, Destructoid has reviewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/review-black-mesa-235479.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">game<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/early-access-review-black-mesa-291868.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twice<\/a> in its long road to release.<\/p> <p>Surprisingly the game is launching at an MSRP of only $19.99, which, after so long feels like such a small price to pay.<\/p> <p><em>Black Mesa<\/em>&nbsp;in its completed state is now available on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/362890\/Black_Mesa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Steam<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":248642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[1,97,1247],"tags":[1717,819,208],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":5,"display_name":"Anthony Marzano","user_login":"Anthony Marzano","user_nicename":"anthony-marzano"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>After 15 years of hard work, Black Mesa is finally out &#8211; 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