


The newer version initially lacked that part as well, but the developers have released in-progress map shots of Xen in 2017, with a tentative release date of summer 2017: this was then delayed to December 2017, then again to an undisclosed date in 2018 with the December update instead adding new lighting effects, then again to Q2 2019. The older version ends immediately prior to the "Xen" segment: the developers have stated the 2012 version will never have this content released (though another fan group made an unofficial mod for the mod to add it). Alongside other additions, this version had the chapter "Surface Tension" expanded in 2016, featuring some maps that were omitted from the original release. It began in 2004 when it became clear Valve's own game Half-Life: Source would be a port of the original rather than a full remake as some had speculated, and after many delays and some legal issues, Black Mesa was released on September 14, 2012.Īn enhanced version by the same name, using the 2013 version of Source as opposed to the original 2007 version, and including Deathmatch mode which the original release omitted, was released on Steam Greenlight on May 5th 2015.

“Maybe that means we can, or cannot, grab certain items due to real-life physics systems or obstacles.Black Mesa (formerly Black Mesa: Source) is a fan project aiming to produce an enhanced version of classic FPS Half-Life in the latest version of the Source engine originally created by Valve for Half-Life 2. “We’re told that these are spiritual successors to Gravity Gun, in terms of revolving around realistic physics,” wrote Sam Machkovech for Ars Technica. McVicker noticed a new control system labeled “Grabbity Gloves,” which Ars Technica reported would succeed the Gravity Gun, according to multiple unnamed sources. YouTuber Tyler McVicker who runs the Valve News Network first caught that Valve was working on magnet gloves in September 2018 from a company data leak. Players might be able to make like Magneto or a Jedi to pull distant items to their hands. The Gravity Gun is reportedly not included in Half-Life: Alyx but Valve allegedly has another, more hands-on weapon planned for its VR-exclusive: the “Grabbity Gloves.” Gordon Freeman’s trusty crowbar might be a close second, but his glowing orange claw allowed Half-Life 2 and its two followups to become a physics puzzle adventure that defined a generation, rather than just another shooter. There is no other weapon in Valve’s Half-Life series more iconic than the Gravity Gun.
