Media Coverage of the New Release Date

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#1

So the thing is I thought we should have a thread where we share links with different news-sites commenting on black mesa’s finally revealed release date.

I couldn’t find a similiar thread and I apologize sincerely if one does already exist.

However, for me it’s interesting to see what the different media writes about the topic, and I hope someone shares my interest. Well here we go, i’ll post a couple of links and i’ll hope other users here will expand the thread with more articles and such.

https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/03/black-mesa-half-life-remake-launches-this-month

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19463712

https://kotaku.com/5939907/black-mesa-mod-out-in-two-weeks

Edit: -CPU posted some links:

https://www.slashgear.com/black-mesa-due-september-14-half-life-reloaded-03245696/

https://www.shacknews.com/article/75571/black-mesa-coming-september-14-honestly

https://www.examiner.com/article/black-mesa-half-life-debuting-sept-14th

https://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/314116,black-mesa-source-gets-a-release-date.aspx

https://games.on.net/2012/09/hell-freezes-over-black-mesa-source-announces-a-release-date/

https://tech2.in.com/news/pc/black-mesa-source-finally-has-a-release-date/407092

https://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/02/black-mesa-scheduled-to-launch-on-september-14/

https://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/09/years-in-the-making-half-life-remake-black-mesa-is-finally-getting-released

https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/black-mesa-starts-countdown-only-days-from-ending-its-8year-development-cycle-14867

https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/1225951p1.html

https://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/2/3286690/first-black-mesa-release-dated

https://www.atomicmpc.com.au/News/314115,black-mesa-source-gets-a-release-date.aspx

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/25616/omgtt_black_mesa_source_will_be_released_in_12_days/index.html

https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/09/02/black-mesa-release-date-revealed/

https://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/gaming/gaming-news/everyone-stop-what-youre-doing-black-mesa-comes-out-september-14/

https://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/1010131.20120903.Half-Life-remake-Black-Mesa-gets-September-release/

https://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/8997/article/half-life-fan-remake-gets-a-release-date/

https://www.ausgamers.com/news/read/3239035/black-mesa-source-half-life-remake-mod-gets-a-partial-release-date

https://stickskills.com/2012/09/02/countdown-timer-appears-on-highly-anticipated-half-life-2-fan-mod-site/

…and so did ShadowNate:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/02/black-mesa-source-release-date/

https://lambdageneration.com/posts/black-mesa-sources-first-release-out-on-14th-september-in-two-weeks-will-not-include-xen/

Stixxy

https://hexus.net/gaming/news/pc/44681-half-life-remake-black-mesa-launch-14th-september/

https://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/theyre-waiting-for-you-gordon-20120904-25b2s.html

And other people…

https://www.pcgamer.com/2012/09/03/black-mesa-source-release-date-revealed-high-res-headcrabs-due-in-11-days/

https://www.shacknews.com/article/75571/black-mesa-coming-september-14-honestly

https://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/910686-fans-finally-finish-half-life-remake-black-mesa

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/119421-HD-Half-Life-Remake-Finally-Releases-This-Month

https://www.destructoid.com/black-mesa-will-come-out-september-14-world-is-ending-234240.phtml

https://www.gamespot.com/news/black-mesa-half-life-mod-launching-september-14-6394532

https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/09/02/half-life-remake-black-mesa-releasing-in-two-weeks.aspx

https://www.neogamr.net/news/first-part-of-black-mesa-mod-coming-september-14th

https://www.computerandvideogames.com/366081/black-mesa-to-finally-launch-on-september-14th/

Russian sites:

https://lenta.ru/news/2012/09/03/blackmesa/

https://games.compulenta.ru/705417/?r1=yandex&r2=news

https://megaobzor.com/Black-Mesa-Source-obzavelsya-datoy-vyhoda.html

German:

https://www.computerbase.de/news/2012-09/half-life-mod-black-mesa-kurz-vor-veroeffentlichung/

https://winfuture.de/news,71810.html

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Half-Life-dt-PC-16358/News/Black-Mesa-Source-Release-Termin-fuer-das-Half-Life-Remake-1022086/

https://ht4u.net/news/26089_countdown_fuer_half-life-mod_black_mesa_gestartet/

French:

https://www.nofrag.com/2012/sep/02/41143/

https://www.vossey.com/news/Black-Mesa-Source/Le-mod-Black-Mesa-disponible-dans-12-jours----i18496.htm

https://www.jeuxactu.com/black-mesa-la-date-de-sortie-82859.htm

https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2012/00061087-le-mod-black-mesa-va-sortir.htm

https://www.jeuxvideo.fr/jeux/black-mesa/black-mesa-remake-premier-half-life-semaines-actu-508945.html

https://www.generation-nt.com/black-mesa-source-remake-half-life-date-sortie-pc-actualite-1620392.html

https://www.gameblog.fr/news/30881-black-mesa-le-half-life-remasterise-dans-11-jours

https://www.canardpc.com/news-52864-les_post_moddeurs_de_black_mesa.html

Greek:

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Polish:

https://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,107162,12411656,Najwyrazniej_pieklo_zaczyna_zamarzac__bo_Black_Mesa.html

https://www.gram.pl/news_9wvgGuu0_Black_Mesa_zadebiutuje_juz_za_11_dni_bez_poziomow_Xen_i_BMDM.html

https://www.students.pl/kultura/details/63690/Black-Mesa-remake-Half-Life-ma-date-premiery

https://www.cdaction.pl/news-28607/black-mesa-konkretna-data-premiery-remakeu-half-lifea.html

And thanks to sexy Keresh for updating for me while I was busy :slight_smile:

#2

For a moment there I thought, somebody was requesting more media of the mod EVEN ON RELEASE DATE.

Then I read your request - and I second it. Would change the thread title to “media coverage…” so no more misunderstandings occur.

#3

https://www.slashgear.com/black-mesa-due-september-14-half-life-reloaded-03245696/

https://www.shacknews.com/article/75571/black-mesa-coming-september-14-honestly

https://www.examiner.com/article/black-mesa-half-life-debuting-sept-14th

https://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/314116,black-mesa-source-gets-a-release-date.aspx

https://games.on.net/2012/09/hell-freezes-over-black-mesa-source-announces-a-release-date/

https://tech2.in.com/news/pc/black-mesa-source-finally-has-a-release-date/407092

https://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/02/black-mesa-scheduled-to-launch-on-september-14/

https://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/09/years-in-the-making-half-life-remake-black-mesa-is-finally-getting-released

https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/black-mesa-starts-countdown-only-days-from-ending-its-8year-development-cycle-14867

https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/1225951p1.html

https://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/2/3286690/first-black-mesa-release-dated

https://www.atomicmpc.com.au/News/314115,black-mesa-source-gets-a-release-date.aspx

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/25616/omgtt_black_mesa_source_will_be_released_in_12_days/index.html

https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/09/02/black-mesa-release-date-revealed/

https://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/gaming/gaming-news/everyone-stop-what-youre-doing-black-mesa-comes-out-september-14/

https://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/1010131.20120903.Half-Life-remake-Black-Mesa-gets-September-release/

https://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/8997/article/half-life-fan-remake-gets-a-release-date/

https://www.ausgamers.com/news/read/3239035/black-mesa-source-half-life-remake-mod-gets-a-partial-release-date

https://stickskills.com/2012/09/02/countdown-timer-appears-on-highly-anticipated-half-life-2-fan-mod-site/

#4

Cool, change the name of the thread though.

#5

Consider it changed.

#6

I still can’t get over how poorly written that BBC article is… :facepalm:

#7

Also, the Rock Paper Shotgun article here:
“! Black Mesa Source: A Release Date !” : https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/02/black-mesa-source-release-date/
And lambdageneration’s:
"Black Mesa: Source’s First Release Out On 14th September In Two Weeks, Will Not Include Xen [UPDATED] " : https://lambdageneration.com/posts/black-mesa-sources-first-release-out-on-14th-september-in-two-weeks-will-not-include-xen/

#8

I like how the first part of the comments talk about The Hobbit.

#9

Haha, I know. I was reading through that yesterday laughing at how quickly they got off topic. :retard:

#10

Wow, so many links. I’ll try to read through them all and see how many haters are out there waiting for the mod to say that it sucks and wasn’t worth the wait.

#11

I like how it’s the main story on the BBC’s Technology page, though: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology/

It’s even on the main BBC news page. Congratulations, devs, you made international news!

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#12

Pudding, you screwed up all CPU’s links when you added them to your initial post.

You need to hit “Reply” on his post, and copy the full links from there instead of copying them directly from the post.

This is because the forum shortens the links for display purposes, (see all the …'s in the middle of the links), so if you copy them directly from the post, the code is wrong.

#13

how weird, well it’s fixed now! thanks! i’ll keep adding the ones posted. thanks alot folks, lots and lots of interesting reading to be done here

#14

odd/shame that the BBC are using a pic of HL1 to illustrate it.

#15

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4276135,00.html

There is also a newspaper article,
I will post soon

#16

I would love to see that.

#17

alternatively, right click the link and click “copy target” or some such

#18

Shouldn´t there have been a launch trailer or some official footage following the announcment? Seems a little strange that all those news reports often still show a three year old trailer.

#19

Another one for the list - Hexus :

https://hexus.net/gaming/news/pc/44681-half-life-remake-black-mesa-launch-14th-september/

And another - Sydney Morning Herald :

https://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/theyre-waiting-for-you-gordon-20120904-25b2s.html

#20

And, of course, we can’t forget PC Gamer’s article.
https://www.pcgamer.com/2012/09/03/black-mesa-source-release-date-revealed-high-res-headcrabs-due-in-11-days/

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