https://www.computerandvideogames.com/293561/news/valve-it-would-be-fun-to-remake-half-life-1/
I love how all it took was one person saying it was canceled and everyone believed it.
I do find it odd though, that Gabe didnāt mention anything about BM.
Oh well.
Cool story.
Fucking defaults going around acting like this thing doesnāt exist
So there is no form of outsourcing then?
All the hard work and Valve doesnāt even acknowledge this. Black Mesa better release soon with a big in your face to Valve.
That was why this Mod was made, Because Valve cheered us up with the idea of it being as detailed as HL2 with all this new stuff and they lied and just put it on source with only slightly better graphics
Hm, interesting but Iām pretty sure Valve acknowledges this mod. Theyāre the reason it got the āSourceā taken off the end of BM I think. Itās not he said, weāre thinking about remaking HL1 or anything just that āit would be fun.ā Maybe theyāll hire the BM dev team and sell the mod commercially when itās released?
not gonna happen, quite a few people have worked on the mod over the years that arenāt currently involved in the project anymore, anyone of them would be in their right mind to sue if the mod suddenly became a commercial product and they are refused a share of the dosh.
It would also be illegal.
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No, it would only be illegal if somebody besides Valve sold it.
Heās right. The only way a former dev could sue is if this werenāt based on Valveās IP.
I believe this is correct.
I also believe that in the same interview Gabe something like (Iām paraphrasing) āBut why would we remake it? Weāre much better at making games now; weād want to change everything in a remake.ā Or maybe it was different interview. But he said it either way.
Considering all the things on their plate, Iād say the chances of a Valve-produced remake are pretty much dick.
" did u gies here? Balck Mase is deid OM1G!"
Iām pretty sure the assets and code in BM are intellectual property of whoever made them, and so Valve couldnāt sell it without their consent.
What the fuck are you guys talking about? Valve was totally freaked when they heard a small modding community was going to have a remake for HL1. Even at almost 4 years of development, Valve still announced that they were psyched for the '09 release.
But alas, the release was delayed, and BM has probably become something the Valve team donāt talk about, like TF2 for the console.
Thatās actually somewhere in a gray area. Itās kind of iffy either way because it could easily be argued those are a derivative work, which means Valve could possibly still own them under current copyright law.
Not that any of this really matters since Valve is totally supportive of the mod community and wouldnāt pull that card.
alright Iām taking bets:
what comes first, Black Mesa or Valveās HL1 : HD?
Hl1 HD was released in 2001 IIRC
As for now, they act like BM doesnāt exist because it actually doesnāt. Itās not been released yet and let me tell you, if Valve does a remake of Half Life before BM(highly unlikely), BM is going to be overlooked.
I play half-life in 1920x1200, thatās HD alright