Crowbar Collective, mod-holdet bag Black Mesa, den længe ventede genfortolkning af Half-Life, har udgivet deres spil på Steam Early Access, og det koster £14.99 / $19.99 / €19.99. Spillet har tidligere været udsendt gratis, men nu er det til salg, så holdet kan samle penge til at færdiggøre udviklingen. Lige nu anslår studiet, at udviklingen er 85% færdigt.
Making a game with the scope and scale of Black Mesa is a massive undertaking. Back in 2012 we made the decision to release what we had completed up to that point, and were blown away by the community's response, feedback and improvements to our work. We want to keep that relationship alive and well by using Early Access as a tool for allowing our community to participate in the final phase of Black Mesa's development.
In addition, we simply didn't have the resources to create Xen as we would like it. Our ambitions go beyond the original Xen section found in Half-Life. We have a standard of quality that we have to achieve. By using Early Access, we are allowed the resources to bring you the remaining chapters with the quality that you expect.
Holdet mener, at omtrent 10 timer af spillet er tilgængeligt lige nu, og der er 6 genskabte multiplayer-baner tilgængeligt i multiplayer-delen. De lover flere baner, flere modes og en konklusion på singleplayer-delen, men har ikke kun afsløre en tidsramme for dette.
