Hit FPS With 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Reviews is 90% Off…

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Black Mesa is currently 90% off on Steam for $1.99, its lowest price ever.
It took 16 years to develop Black Mesa, now a definitive way to experience Half-Life.
The discount celebrates Black Mesa's 10-year Steam anniversary and lasts until May 19.

Half-Life remake Black Mesa has dropped to a steep 90% discount on Steam for a limited time. The price reduction brings Black Mesa down to just $1.99, marking a new historical low price for the 2020 remake.

Black Mesa finished its development in 2020, after being in the works for a total of 16 years. Recreating the legendary FPS Half-Life was a massive undertaking, with developer Crowbar Collective hitting plenty of speed bumps along the way. The game was eventually allowed to be sold as a commercial release by Valve, a testament to the team's quality work on the project, which some now consider to be the definitive way to experience the original Half-Life in 2025. Player reviews reflect this sentiment. Black Mesa currently sits at "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam, with 95% of over 116,000 reviews being positive.

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By Abhinav Sharma

Gamers can currently pick up Black Mesa for $1.99 on Steam, a huge drop of 90% from its full price. For a game that currently holds a Top Critic Average on review aggregator site OpenCritic, it's a massive bargain that anyone who hasn't played a Half-Life game before should pick up. Black Mesa even improves on the original game's controversial Xen section, reworking it from the ground up to be a much better experience in the newer title.

Half-Life Remake Black Mesa Falls To Its Lowest Price Ever on Steam Until May 19

The steep discount is to celebrate Black Mesa's 10-year anniversary on Steam, which also saw the launch of its Resonance Decade update. This pushes the long-standing public beta for Black Mesa to the mainline branching, bringing stability improvements to the popular remake. Gamers who want to pick up one of the best video game remakes and snag Black Mesa for just $1.99 will need to act fast, as the discount is set to expire on May 19.

While Crowbar Collective is currently hard at work on a new co-op shooter called Rogue Point, rumors continue to swirl about the possibility of Half-Life 3 finally being unveiled at some point in the future. There was even one recent rumor that suggested Half-Life 3 is fully playable from start to finish, with a release potentially due sooner than expected. It's always worth taking these rumors with a large pinch of salt, but the idea of Half-Life 3 will always be enough to excite gamers.

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