Black Mesa

Attention scientists! 24 years ago today, Half Life was released! We owe a lot to the Half-Life franchise, and it will always hold a special place as the series that Black Mesa came from. We are happy to have been a part of the source engine community all these years, and so today, join us...

Greetings Scientists, At long last, we are doing a final update on the Black Mesa X Intruder mapmaking competition now that the judging process is complete. Due to unforeseen scheduling issues, we have prepared a wrap up video showcasing the winning maps and honorable mentions instead of the planned developer livestream. The Winners First off,...

Greetings, scientists! At long last, we are finally ready to unveil the winners of our recent “LambdaBuilds: Escape From Black Mesa” mapmaking competition! We were blown away by all the entries that we have received and, despite how hard it was to pick out 3 winners, have finally determined the top-3 for this excellent event....

Hello, fellow zombie scientists! YOU are Challenged to Escape! Head over to the workshop to check out the new and spooky community map submissions from our recent ”LamdaBuilds: Escape From Black Mesa” level design competition! Do you have the brains and the brawn to make it out alive? Thanks to Our Partners Thank you to...

Attention, Black Mesa personnel! Yesterday marked the official end of our mapmaking competition “LambdaBuilds: Escape From Black Mesa”. Before we get on to what’s next, we want to take a moment to say thank you to both LambdaGeneration and ModDB for hosting this exciting event! We believe that these kinds of community-focused competitions are a...

Hey there, scientists! We wanted to remind all facility personnel that there is still time to submit an entry for our mapmaking collaboration “LambdaBuilds: Escape From Black Mesa”. The deadline is only a couple of weeks away, however, so be sure to grab your crowbars and get to work! Alongside this reminder, we also wanted...

Attention all science personnel! Today we are announcing that the Black Mesa X Intruder mapmaking competition has finally ended after two months of awesome work from both of our communities. While we are sad to see it go, we are also extremely impressed by all the hard work you’ve done, and are very excited to...

Greetings, scientists! What is your favorite time of year? Ours is HALLOWEEN. We are excited to announce our Halloween Level Design Competition called LambdaBuilds: Escape From Black Mesa, a collaboration between LambdaGeneration and ModDB. We are obviously big fans of both groups, and have been wanting to do a level design competition for some time....

Attention to all science personnel! Today marks 10 years since Black Mesa was released as the definitive way to revisit Half-Life on the Source engine! We’re so proud of how far we’ve come since then, and are grateful for the tremendous support from our community over the past decade. Black Mesa wouldn’t be where it...

Attention to all science team personnel! We are so excited to announce that the mapmaking competition featuring Black Mesa and Intruder has finally begun! Given that both of these titles are FPS games that developed out of a love of Half-Life, and its modding community, we thought that this mapmaking competition would be an excellent...