OK, sure, it’s only a mod, but it’s looking extremely promising and will manage to weaken the knees of anyone who played through the original Half-Life all those years ago.

Oh, but where are my manners? What is Black Mesa, you ask? Well, it just happens to be a mod (user made modification) using the upgraded Half-Life 2 engine to recreate the original first-person shooting classic, Half-Life. All of the assets have been remade, from models and textures, to levels and animations, complete with new sound effects and music. It truly is a mammoth task, but one the developers say is wrapping up nicely.

Black Mesa (formerly known as Black Mesa Source) is being made by an entire team of modders, and you can see a slice of their work so far in the official trailer below: