Late last month, Crowbar Collective announced Black Mesa: Definitive Edition - a new version of the group's fan-built Half-Life remake, packed with even more changes and revamps. At that time the DE was launched into beta for players to try out - and now Crowbar has announced it's "releasing our final big update to Black Mesa as a free 'Definitive Edition' update".
"Since March, we have worked to polish the game in terms of both art and design," the group announces on Steam, adding: "If you have been waiting to try Black Mesa, now is a great time to dive in." Building on the finished edition of Black Mesa launched in spring this year, the DE adds a "massive polish" to it, along with updates to the FPS game's art and visuals, a "complete lighting and gameplay pass" to the 'Power Up' chapter, a total redesign of the second 'On a Rail' map, and plenty more.
Additionally, the Black Mesa DE update introduces some performance tweaks that should make it easier for those with less powerful PC builds to get the game running smoothly, with "significant optimisations across the whole game that will improve performance on low to mid-range PCs".
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