Black Mesa Being Released Today.

[Burnt Lasagna]

Black Mesa, a fan made remake of the original Half-Life (that's been in development for years now) is having it's first release today!
http://www.blackmesasource.com/
I can't wait to play it!

You can check out its 2009 trailer here,

[Tatsujin]

this is lasagna, no shish-kebab.

[Burnt Lasagna]

Ha, well the countdown on the site ended and it looks like the entire website broke. Figures.

[DejahThoris]

Site's back up and running properly now.

[Drakon]

Man that looks awesome.  Definitely a classic game that I loved so much when it was new.

[Burnt Lasagna]

I'm downloading it right now via the torrent mirror. The first release lets you play up to the Lambda Core, so it doesn't have an ending, though it does have a large 2/3 of the game. The reason their doing this is so they can get feedback on what should be changed/tweaked before it's final release.

[Burnt Lasagna]

I've played quite a bit of this mod now and I must say it's very impressive! It really feels like an official remake that valve would made if given the opportunity.  I highly recommend this to everyone! I believe it's available on steam now for free and only requires Source SDK to be installed in order to run, which is also free. 

Quite a good price, no? You've got nothing to lose.