In the depths of the Black Mesa Research Facility, a rumbling noise. It was not loud, yet seemed louder than mere decibels would suggest in the furtive, creaking hush of the facility's underbelly.

There are those who, when the time comes, take control of their own destinies. The right people in the wrong place.

Maurice Andrews was thrown from his feet by the chaos that followed the Resonance Cascade, tearing and deforming the once familiar facility around his unconscious form. Even at this, Andrews, a low-level engineer could not possibly know the full extent of the incident and upon waking he has only one clear objective: Get to the surface.

Even with the support of other survivors met along the way, however, nothing could prepare him for the adventure ahead, the heavy handed presence of the military of the creatures whose existence they were sent to cover up...

Half-Life: The Core is a classic retelling of the events surrounding the Resonance Cascade disaster from a new perspective; that of Engineer Maurice Andrews. Without using bolted-on engine modifications, Half-Life: The Core will provide a grand single-player experience featuring intense action, complex puzzles and believable narrative through all-new locations in Black Mesa with remarkable visual fidelity, pacing and humour.

Any PC capable of running the original Half-Life game will be able to run Half-Life: The Core, however due to the increased resolution for the textures as well as the ambitious scale of some of the areas, slight frame rate drops may be noticeable on older or budget systems. We employ advanced optimisation techniques to minimise this, and most players will not exprience any framerate loss.

Almost entirely created by just two people, Half-Life: The Core is the endeavour of Andy Morris & James Archibald, with coding from TWHL's Penguinboy. They try to be friendly and approachable and will answer any questions or comments left on articles or media. On ModDB, their usernames are monster_urby & Archie_SnC. There is also a public Discord server where you can discuss any updates we post and ask questions you may have.