They are, beyond control schemes and visuals, the single best reason to play games on a PC. Mods can, at their laziest, tweak a game so its settings or features behave more to your liking. At their most ambitious, they can tran...

Fan-made Black Mesa is a remake of Valve’s classic 1998 shooter Half-Life. It’s been in development for around eight years, which is poignant, since it’s been around that long since I’ve played the origi...

Were it not for the core Half-Life series itself, Black Mesa: Source – a fan-made remake of the original Half-Life – might well be the longest-running tease in video games today. Having been in development for aroun...