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Varsity
10-19-2005, 07:56 AM
You might remember Neil Manke's popular Half-Life 1 mod, They Hunger. It's back for Souce, it's 75% complete, and it's licensed.

Black Widow Games announced today the development of They Hunger: Lost Souls, its first commercial PC game powered by the award-winning Half-Life 2 Source engine from Valve Software. Based upon the highly popular They Hunger mod series, the upcoming title features a completely new horror-survival adventure. In North-Eastern Europe during the early 1960's, strange anomalies culminate with dead corpses rising from their graves. As a tourist recovering from a tragic accident, you seek shelter in an ancient monastery overrun by bloodthirsty zombies, and become involved in an escalading cascade of calamities.No word on Steam distribution, but it seems likely.

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Source: Black Widow Games (http://www.blackwidowgames.com/)
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A true rags to riches tale from the "Spielberg of video game level design." My only concern is the amount of HL2 content in those screens...
bapenguin
10-19-2005, 07:58 AM
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Abednigo
10-19-2005, 08:06 AM
Oh heck yes!!
The_Darr
10-19-2005, 08:06 AM
the Source engine is kindof a mixed bag for me. it has insane texture and great detail/physics, but compared to other engines coming out i dont see it as kicking anyones ass anytime soon. its pretty and cool, but not as REAL looking as some would say. that being said, HL2 is one of my favorite SP FPSs ever, and the original "They Hunger" was a blast at the time. cant wait to use that shovel to beat some heads!

--i hope to god this doesnt turn out like land of the dead (or the demo at least)...
Heretic Machine
10-19-2005, 08:09 AM
Looks good... Doesn't require you to own Half-life 2 I hope?
Varsity
10-19-2005, 08:10 AM
Not if it's being sold.
lpmiller
10-19-2005, 08:23 AM
Tarzan happy.
LilEvilFish
10-19-2005, 08:27 AM
Great, I loved the first lot of Hunger mods. Zombie blasting mayhem!
zipR
10-19-2005, 09:23 AM
They Hunger was as much fun as HL1. I love to mow down the zombies!
fitbabits
10-19-2005, 09:26 AM
Finally, something decent this way comes.
Nerv
10-19-2005, 09:30 AM
Oh hell yes.
I loved They Hunger, I still play it, and it still creeps me the hell out.
Kefkataran
10-19-2005, 09:49 AM
Fuck yes. This is great news, and Manke is deserving.

[QUOTE]Doesn't require you to own Half-life 2 I hope?

What are you doing not owning Half-Life 2? Honestly?
DaedalusFolly
10-19-2005, 09:53 AM
cant wait to use that shovel to beat some heads!

Oh fuck yeah! If I can hit zombies with a shovel I'm going to be all over this game.
Blade
10-19-2005, 10:14 AM
They Hunger 1-3 were really, really good.
F3nyx
10-19-2005, 10:20 AM
Oh fuck yeah! If I can hit zombies with a shovel I'm going to be all over this game.You can do this in the demo for Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green, which was released last week. I enjoyed that demo more than most people here seemed to. I was expecting a budget-priced zombie gorefest and it was exactly that, plus some fairly creepy atmosphere.
Varsity
10-19-2005, 10:53 AM
Forgot to mention...it's 75% done too. :)
StoneGut
10-19-2005, 11:31 AM
YAY!!

The first one's were Awesome!
I can still hear "Why do I hunger?" when I turn off the lights... can't wait!
Steve_Erhardt
10-19-2005, 11:35 AM
You can do this in the demo for Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green, which was released last week. I enjoyed that demo more than most people here seemed to. I was expecting a budget-priced zombie gorefest and it was exactly that, plus some fairly creepy atmosphere.
Well you're not COMPLETELY alone... I liked it too... though They Hunger might out-zombie Land of the Dead. I only ever played the first one, but found it really well done for the most part.
Demize99
10-19-2005, 11:40 AM
So basically, this game will have the worlds most facially expressive video game zombies? Sounds hot!
KarmaGhost
10-19-2005, 11:43 AM
Square shovels (from my own personal experience) tend to be one of the best ways to smash zombies on the head. They are not, however, the best way to tackle weeds and dirt in your back yard.
Liquidize105
10-19-2005, 11:54 AM
The site doesn't say who's funding them.

Valve most likely. I spot HL2 game assets.
Nerv
10-19-2005, 01:25 PM
Its essentially a HL2 TC, so those could be placeholder assets.
But yeah, I expect Valve are behind this in some way.
endrom
10-19-2005, 01:27 PM
Awesome, land of the dead: RTFH doesnt play that well, this atleast looks better, and should play better also with all the physics goodness. Haven't tried the old hunger, Should I D/L it just to try it?
Nerv
10-19-2005, 01:28 PM
Absolutly, its the best single player Half Life Mod out there.
GunnyMo
10-19-2005, 03:51 PM
Ah, that is freakin' awesome! I loved They Hunger and it's sequels! I can't wait!