VMF’s and Vodka’s upcoming Half-Life 2 mod, Ivan’s Secrets, has been in development for quite some time now, and while their media posts are always amazing, August’s may be the very best so far.

The original Half-Life’s hype train first started rolling when an early demo of the first few chapters of the game, known as “Half-Life: Day One”, only meant for distribution with graphics cards, was leaked to the internet.

Immediately, gamers got fired up, and eventually, the game was released in November 1998.

However, there is another demo, an official one this time, not too many people remember. Released after the official game, Half-Life: Uplink is an underrated demo featuring some great levels that didn’t make it in the final game.

The Orion team has been teasing us with increasingly awesome concept art, in a series dubbed “Mystery Days,” leading up to a big announcement, so here’s a convenient compilation of the artwork.

According to a post on the official Black Mesa Half-Life 2 mod forums, lead developer ‘natedgreat3’ claims that despite the lack of updates, the much anticipated mod will be released before 2011. Black Mesa has been in development since 2004 in an attempt to re-create the original Half-Life using Half-Life 2’s Source Engine. For those looking forward to the mod, this is great news!

The HL2 mod “Visage” has just released its first teaser trailer and its official site. Set for release in Q4 2010, the mod looks great and we’re looking forward to seeing more of it. Check it out after the jump.

After years in the making, the Source remake of the popular Firearms mod is available. Members from the original team along with new blood have put years of work and a re-code into this release. Find out more after the jump.

Fistful of Frags’s new release has just gone out the gates. More of a fresh start, large parts of code have been replaced and numerous things have been improved. Full changelog is after the jump.