Sierre Studios heeft Gearbox de opdracht gegeven om een exclusieve episode voor de Dreamcastversie van Half-Life te maken genaamd Half-Life: Blue Shift. Deze episode draait voornamelijk rond het beveiligingsteam van Black Mesa.SIERRA STUDIOS(tm) ANNOUNCES HALF-LIFE: BLUE SHIFT
Exclusive New Mi ion for Sega Dreamcast(tm) Officially Named
BELLEVUE, WA (August 29, 2000) - Sierra Studios(tm) and Gearbox Software announced today Half-Life: Blue Shift, the name of the exclusive mi ion being developed as an additional offering in Half-Life Dreamcast. This special mi ion surrounding the Black Mesa security guard from the original game is being custom created for the Dreamcast console system by Gearbox Software, the Texas-based development team that created Half-Life: Opposing Force(tm), the official PC expansion for Half-Life and winner of the 2000 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' PC Action Game of the Year.
Scheduled for release November 1st, Half-Life Dreamcast is in development by Northern California-based Captivation Digital Laboratories in conjunction with Gearbox Software and Valve. Half-Life: Dreamcast is set to be even more extraordinary than the original PC version. In addition to Half-Life: Blue Shift, the Sega Dreamcast edition includes the original version of Half-Life with several enrichments, including highly detailed characters, enhanced weapons, and more articulate animation to showcase the power of the Sega Dreamcast and deliver a fresh and exciting experience for console gamers.
Verder heeft de Dreamcast versie naast het originele spel betere models en hebben de vijanden een hogere AI.
Jammer dat je niet kan multiplayeren met de Dreamcast versie, daarom is dit een beetje een tegemoetkoming.