The above capture is from a viral video making its way around the internet.  The video is title What's in the Box, and appears to be part of a viral campaign from Valve.  Why?  There's a lot of similarities with the style of the shots and look of the video with that of their games, especially ones in the Half-Life universe.  In fact, many of the sound effects used in the video are directly from Half-Life 2. 

There's really not much else out there, and frankly, we have no idea if it's game related or even if there's co-op.   But the video is so damn cool we figured we just had to share!

Update:  Turns out it's just a fan video.  Thanks Bakken Hood

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It's been ten years since Half-Life 1 was released, but that doesn't mean the modding scene has died down any.  In fact, one of the best mods for the game has always been the Sven Co-Op Mod.  Last week the team finally release the first beta of Version 4.0 of the mod.  Along with the ability to play through the entire Half-Life storyline in co-op, players can now play through the Opposing Force add on as well as tons of custom maps. 

The mod also adds gameplay enhancements like healing downed comrades, repairing structures, the ability to climb, and difficulty balancing that scales depending on the number of players.  The mod also includes co-op support for the excellent zombie mod They Hunger.

The full list of new features can be found right here.  

It's good to see this mod is still going strong.  I'll be curious to see if they can reuse any of this for Half-Life 2 and the Source engine. 

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The original Half-Life set the bar in so many ways for the first person shooter genre when it launched over 10 years ago.  One of the things missing though was co-op play.  And while there's plenty of mods that add this to Valve's classic,  this brand new remake looks extremely promising.

The total conversion is a complete remake of the Black Mesa facility, the famous first level of Half-Life 1.  The only thing required to play will be a copy of ANY source engine game - like Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and others.  The mod not only offers some slick visuals with brand new textures, but will sport a cooperative mode built in.  There's no word on how many players will be supported.

For now, drool over the first trailer posted after the break.

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For all you elusive PC Co-optimus fans out there, we have a rare bit of news especially for you this time: Valve's Steam service will be hosting Half-Life 2 mods for free, and will be tacking on  Steamworks support for each, including stat tracking and automatic updates.

Among the first five hosted mods available starting next week is Synergy, the Half-Life 2 co-op mod. Play the award-winning campaign with friends!

Hit the jump link for the full quote from the Steam news post.

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