A new, Valve-less Half-Life campaign is out now and puts a completely fresh perspective on the original FPS

Rumors of Half-Life 3 swirl once more. Could this finally be the time when Valve unleashes a new chapter in its iconic series, hailed among the best FPS games ever to this day? The good news is that there is a new Half-Life story that you can play right now, although this one doesn't come from the Steam developer. Instead, the Half-Life: Insecure campaign is a fan-made project that puts a unique perspective on Gordon Freeman's original outing, and it's finally finished and available to download right now.

Half-Life: Insecure comes from modder 'MPS,' who has been working on the project for four years and describes development as a rocky process "with a lot of drawbacks." In fact, just a few months ago, they hit a major snag when their graphics card broke, leaving them struggling to afford another. Fortunately, the Half-Life modding community stepped in to help, and they were able to get a replacement. "Thanks for your support," MPS wrote in August, "I have never been so motivated to finish this project."

Now, the mod is complete. Insecure retells the story of Black Mesa incident from the perspective of security officer Andrew Cooper, whose goal is simply to escape from the facility as things fall apart around him. It includes a total of six chapters and integrates a selection of weapons and enemy types from Opposing Force.

As for how long you can expect it to be, MPS notes, "It took me four hours to beat the whole campaign on hard without using any keycards." Although obviously they have the advantage of having put it all together and knowing exactly what to expect. Still, if you've been fired up by all this talk that Half-Life 3, or at least some new entry from Valve, is on the way, Half-Life: Insecure should be the ideal way to satisfy that craving.

The Half-Life: Insecure mod is out now. You can download it here via ModDB, where you'll also find the full install instructions. Note that you'll need to own a copy of Half-Life on Steam to play it, updated to the 25th anniversary edition.