Here is further info about the Race X, in a 2006 e-mail exchange between Combine OverWiki's Marphy and Gearbox's CEO Randy Pitchford. In the e-mail Marph asks Randy what is the role of the Race X in the Half-Life universe.
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It's fun to finally walk into these maps we've known as tiny screenshots and videos for about 15 years, but IMO the myth was better... While some parts look pretty good (the lightning or the awesome way of climbing ladders), it's as horrid as an incomplete game can be. And it's amazing how easy...
You're welcome! ;) It's very hard to get answers from Valve or Gearbox, and unfortunately I think I exhausted the chance to ever get more exclusive info. I just wrote to them too much...
I would like to continue this thread with recent words from Marc and others about the issues pertaining to the date of the Black Mesa Incident, and gather the facts I have.
If you have followed the Portal 2 updates on GameInformer.com, you might have seen that the last paragraph of the original...
I knew about the guide, I just never read it, so I don't really know how much interesting facts it provides. And there's no "hellface" on the Gearbox forums...