Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto has been voted by industry and media experts as the recipient of the ELAN's first videogames Lifetime Achievement award this year.

The ELANs take place on April 25th in Vancouver, boasting several awards across a variety of categories. Left 4 Dead and Fallout 3 are the front runners receiving seven nominations each, with several nods going to Gears of War 2 and Fable II as well.
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Valve has unveiled details on Left 4 Dead's SDK, their apparent support of third-party campaigns, and some upcoming additions and changes to matchmaking for the game's Versus mode.

The game's software development kit will release soon after the Survival Pack update arrives on April 21st.
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Valve's co-op zombie title Left 4 Dead has sold over 2.5 million copies since it's November release, Michael Booth--project lead for the title--revealed today.
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Valve has released an update for Left 4 Dead on the PC. Among other adjustments, the update includes a gameplay change, which adds a fatigue element to the melee attack in versus mode. The changes that apply to the Xbox 360 will arrive with the survivor pack on April 21st.
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MEVO & the Grooveriders is a rhythm-based platformer for the PC that’s packed with funky tracks, bright colors, and lots of pretty candy-colored explosions. This cutesy playground is the last place you’d expect to see the four survivors from Valve’s frightening first-person shooter, Left 4 Dead. But if you purchase the special Steam version of the game, that’s exactly what you’ll get. ... » Read More

If you're fed up of waiting for the new Left 4 Dead content, then here's an ideal opportunity to try out some new user-created campaigns, skins and maps.

The following content has been created by various different authors and put together by FilePlanet.
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Valve has released a minor lobby update for Left 4 Dead that applies automatically when your Steam client restarts.

Here are the details...
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Updates to Left 4 Dead have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.
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There's little doubt as to the four key titles that look set to dominate proceedings at this year's ELAN Awards, with Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 and Fable II all nominated in the majority of the nine categories.

In with a chance of winning seven awards apiece are Valve's zombie shooter Left 4 Dead and Bethesda's dark future RPG Fallout 3, while Epic's FPS sequel Gears of War 2 and Lionhead's fantasy adventure Fable II are both up for six awards.

In fact, of the nine categories - which each contain four nominations - those exact four will battle it out in four, while other prominent titles to be nominated just once include Crysis: Warhead, Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, Call of Duty: World at War and Too Human.

The awards, which also present prizes for the animation and visual effects industries, will take place in April and be hosted by the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny.

The full list of categories and nominations is as follows:
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Luke Plunkett of Kotaku writes:

"Left 4 Dead and Empire: Total War have been patched in the past 24 hours. In Left 4 Dead's case to tweak a few things, while for Empire, it's an attempt to fix some horrendous bugs."
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While Valve has yet to announce a release date for Left 4 Dead's upcoming downloadable content, they've revealed that it will be released before the Critic's Choice Edition of the game (which includes the full retail version as well as the new content) arrives in stores on April 21st. That's right, there's now a second reason to look forward to 4/20.
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According to several rumors, the fact that their website and forums are currently offline and their dismal IRC channel topic ( "Andrew Waterman broke CAL….blame him and Angel Munoz"), there is reason to believe that the Cyberathlete Amateur League is no more.
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Valve co-founder Gabe Newell announced during a DICE keynote today that Left 4 Dead's 50% off sale last weekend resulted in a 3000% increase in sales of the game, resulting in overall sales that beat the game's original launch numbers.

Newell also mentioned that new Steam customers jumped 1600% over the same weekend and sales of Team Fortress 2 increased 106% following a free update to the title.

The massive Steam holiday sale was also a big win for Valve and its partners. The following holiday sales data was released, showing the sales breakdown (in dollars) organized by price reduction...
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Valve co-founder Gabe Newell announced during a DICE keynote today that last weekend's half-price sale of Left 4 Dead resulted in a 3000% increase in sales of the game, posting overall sales that beat the title's original launch performance.
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Valve seems to be happy with the 50% off sale for the PC version of their zombie co-op title Left 4 Dead, currently $24.99 down from $49.99. In fact the company is so pleased, they've decided to extend their weekend savings into the work week...
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Friday the 13th isn't just a day to release terribad movies. It's also the perfect opportunity to promote zombie video games and Valve is doing just that by offering Left 4 Dead for half off the normal retail price on Steam.
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The "Survival Pack" downloadable content for Valve's cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead will be free for both PC and Xbox 360 players, the company confirmed today.

Due out this spring, the download will add a new Survival mode, in which players attempt to survive endless hordes of zombies on at least 12 maps, and allow the Dead Air and Death Toll campaigns to be played in the competitive multiplayer Versus mode.
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A few details on the Survival Pack DLC for Valve's multiplayer zombie shooter Left 4 Dead have squeaked out following its cryptic announcement last week.

A new Survival mode will see "up to four player set records for the longest time surviving hordes of zombies on over 12 maps," according to word from GameTrailers TV.
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Gamasutra writes:

"Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet leads the nominees for the ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards with seven nominations, organizers have revealed.

Number None's Braid follows closely with five nominations. Among the nominations for LittleBigPlanet is the coveted Game of the Year award.

Other nominees for that category include Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, each of which received a total of four award nominations; Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto IV, which earned a total of three nominations, and Lionhead Studios' Fable 2. Winners will be honored at an awards show taking place during the 2009 Game Developers Conference."
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"Are you one of the millions that watched the super bowl with those cool 3d glasses? Do you still have those 3d glasses sitting around and now don't know what do with them? Well you're in luck, In the Left 4 dead mod scene a developer by the name of Dragon has release a hack that allows users to play left 4 dead in wonderful 3d. The set up includes use of the GeForce 3D Vision drivers, and a registry hack. Not to much work for such a large pay off."
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