Kris Graft of EDGE writes:
Half-Life house Valve Software is counting on a horde of living dead and tight co-op play to rake in the cash this holiday season with the horror shooter Left 4 Dead.
Get your daily wrap-up of Aussie gaming news. Topics include Left 4 Dead PS3 version update, Fable II DLC, creative new Mirror's Edge media and the guys pose a question relating to FPS Legendary and genre addictions.
dailygamesnews.com - Preorders for Valve's upcoming zombie shooter have exceeded those of Orange Box by more than 40% and VP of marketing, Doug Lombardi attributes some of the popularity to the 10% promotional discount...
Sweedums of De-Frag writes:
Kotaku: What on earth is going on with Left 4 Dead? Last week we had the Australian classifications board saying there was to be a Nintendo DS port (dismissed by Doug Lombardi as "Nonsense") and now.. this.
Robin Walker of the official TF2 blog writes: "Well, it's been a couple of weeks since we updated the blog, and we thought it was time to let you know why we've been so quiet. The last couple of weeks we've actually been moonlighting on Left 4 Dead. While the L4D team has been focusing on finishing up the core cooperative gameplay, we've been helping them by working on their Versus mode."
Doug Lombardi has sent L4D411 an exclusive 10-minute HD video presentation by Gabe Newell on the making of Left 4 Dead along with an extended E3 trailer. This presentation was originally made at E3 2008 for members of the press and E3 awards judges, and contains portions not previously available to us common folk.
Gabe Newell, managing director and co-founder of Valve, has confirmed plans for an Xbox 360 and PC demo of hotly anticipated zombie shoot-em-up Left 4 Dead. He confirmed that it will include the first part of one of the four campaign 'movies', probably The Hospital level that has been demonstrated to the press.
GameXtract writes "Rumors are on the rise again, and this time its for Left 4 Dead. According to the system requirements revealed below the game will not cause you to chop off your leg. In fact you won't even need to sell your pet moose for cash. The game will run on a wide range of machines with an incredibly low system requirement."
Left 4 Dead 411 has received official word from Doug Lombardi that Left 4 Dead will release on November 18th in the U.S. and November 21st in Europe. Doug Lombardi responded to our request for confirmation on Gabe Newell's recent statement on a Nov 20th release.
Kotaku writes:
Digitalbattle.com writes " Some new details on the downloadable content for Left 4 Dead have been revealed by its writer Chet Faliszek. The writer notes that Valve plans to add new scenarios to the game's initial four, as well as new bosses and weapons. A flamethrower is also hinted at. "
GamerChip knows the issues Team Fortress 2 has faced with lag, but with the news that Left 4 Dead will be running through XBL on dedicated servers, we should see much better performance and a host of other advantages.
Valve doesn't do PS3. The company's co-founder Gabe Newell isn't a fan, and hasn't been afraid to say so. But Valve's Doug Lombardi has told CVG today that PS3 support could be on the cards as the platforms recent success has raised some eyebrows.
DailyGame.net is reporting that Left 4 Dead, a Gauntlet-like survival-horror game set to release this November, will make its public debut on Xbox 360 at Penny Arcade Expo (PAX).
TGR - "After churning out the great Grand Theft Auto 4 on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, and with Midnight Club LA coming very soon, what else has infamous developer Rockstar got in store for everyone? According to the Official Playstation Magazine, Rockstar is hard at work on a 'new' IP based on a 'cool license.'"
Console Monster writes: "E3 has come to an end for 2008 and to finish off the week, there are a bunch of new trailers on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Here is the full update for Friday 18th July 2008:
Kombo Reports: "November 4, to be precise -- straight from EA's press conference. So much for those Orange Box 2 rumors. "
"Valve's multiplayer-focused zombie survival shooter Left 4 Dead (PC, 360) will include two-person split-screen play in addition to four-person online cooperative survival play, co-founder Gabe Newell revealed at EA's E3 press event"