Valve boss Gabe Newell says he's "extremely pleased" with the reception zombie shooter Left 4 Dead has received from the public and press.
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Coinciding with the launch of Left 4 Dead, Valve's Jason Mitchell gave a Gamasutra-attended talk at the Montreal Game Summit which offered an illuminating session on the ways in which L4D's art direction follows the blueprint laid out by their discoveries developing Team Fortress 2's striking visual design.

Mitchell opened by exploring the needs that led them to begin the artistic process for Team Fortress 2. After a disastrous attempt to create a "realistic" visual style for that title, they realized the "visual hierarchy" that defines the way in which a player observes the characters within the world.
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Videogamesplus Team have tested the game and confirmed that it is region free.
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Gamerdeals.net writes:

"For the week of November 18, 2008, Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) takes the top spot on the cross-platform Gamefly Top Ten 'Most Queued' list. Following close behind is Call of Duty: World at War (PS3/Xbox 360/Nintendo Wii).

Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested lists (Cross-Platform, Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance):"
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Left 4 Dead originally only had a Versus mode, Valve's Chet Faliszek has told Major Nelson, with Co-op mode being added later.
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Left4Dead411

"Randdalf was searching within the game's .vpk files under materials/vgui and found concept arts of every boss infected in the game, including some never seen before which are pictured below. The first is the familiar Witch. The second is a mysterious boss called the 'Screamer'.

Again we have no idea if this was a scrapped or not yet implemented boss, but maybe we'll get more information in the developer commentaries."
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Left4Dead411 writes,

"We've just received and uploaded the Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 manual for all to see!

The manual covers the 360 controls, the Survivor and Infected heads-up displays, information on the Infected and Survivors, lobbies and more. Check it out!"
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Eagle eyed players of the Left 4 Dead demo have discovered some interesting information on the back of cereal boxes in the game. Seems the fake cereal is giving away free Team Fortress 2 action figures and urges people to collect all ten. However, there are only 9 classes in TF2. Could this be Valve's way of hinting at a new class for the game?
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Valve Press Release
"The Infection Begins Next Week

November 13, 2008 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (Steam and Source), today announced its upcoming zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead, has gone gold and is now pre-loading to those who pre-purchased the game via Steam.

Left 4 Dead is the new survival action game from Valve for the PC and Xbox 360 that blends the social entertainment experience of multiplayer games such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress with the dramatic, narrative experience made popular in single player action game classics such as the Half-Life series of games.

Those who pre-order the game via Steam save 10% off the regular price and may pre-load the game so they are able to play at 12:01 am EST on November 18, 2008 when the game is made available.

The pre-order discount is also available for both the PC and 360 versions at participating retail outlets.

Playable in single player, co-operative, and multiplayer modes, Left 4 Dead is one of the most anticipated releases of 2008 and winner of numerous pre-launch awards, including Best of E3 from multiple outlets. The official demo for the game is available now through November 17 for the PC and Xbox 360."
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Left 4 Dead demo is now live.

Go! Kill zombies!
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The Gathering is an annual event organised by the Xbox 360 community team. It gives the most dedicated Xbox 360 fansites from across Europe the chance to meet up, chat with developers and play some games that won't be out for ages yet.
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When the Left 4 Dead demo went live for pre-order customers on Thursday, some very shrewd gamers figured out how to hack the PC version to allow split-screen co-op, play as the zombies, and use custom maps. Unfortunately, the fun's now over - Valve just closed the loopholes.
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G4TV has just sent out a link to their newest special, a 15 minute direct-feed video of their time with the newest Left4Dead demo (coming out tomorrow on the Xbox 360).The video does a decent job at expressing some of the story itself, which has been missing in previous trailers. Of course, in classic horror movie style, the voice acting and story themselves leave something to be desired. On the other hand, zombie movies are rarely noted for their acting and voicework, and the action in Left4Dead vid looks pretty damn frantic and fun.
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Quote from site:

"It has been confirmed to us today that Left4Dead will not be coming to PS3 despite rumors.

Speaking to us at a Microsoft event, Chet Faliszek of Valve said when asked "Many people say that they heard rumours that Left4Dead is coming to PS3, however despite telling them this isn't true they still don't believe us, what more can we say than it is not"".
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GameXtract writes "Gamestop is known for always getting the goodies deal with almost every title they receive allowing those who pre-order to cash in on some extra action figures, booklets or even demos, and closed betas. Left 4 Dead is currently in a early access phase of its demo in which pre-orders get an extra five days to play the demo before its open to all. Currently only those that pre-order the game from Steam or Gamestop/Eb Games get the special promotion, but in case you haven't already noticed, Gamestop are quite the lazy bunch."
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Console Monster writes: "The big releases are definitely coming and this is shown throughout today's Xbox Live Marketplace update. With Gears of War 2 releasing tomorrow (or some lucky people have it today, including me!), a 'Welcome to Gears of War 2' trailer is now available. There's also Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War trailers; Vigilante 8 Theme packs and Guitar Hero: World Tour songs. The 'Bond' single looks interesting. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Thursday 6th November 2008:

Name: Left 4 Dead Intro Video
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany

Name: Call of Duty World at War - Fire and Destruction Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany

Name: Call of Duty World at War - Zombie Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany..."
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Early access to the Left 4 Dead demo begins Thursday, November 6 on both the PC and Xbox 360. The early demo access is scheduled to begin around 2 am PST on the Xbox 360 and 7 am PST on the PC.
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Aeropause writer Jeremy Yerby looks at the best titles coming out for the Xbox 360 in the month of November. Some of the hightlights include Gears of War 2 and Mirror's Edge.
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Ripten: "Valve have announced an official contest today entitled "Dude, Where's My Thumb?" that challenges budding zombie hunters to take a photo of themselves in front of one of the many advertisements for the game (in London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area)." Read on for details...
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Patrick Klepek of MTV Multiplayer writes:

"If you're like me, you've noticed more ads for Valve's zombie shooter "Left 4 Dead" than there ever were for "The Orange Box."

"Half-Life" is Valve's bread and butter, but a press release yesterday said pre-release buzz for "Left 4 Dead" means Valve is pouring more money into pushing "Left 4 Dead" than any Valve game before it."
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