dvdactor of CheapAssGamer writes:

"Amazon is offering an extra $5 off already discounted Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360), bringing the price down to $48.99. Discount appears at checkout."
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The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, or USK, are Germany's classification board. And as you may already be aware, they're a conservative bunch, banning games that even Australia let slide. But this, this is new. Witness Germany's box art for Valve's upcoming zombie co-op shooter, Left 4 Dead. Notice anything, uh, different?
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GP Reports: If you have been wanting to get a hands-on on Valve's Left 4 Dead for the XBOX 360, pre-ordering it maybe the first option you have, to get it early than anyone else. According to Gamestop.com, those people who pre-ordered the game will had a chance to download the demo early than anybody else starting 11/6 until 11/11..."
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The french achievements website SuccesFull.fr have just revealed the achievements list for the Valve's upcoming game : Left 4 Dead.

Left 4 Dead is a co-op zombie shooter and will be available on November 17th.

The list contains 50 achievements and they will reward you with 1000 points.
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If Wii and the "LEGO" games have proven anything, it's that people still like to play games with other people in the same room.

Despite this revelation, games of the last few years have all but abandoned split-screen gameplay. Almost everything has been relegated to online multiplayer.

But split-screen was something "Left 4 Dead" lead designer Michael Booth believed was critically important to the Xbox 360 version of his co-op zombie shooter - even if it was going to be a nightmare to implement.

"Split-screen was a pretty huge investment," said Booth to MTV Multiplayer at a San Francisco event to unveil the zombie mode of the game last night. "It's hard. That's the thing."
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Blake Ellison of ShackNews writes:

"Left 4 Dead is getting close to its November 18 launch, and Valve is now happy to accept your money: the PC edition is now available for pre-purchase on Steam with a 10% discount before the game's release, making for a price of $44.99.
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For those resisting the PC incarnation of the run-away-from-zombies shooter, the Xbox 360 version will hit retail on the same day. The 10% discount also applies to pre-purchase customers at retail outlets, according to Valve's press release. "
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According to Valve's VP of Marketing, Left 4 Dead is going to be more popular (and sell more) than the company's own very popular The Orange Box. No small feat to be sure.
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GamingShogun writes, "Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the PC version of its highly anticipated new survival co-op game, Left 4 Dead, is available for pre-purchase worldwide via Steam, a leading online platform for the distribution and management of PC games with over 15 million accounts worldwide..."
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Well, shockingly, Left 4 Dead was rated "M" by the ESRB for PC and Xbox 360. Apparently, the projectile vomiting, exploding corpses, undead prehensile tongues, disembowelings, decapitations, blood, gore, and general mayhem warranted the harsh rating.

Honestly, "Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language"? The ESRB can be so moralistic and exclusive - this is a perfect game for kids. It teaches them how to survive a zombie apocalypse. Letting them play is actually a civic duty.

Are you looking forward to this sweet, casual education game?
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Kris Graft of EDGE writes:

"Valve Software managing director Gabe Newell confirmed to Edge that there will be an Xbox 360 and PC demo.

That information had already been communicated, but Newell also gave a time window for the demo of "early November."

He also said the demo will be cut from the No Mercy campaign and be playable by one to four players."
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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.

But the studio is trying to leave as little to chance as possible, as the firm told Edge exclusively on Thursday it will be spending $10 million (£5.9m) on a consumer campaign that will incorporate television, online, print and outdoor advertising across the country. The game is slated to ship on November 17 on Xbox 360 and PC.

"People had really strong reactions to Left 4 Dead when we started showing it," said Valve managing director Gabe Newell in an interview. "Our pre-orders are running 60 percent ahead of Orange Box. This in combination with the fact that it is a new IP made us think that an extensive marketing program made a lot of sense."
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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.
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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...
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Sweedums of De-Frag writes:

"After recently announcing that there will be a demo for Left 4 Dead, we were desperate to get the full story, so while waiting to have another bash at slaying some zombies, we had a quick chat with Chet Faliszek from Valve about what exactly will be in the demo, and when we will see it up on Steam."
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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.

Two readers sent us links to two separate online retailers, both of whom list a PS3 version of Left 4 Dead as being available from November. November the 7th, according to Play.com.

This seemed to confirm the Official PlayStation mag story back in August that EA were working on a port of the Zombie survive-em-up.
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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."
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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 goes into detail on many aspects of the making of Left 4 Dead, including their goals in development, the what and why of the AI Director, all about the monsters including animation, physics and AI, and also all about the world including graphics and lighting technology.
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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.
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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."

Get the full list after the jump.
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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.

Good news for those in the U.S., sorry to those in Europe.
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