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The first tank you face is barely cold when the game throws another one at you. If you separate from your group for a moment or two, expect smokers and hunters to tear you to shreds. Each of the 16 maps, including the all-new Last Stand, have strategies you can ferret out, rooms that are slightly easier to defend, propane tanks to place, health packs to hoard... but it doesn't matter. You're going to die.
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The free Left 4 Dead DLC is now out for the PC as well. Again, this is what it brings:
- New gameplay Mode
- 16 maps including Last Stand
- Leaderboards
- 7 new achievements
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Left 4 Dead's Survival Pack content has arrived and is now available for Xbox 360 users. The download is available by accessing the title's game details on the My Xbox menu.
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The Left 4 Dead Survival Pack will be released via Xbox Live at roughly 2 am PST on April 21.
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In its latest blog Valve has broken down the balancing issues it faced when designing Left 4 Dead's new Survival Mode DLC, which is due on PC and Xbox Live this week.
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With the Left 4 Dead Survival Pack less than a week from release, Valve has revealed some new details and offers advice for the Survival Mode portion of the DLC.
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Hardcore Christian Gamer writes: "Over at the Left 4 Dead Blog is a post talking about some of the different iterations of box art the company went through before finally settling on the iconic thumbless hand that now graces the covers of all our retail copies of the game."
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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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GamersDigest writes;

Microsoft today confirmed that the 'Survival Pack' for Left 4 Dead will be releasing on April 21st on the Xbox 360.

The DLC will be free of charge, and introduces a new multiplayer game mode entitled, Survival, plus two complete campaigns for Versus Mode (Death Toll, Dead Air).
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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

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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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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"Anyone who has played Left 4 Dead on Xbox 360 has no doubt at least seen or participated in one of the many glitches, tricks, or exploits that were rampant throughout the game to give your team, or the Survivors an edge. Well, hopefully you used them while you could; those of you who played Left 4 Dead and connected to Xbox Live yesterday were prompted to download a mandatory update for the game. Fixing almost every exploit there was, and making a slew of other changes...."

"Reading it tells gamers a number of things, one being that using exploits and glitches obviously became a major part of playing the game. But why?"
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A free update for the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead is available now via Xbox Live. The update includes a host of fixes, tweaks and new features, including enhancements to Versus mode for improved competitive play.
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In an effort to please consumers and horrify zombies everywhere, Target has "slashed" the price of Left 4 Dead to $39.99.
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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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Gamasutra writes:

"Organizers of next month's Game Developers Conference have revealed major new talks from Keita Takahashi on Noby Noby Boy, Valve's Michael Booth on Left 4 Dead, and Level-5's Akihiro Hino, on Professor Layton and his firm's other titles.

A high-profile late addition to the program for the San Francisco-based developer event, Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi will present a talk called 'All About Noby Noby Boy', discussing his supremely quirky new PlayStation Network title. Attendees are promised that "This class will be a refreshing change of pace". "
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