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Some of Valve's most popular games are now available for purchase and download via Gamestop's Impulse PC digital download service. This is very rare as Valve has never allowed any of their titles to be published by other digital retailers. These titles include Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2, The Orange Box, and Half-Life Complete. Despite these titles being available on Impulse, users will still need to register the games through Valve's Steam service in order to play them. With Impulse...
Gamestop has a decent deal sale right now 30% off used ps3/360 shooters. Games on sale include Halo Reach, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Homefront, Gears of War 1 and 2, Killzone 2, Socom 4, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 and plenty of other great games. Best of all most of these games are between $3-$20.
"Valve's unleashing another piece of campaign action on their Left4Dead 2 with the release of the first Left4Dead's campaign, "Death Toll." It's just in Beta right now, but anyone who has Left4Dead 2 on PC can play through it now, with "a few changes" to the campaign fans know from the first game."
"When Valve told you loyal fans that if you wanted the 'Dead Air' Left 4 Dead 2 DLC you would have to earn it, you didn't back down or quiver in your boots. No, you fans loaded up your shotguns, put on the war paint, stepped up and metaphorically blew the head off of the challenge."
"Valve has announced that they will release the upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 DLC early, but there's a catch. Dead Air will be released on July 22nd if 20,000 people get the "Stream Crossers" achievement on Steam."
THQ made a notable splash recently when they announced some new and exciting developers; the same developers who were behind the Left 4 Dead series. Check out the full story for all the details.
Valve has just updated new information regarding the next DLC for their hit series, Left 4 Dead. Left 4 Dead 2 will not be receiving any normal campaign, instead this will be the first community made campaign to be officially released by valve on BOTH PC and Xbox 360. If that weren't enough they are also going to port the remaining maps from L4D1 over to L4D2.
Cold Stream is being developed by Mathew Lourdelet, the same man who made another community campaign, "2 Evil Eyes" for L4D2.
You heard it right! An upcoming LFD2 DLC will include the final three maps from LFD! All your classic zombie-assaulting gameplay, packaged in that fresh, fresh LFD2 spitter smell.
There's more than that though - click through for details!
"Developers all over town are SLASHING prices this Halloween - you could say that these games are SO CHEAP IT'S SCARY. (Please don't hurt me...) What I'm trying to say here is that Halloween's an excellent time for the cheap or thrifty to grab something new!"
Can't get enough of Valve's Left 4 Dead series? Read this article as Ripten details Left 4 Dead Sacrafice DLC by listing the acheivements and discussing the comic series.
"Valve today announced that their latest DLC, 'The Sacrifice' is due out on October 5th. The downloadable content will be released for Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 at the same time. The sacrifice is a prequel to the previous 'The Passing' which was released earlier this year."
"Valve has announced new additions for the co-op and competitive survival-horror Left 4 Dead series (yes, both of them!). The Sacrifice, currently in development for both L4D and L4D2, can be expected for release on October 5, 2010.
Valve issued the following statement..."
"Valve have released the second part of their four-part comic series concerning the backstories of the four original characters as well as the events of the upcoming DLC of the same name."
Valve has just released the first part of the l4d comic.
This part shows off more of Louis and where he was shortly after the infected hit and will take the survivors from the end of Blood Harvest all the way to just before The Passing.
The other parts will be revealed weekly. Enjoy!
Halo 3: ODST and Left 4 Dead 2 will be re-released in Japan under the Platinum Collection label, which is the Japanese equivalent to Platinum Hits in North America.
"The deals this week are gift card heavy as both Target and Toys R Us are offering gift cards with the purchase of select games for the PS3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. Meanwhile, GameStop kicks off their Power Saver Sale where you can get 10-50% off of select titles and free shipping. And, if you're looking for a new Xbox 360, K-Mart has a pretty good deal on a new Xbox 360 and Transformers: War for Cybertron."
Left 4 Dead 2 introduced the Mutations a few weeks ago. These was new rules for the multiplayer mode which were supposed to change every week. This first Mutation: Realism Versus meets a huge success. As a consequence and because of a vote, Valve took the decision to transform this Mutation into a permanent mode.
Valve suddenly, and without fanfare, announced a new mutation (game mode) for Left 4 Dead 2 entitled "Realism Versus". It adds the realism rules to the versus multiplayer mode to create an extremely difficult multiplayer experience.
"Left 4 Dead 2 Mutation of the week is: Bleed Out.
This is the first of the weekly Mutations Vavle started on Left 4 Dead 2 multiplayer mode. The Mutations arrived at the same time as the Dlc: The Passing. Bleed Out is applied to the zombie blaster and make your player’s health decreasing slowly over time until you die (not you, your character right?). The game removes all health packs you could have found! These are short, dynamic and intense parties!"
The Passing DLC for Left 4 Dead 2, which was released today, features a hidden reference to another popular zombie apocalypse video game, Dead Rising.
"Left 4 Dead 2's, The Passing, finally arrives today on the PC and the Xbox 360 from Valve. PC owners get the DLC for free while Xbox 360 owners will have to pay 560 MS Points ($7) to find out what happens when the cast from the original Left 4 Dead cross paths with the cast of Left 4 Dead 2."
"Because of the new Dlc which will be available tomorrow, Left 4 Dead 2 servers are offline for maintenance. If you try to join a match on the Xbox Live you will receive the “Failed No Matched Games Found” message. You will have to wait or to play the single player mode!"
Sure, it's a typical Steam sale announcement, but Valve is using the sale to announce the impending release of The Passing, the new DLC that brings three of the original four survivors from Left 4 Dead into contact with the new survivors from L4D2.
Finally some sense in the world of Australian politics, and the high liklihood that the 'controversal' R18+ rating will become a reality in Australia - finally.
And much sooner than many had even thought possible.
It's what happens when people stand up and be counted. Especially with retailers such as GAME, EB Games, online forums, blogs, (both political and private), as well as overall support by 96% of the Australian public all stand up and be counted in order to show their disapprov...
For a limited time Microsoft Store is having "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" promotion for select Xbox 360 games. While some games are already unavailable popular titles such as Left 4 Dead 2, Forza Motorsport 3 and Batman Arkham Asylum are still eligible for the promotion.
Through February 27th Best Buy and BestBuy.com is once again discounted several popular games to $39.99. With free shipping, some of the games are at the best available price since Christmas. Games eligible including Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Army of Two: 40th Day, Call of Duty 4 Game of The Year Edition and Guitar Hero 5. Also available Divinity II: Ego Draconis for $30.
"We’ve only got about five more months before Valve announces Left 4 Dead 3 (and only about ten before they release it).** While Left 4 Dead 2 is wonderful in a million and one ways that more than tickle my fancy, I still have some suggestions that could essentially make for that hallowed “perfect game” all the kids are begging for.
Perfect game maker machine GOOOOOOO!!!"
Zombie love cards for that special someone in your life, Happy Valentine's Day. Artist inspired Left 4 Dead Valentine's Day card are here. The lovely cast of the not so lovely series is featured in these one of a kind holiday cards.
The Passing now has a month set for anticipation, scheduled for release on March his year!
The Passing is a DLC for L4D2 which will feature the previous survivors of L4D in a sort of cameo appearance, where they will (It has been speculated) team up and fight together through a campaign.
Steam has recently released their top 10 sellers for the week of January 17-23rd, and surprisingly the top sellers are actually Pre-Orders. With Mass Effect 2 being released on the 26th of January and being called by Time.com as "the Avatar of video games — except it's better written", it could hardly be surprising.
However Battlefield Bad Company 2 takes the second spot and has only been available for 2 days out of the 7 possible selling days. Although Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 stil...
Through January 2nd Best Buy and BestBuy.com discounted several top-selling games to $39.99 including New Super Mario Bros, Assassin's Creed II, Batman: Arkham Assylum, Left 4 Dead 2 and others.
"In addition to the augmented single player, multiplayer, and co-op it will offer, “The Passing” also drags with it a new “uncommon common” class of zombie as well as a brand new co-op mode of play that has not yet been disclosed. It will also be paired with brand new arenas for use in the various multiplayer avenues of the game."
Good news for Left 4 Dead 2 gamers because Valve finally release a update to fix those annoying pesky bugs in the game. The patch is available for PC users as of now and Xbox 360 patch will be available shortly.
"It's that time of the year (no more major releases are hitting) where each website announces their Game of the Year winners, after weeks of arguing and fighting we finally came up with a list that we think represents the entire year of 2009 gaming on the Xbox 360 system. Check out the full list below and then head to our forums by clicking here to discuss your favorites and whether or not we got the list wrong; hope you all enjoyed the year of gaming as much as we did and we can't wait to see..."
Amazon has posted their list of "Cyber Monday" deals and while many of them are repeats from Black Friday, there's still plenty of deals to be had. Some of the games on sale include Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Need For Speed: Shift, The Beatles: Rock Band, WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2010, a great deal on Tekken 6 and discounts on every recent Guitar Hero title.
Spike TV's Video Game Awards are just around the corner and you can begin to cast your votes. The categories range from GOTY to Best Voice Actor. Hit the jump to see the full list of nominees.
Game Of The Year Nominees are:
Assassin's Creed 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Modern Warfare 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Popular new games this week are: Assassin’s Creed II (Xbox 360, PS3), New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii), Left 4 Dead 2 (PC, Xbox 360), The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion (PC, Mac), LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, PC, DS), Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii), God of War Collection (PS3), Little Big Planet (PSP), Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery (DS, iPhone) and Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP).
Those who pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 may find a surprise waiting for them in Team Fortress 2 today—Bill's Hat. Bill is a character from Left 4 Dead, but his hat made it into the colorful world of Team Fortress 2.
G4TV shows off some of the new avatar awards that will be available when playing Left 4 Dead 2. Hopefully this won't be the only game available this holiday season with avatar awards available or we can be sure to see a lot of avatars looking identical.
Damn those OFLC board in Australia. Once again they refuse to give Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 a rating. This will definitely mean gamers down under will be killing zombies without gore or anything.
The leaders of the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott appear to be satisfied with how Valve will be continuing their support of Left 4 Dead and the direction they are taking Left 4 Dead 2. The Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott Steam Community group will be closed this Wednesday.
Yesterday there was a rumor floating around the 'net that Mass Effect 2 would be coming to PS3. EA have confirmed that this is false. They also confirmed that Left 4 Dead 2 also won't be released on PS3.
After initially being refused classification in Australia for being too violent and gory, Left 4 Dead 2 has been approved for sale, albeit in a highly adjusted form.
Decapitation, dead bodies and lots of gore were been removed from the game to allow eligibility for an MA 15+ rating, the highest available to video games in Australia.
After yet another butchered version of a video game being released in Australia maybe the time is finally approaching for a review of game classification. A...
Left 4 Dead 2 has been refused classification in Australia and EA aren't too happy with that, saying that they "believe that adults should have the right to make their own choices when it comes to the content they consume."
Go EA!
Yesterday we learnt that Left 4 Dead 2 has been banned in Australia. Obviously Valve aren't too pleased with the news, but they were also pretty surprised it even happened.
The least Australians can hope for is a (sigh) censored version of the game hitting their shores.
Did the people working for Australia's Classification Board forget to take their crazy pills? They sure have been banning alot of games recently! According to the OFLC's official website, Left 4 Dead 2 has been refused classification in Australia due to it's 'high impact violence' against 'living humans infected with a rabies-like virus' thus making it unsuitable for minors under the age of 18.
Oddly enough, the game doesn't seem any more graphic than the previous Left 4 Dead game, or the m...
The two instigators of the L4D2 boycott- Walking_Target and Agent of Chaos have been flown to Valve so they may see the game for themselves. They came away with positive feelings, saying that the game felt tight, and didn't feel rush. Of course, this triggered a backlash from the rest of their brethen.
Remind me to boycott Left 4 Dead 3 when it gets announced.
Tonight at 12:30 am, there will be a special on Game Trailers TV on Spike. Valve Corporation, the developers of Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, and more will be on the spotlight. Very hot topics in today's gaming world are going to be discussed. Namely, Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead DLC, Half-Life 2: Episode 3, and Counter-Strike 2!
Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: 1.6 are the most actively played games on Steam, and a sequel comes as a very exciting topic for PC gamers.
After Valve's initial fiasco with Left 4 Dead 2's box art in North America, it seems another has popped up in the UK -- apparently the "reverse V" gesture with the palm facing inward shown on the NA cover symbolizes victory, and essentially means "F U" in the UK.
One story of its origins dates back to battles between the French and British; back then captured British archers would have these fingers cut off so they could no longer fire their longbows (nobody said war was pretty). Amusingly...
"Valve has lifted the lid on a brand new melee weapon for Left 4 Dead 2, just in time for tomorrow's Ashes kick-off. The zombie-crocking newcomer is a cricket bat, which players will be able to weild viciously and knock the undead for six. Will it be effective? Who knows because Valve is keeping further details under wraps, but the prospect of switch-hitting a zombie in the googlies is certainly something we cannot wait to see."
"It was also stated that the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles last month was not intended to signify the end of Valve’s support for the first title, which is suggested to be set to continue after the release of the second game this November."
"Reports began airing on Saturday, 20th June 2009, stating that Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, had listed Left 4 Dead 2 not only for Xbox 360 and PC on their US consumer site, EA.com, but also PS3. The listing has since been removed and the UK site doesn’t even feature the title yet."
While everyone seems more intent on arguing whether the Left 4 Dead 2 is a brilliant sequel or cheap cash in its possible that the game has moved to yet another platform. Upon a close investigation of the game on the official EA website you can find the game listed for PS3 Fall 2009. This isn't a one off mention either, the game is in the PS3 category as well. It's true Valve have made their thoughts known concerning the big black box, but perhaps EA think differently?
"While over 30,000 unappreciative whiners have now joined the "L4D2 Boycott" group on Steam (no, I won't link you there. They don't deserve more visits), a force of actual Valve fans has risen up and begun to fight back via the "L4D2 Enthusiasts" group."
We've all heard about the fast-growing Left 4 Dead 2 boycott group, which has now hit 20,000 members. But Valve isn't worried. They have reasons for the announcing and releasing Left 4 Dead 2 so soon after the first game's release, as well as it's close similarities to the original Left 4 Dead...
"Left 4 Dead 2 will apparently use an upgraded version of the AI Director, known as AI Director 2.0, which Valve says will offer a notable improvement in the game’s dynamic gameplay. Procedurally generated weather, enemy populace and even world rules; new pathways and instances."
Left 4 Dead 2 was only announced a few days ago, and while many fans are excited for the next installment, many fans are also very disappointed. Since the game was revealed, almost 10,000 people have joined the Steam group "L4D Boycott (NO-L4D2)".
Go to the source for the full article.
Left 4 Dead 2 has a brand new cast of survivors in Nick the gambler, Rochelle the cnews reporter, Coach the football coach, and Ellis the mechanic.
But they weren't Valve's first character ideas for Left 4 Dead 2. Here are the survivors that could have been.
(Go to the source for the full article)
Left 4 Dead 2 forum
A very detailed look on the upcoming sequel to the hit game 'Left 4 Dead'. Details to look for such as new weapons characters and maps. Seem to me it will be another big hit for Valve.
"I still think Left 4 Dead was the best online game released in recent memory. Playing as an infected is just awesome. So I'm very happy to see that Left 4 Dead 2 is coming. It appears to be set in New Orleans. I think many people were already left for dead in that city."
![Box shot of Left 4 Dead 2 [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvQWN0aW9uL1Nob290ZXI=/left_4_dead_2_frontcover_small_hoYioy4QTFWJsuR.jpg)