Rumors have been swirling as to the exclusivity of Valve's upcoming team-zombie-shooter,
Left 4 Dead. In its latest edition, Official PlayStation Magazine claimed a PS3 version of the game was in the works by an internal team at
Electronic Arts -- distributors of Valve retail products. Attempting to confirm or debunk the rumor
IGN contacted Valve's Doug Lombardi who quickly shot down the rumor, "there is no PS3 version of
Left 4 Dead currently in production."
Could it still happen? Sure. But as it stands it looks like Xbox 360 fans will have exclusive console rights to the anticipated shooter. That means we'll all have to deal with it being called a worthless exclusive and subpar shooter until it is confirmed for the PS3 and then have it be claimed as one of the best and biggest exclusive losses since ... oh I don't know,
Final Fantasy XIII comes to mind. Just saying.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
8-05-2008 @ 1:52PM
Jeff Holland said...
Hehe. I would definitely agree with you on that one.
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8-05-2008 @ 1:56PM
Michael said...
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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8-05-2008 @ 1:56PM
petersjov said...
he he, Perfect score!! and yes L4D looks sweet, ohh my somebody should go out and by an xbox360, why dont you ? *S*
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8-05-2008 @ 2:00PM
erico316 said...
i found tone in this article dumb.ps3 owners doesn't even care about this game.it looks dumb and game play seem wash up.Sony had fall of men 2,Microsoft had gears 2 those are the only 2 shooters that are at the top of people list.this game is truly a sading.i wish they would had just cancel it and made half life 2 eps 3 and half life 3 instead.
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8-05-2008 @ 2:03PM
Jeff Holland said...
This is exactly what Xav was talking about... Lol. It didn't even take 5 comments.
8-05-2008 @ 2:04PM
Xav de Matos said...
The irony of this comment is BEAUTIFUL.
8-05-2008 @ 2:08PM
Richard Mitchell said...
That's it, we are resurrecting the Comment of the Week feature on the Fancast.
8-05-2008 @ 2:14PM
Devin said...
I completely disagree. This game is going to be f***ing awesome. This game might just get me to buy a new rig, but we'll see.
8-05-2008 @ 2:23PM
deaftly said...
You're the man Xav.
8-05-2008 @ 2:24PM
Zack said...
Half-Life 3 is actually Episode 1-3. Valve already said this in the past. It helps keep them from long development cycles (although they're really blowing the whole "Episode" part of it by releasing their games 2 years apart from one another).
If you want to play a game similar to Left 4 Dead now, though, play the Killing Floor mod for Unreal Tournament 2004. It's a hell of a lot of fun, and it plays almost exactly like L4D (although it came out years before the L4D concept even came into being).
http://www.moddb.com/mods/killing-floor/news/killing-floor-25-released
8-05-2008 @ 2:41PM
Neuromancer said...
Yes it's true.
This game is truly a sading.
8-05-2008 @ 5:31PM
offday said...
Yeah. And Haze was the Halo killer that would make Xbox owners jealous.
And then when it comes out. "Man, no one even cared about that stupid game!"
8-06-2008 @ 12:19AM
erico316 said...
@offday i never in my life backed haze and never believe it could be a halo killer.
8-06-2008 @ 12:26AM
Arnon said...
Yup.. I was right. This argument DID start with
360: Cool! Cant wait to play it!
PS3: Who cares.. this game is going to suck anyway.
8-05-2008 @ 2:03PM
Magic Whiskey said...
Yeah as always.
I tell you what I hate. I hate when you're close friends with a guy, and then when you begin to discuss video gaming, he persistently bashes your console and your gaming choices without any mitigation whatsoever. That kind of bull can really ruin friendships.
It's bad enough when it's a super-biased Gamestop kid or something you can walk away from, but it's worse when it's a buddy.
Sadly, that's one main reason I don't often speak to friends that don't own a 360. I keep in contact with them but not near as close as I do with my friends on the Dashboard.
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8-05-2008 @ 5:50PM
anthonyjh said...
Wow...
You good sir, need to get a fucking life.
8-05-2008 @ 7:16PM
Magic Whiskey said...
Most everyone I know owns a 360..is all I'm saying.
8-05-2008 @ 2:05PM
Sgt Barone said...
Xav, u just owned the Sony Slaves. high five!
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8-05-2008 @ 2:10PM
Devin said...
Not to be a troll, but wouldn't the game play better on PS3 since it supports Mouse + Keyboard? Just saying since the game was meant for PC....I find straight FPS on controller to be very hard, especially with zombies running 100mph at you....but this game will be awesome on anything so...should be fun....wonder what the achievements will be...
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8-05-2008 @ 2:17PM
Zack said...
I wouldn't say it would be better on the Ps3, but I wholeheartedly support the opinion that FPS games tend to be stronger on the PC. I prefer the 360 controller for these types of games if I had to use a console, since there tends to be a delay with mouse + keyboard on the PS3, but overall, if I had to buy the game, it would definitely be for the PC.
Doesn't hurt that the game costs $10 less. :P