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Left 4 Dead: New videos, a November release and split screen rumored


The Left 4 Dead news balloon has finally popped as all kinds of new Left 4 Dead details, videos and rumors have hit the internets for easy digestion. First up, the game's release date.

According to a GameTrailers interview with project lead Mike Booth (video embedded above and give it a watch, 'cuz there's a bunch of informative bits to be learned), he has been confirmed that November 4th will be the date the game and its hordes of zombies hit retailers. W00t! Also available via GameTrailers are a bunch of Left 4 Dead gameplay videos to watch and drool over. So, check those out. Finally, there's a rumor circulating the internets that, according to Xbox.com's game information page, there will not only be four player online co-op but there will also be two player local split-screen co-op. Now go fanboys, go digest these meaty Left 4 Dead deets.

[Via Shacknews & Left4Dead411, Thanks murph & Muffin Man]

Valve settles on November Left 4 Dead release

Valve's upcoming zombie survival game Left 4 Dead is moving further and further along in its development cycle and for a while now we've been given a way too vague "Fall 2008" release time frame. Now, thanks to an interview with Shacknews, Valve's own Doug Lombardi has narrowed Left 4 Dead's release date to a much more acceptable November 2008 release. Which, coincidentally, will be just in time for all the turkey day festivities. Because everyone knows zombie killing and a heaping mound of stuffing go together quite well.

Valve distances themselves from PS3 development

Big Xbox 360 fanboy brownie points goes to developer Valve, not only for giving the 360 a superior version of the Orange Box, but because they openly diss the PS3. Now that's the kind of developer we love.

Chatting with CVG at a recent Left 4 Dead preview event, Valve's Doug Lombardi was blatantly honest about why they aren't planning a PS3 version of the game, saying that "we're not PS3 developers - we're doing PC and 360 like with Orange Box." Zing! Lombardi explained that "EA came to us and said 'wow, Orange box was an incredible project, can we do a PS3 version?'", so that's why a (craptacular) PS3 version was created without Valve's magic touch. Though, it's still possible we'll see Left 4 Dead on the PS3 if it becomes a huge hit on the 360 and PC, just don't expect Valve to be involved ... mwahahahaha!

[Via NeoGAF]

Left 4 Dead New Screens and Impressions


Now that Left 4 Dead has been confirmed as being console exclusive to 360, it's time that we really saw some screens and read someones hands-on impressions. The folks over at shacknews got their grubby little paws on the game and have given it an (unsurprisingly) glowing preview. For those not following it, the game's situation is similar to a cross between Dead Rising and typical FPS multiplayer. Your and your teammates' goal is survive against a hoard of zombies while other players (or AI characters, depending) control the legions of zombies attempting to make a meal of you. The concept sounds awesome, and with a release target of August/September, the game should have plenty of time before the winter glut to take hold.

Gallery: Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead confirmed console exclusive to 360


The new game from the newly-acquired-by-Valve studio Turtle Rock Studios, Left 4 Dead has had a fair bit of press from the PC side of the gaming press, but we've heard relatively little in relation to a console version. Well that's over, as OXM recently revealed that the game will not only be appearing on PCs, but that the 360 version will be the only one appearing on any console. The folks from OXM got to play two scenario's (read: levels) on PC and one level on a 360 dev kit. As a minor point (but a good sign) the names of those levels recall the game's horror roots: "The Hospital" and "Cornfield."

The second part to this news is the identity of the developer who will be handling the 360 port (Valve and Turtle Rock won't be working with it hands-on). That dev is the creator of Halo 2 DLC, Certain Affinity. The 16 man team with former Halo team members will be "handle(ing) 360-specific elements like matchmaking, Live support, console customization, and 360 gameplay tweaks."

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