by John Keefer, May 06, 2013 2:00pm PDT
by Alice O'Connor, Mar 19, 2013 2:00am PDT
You try hurrying when your knees are splintered and tear rotten flesh with every step. After almost three years of development, Source mod Zombie Master 2 launched over the weekend. The follow-up drags the asymmetrical multiplayer RTS-FPS into the Orange Box version of Valve's engine with new features t'boot.
Read more: Humans play FPS, zombie master plays RTS »
by Andrew Yoon, Mar 15, 2013 7:30pm PDT
by Steve Watts, Nov 09, 2012 10:30pm PST
by Steve Watts, Oct 24, 2012 7:45pm PDT
We're fast-approaching the celebration of gluttony and cheap costuming that is Halloween, wherein we scare ghosts and demons back into the spirit world by dressing up like political figures and scantily clad nurses. Left 4 Dead 2 is a little on the spooky side, so Valve is letting you trick your treats with a free weekend of the game.
Read more: New achievement for current players »
by Alice O'Connor, Sep 24, 2012 1:45pm PDT
Attentive horror fans may have spotted the bilious Boomer and other Left 4 Dead monsters snuck into Joss Whedon's delightful scare 'em up movie The Cabin in the Woods, but L4D's involvement was once supposed to be far greater. Director Drew Goddard has revealed that a CitW expansion was planned for Left 4 Dead 2, but sadly got scrapped. Plainly, this post contains spoilers for the film, which you really should see if you haven't.
Read more: "Porting Cabin into Left For Dead felt like the right fit" »
by Steve Watts, Sep 21, 2012 1:00pm PDT
Steam is putting its Workshop tools to work once again, this time with Left 4 Dead 2. The update is planned for sometime in mid-October, giving creators more tools and users more variety of content to sample, along with one intriguing-sounding method of integrating the content.
Read more: 'Seamless' integration with L4D world »
by Steve Watts, Aug 03, 2012 12:15am PDT
by Steve Watts, Jul 25, 2012 6:45pm PDT
by Alice O'Connor, Jul 17, 2012 1:00pm PDT
Valve has muttered and murmured about bringing Steam and its Source engine to Linux before, and now it's revealed the plan--port Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu 12.04, then work from there. Steam will come to Linux in all its glory, and Valve's building a speedy OpenGL version of Source it can use for more of its games too.
Read more: No timeframe for when it'll launch »
by Alice O'Connor, Jul 02, 2012 2:30pm PDT
After over a year of public testing, Valve will officially launch Left 4 Dead 2's 'Cold Stream' DLC later this month. It packs versions of original Left 4 Dead campaigns Blood Harvest, Crash Course, Dead Air and Death Toll, as well as the community-made Cold Stream. On top of that, a patch launching alongside will make all of the game-altering mutations available at all times.
Read more: Arriving July 24 »
by Andrew Yoon, Jun 15, 2012 10:15pm PDT
Update: Valve comments on the DLC.
Overkill Software promised it was working on a Left 4 Dead thing. Well, here it is.
The developer has released a new video, showcasing Payday: The Heist - No Mercy. There's no word on what it is exactly, but it appears to be a DLC expansion of SOE's online shooter.
Watch: Go back to Mercy Hospital »
by Alice O'Connor, May 21, 2012 1:00pm PDT
by Jeff Mattas, Apr 25, 2012 8:35pm PDT
It seems like Valve is committed to bringing its prized digital distribution service Steam to Linux users at some point in the relatively near future. Recent news indicates that Valve has not only hired Linux developers to help port Steam and the Source engine to the OS, but Valve's Gabe Newell is now overseeing the port.
Read more: Porting Steam and Source to Linux »
by Jeff Mattas, Aug 30, 2011 11:30pm PDT
When Left 4 Dead first introduced its new brand of co-operative zombie-slaying, it didn't take long for a rabid fan-base to develop. In a recent interview, several Left 4 Dead luminaries, including writer Chet Faliszek and then-Turtle Rock CEO Mike Booth, reminisced about how the Left 4 Dead series came to be.
Read more: Making Left 4 Dead »
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