Friday, November 14th 2008
Left 4 Dead Gone Gold, Pre-Loading Now
Valve, creator of the best-selling game franchises Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike, is letting everyone know that its upcoming zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead, has gone gold and is on schedule to become widely available next week. Additionally, the game can now be pre-loaded. Those who pre-order the game via Steam save 10% off the regular price and may now pre-load the game so when it become available at 12:01 am EST on November 18, 2008 they'll only need to download a little piece of the game code and start the game right away. The pre-order discount is also available for both the PC and 360 versions at participating retail outlets.
Left 4 Dead is the new survival action game from Valve for the PC and Xbox 360 that blends the social entertainment experience of multiplayer games such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress with the dramatic, narrative experience made popular in single player action game classics such as the Half-Life series of games. Playable in single player, co-operative, and multiplayer modes, Left 4 Dead is one of the most anticipated releases of 2008 and winner of numerous pre-launch awards, including Best of E3 from multiple outlets. A demo version of the game was also made available today.
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Left 4 Dead is the new survival action game from Valve for the PC and Xbox 360 that blends the social entertainment experience of multiplayer games such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress with the dramatic, narrative experience made popular in single player action game classics such as the Half-Life series of games. Playable in single player, co-operative, and multiplayer modes, Left 4 Dead is one of the most anticipated releases of 2008 and winner of numerous pre-launch awards, including Best of E3 from multiple outlets. A demo version of the game was also made available today.
20 Comments on Left 4 Dead Gone Gold, Pre-Loading Now
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Can't wait for the official release. Kind of hesitant on purchasing though. It's a great game and all but I'm not sure how many people I'll have to play with. Playing with people you know is a lot more fun than playing on your own.
I've been having fun playing with people I know on the demo, too, but I just don't want to spend $45 on it. :p
Maybe if the price comes down or it gets released in a nice package deal, kinda like this. :D
Great system, the "friends only" mode works awesome... so long as my friends have steam open, they get these little popups they can click and bam, they're in my server.
problems we've had have only occured in the last 12 hours or so, there was a steam update and an update to the game, that have cause us connection problems (steam keeps logging out repeatedly for a few of my friends)
This isn't one of those Valve games that makes me very interested though. It's like Valve took the entire world of Half-Life and put zombies in it. Furthermore, I hate how linear and confined the game can be. I'm just basing this off the demo though...
The pros of the game are the fact that you can kill zombies in awesome ways and the zombies look like Valve took a very close look at 28 days and 28 weeks later. Team work is also a must in this game, kinda cool.
One thing I don't like about the game though is that it looks and plays and feels like a console game ported to the PC. idk...just does.