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Video game developer and publisher Valve has announced that it will be holding a programming oriented talk at the upcoming Games Developers Conference 2012, which will take place from March 5 to 9 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.The conference from Valve will be headlined by Elan Ruskin and will be... |
30 December 2011
02:24 GMT |
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One of the leading developers at Valve has said that the company will continue to offer incremental updates for its Source video game engine instead of trying to create a completely new version in the near term.Talking to GamingLives Valve's Chet Faliszek has stated, “That’s just the way we work with... |
19 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Valve has announced that it will be unlocking the Dead Air downloadable campaign for its Left 4 Dead 2 zombie shooter earlier than anticipated because of the massive response it has received from its community after asking its members to try out the new Cold Stream campaign, made a member of the actual fan base, in c... |
12 July 2011
14:21 GMT |
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After Valve will launch Portal 2, the development team will release a brand new downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead 2, its extremely popular first-person zombie shooter.
Valve is hard at work completing and polishing Portal 2 for its release in April, but has now taken the time to announce that it's als... |
18 February 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead 2 on the Xbox 360 has finally been patched by Valve, as the company fixed a lot of issues and restored the possibility of unlocking achievements in the first-person shooter.
Left 4 Dead 2 didn't have a particularly great life on the Xbox 360, as opposed to the PC, but players still loved the team-... |
20 January 2011
02:30 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: It would be nice for publishers to spread their releases around a bit more over the months of the year, giving sleepy gamers something new and exciting to play with in January and sparing them the torrent of new high profile releases that are coming in March and during the fall of the year.
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14 January 2011
16:31 GMT |
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I've been playing Left 4 Dead 2 once more, largely because I wanted to boost the numbers of my Steam achievements, meaning that I'm forced to do some pretty interesting things just to complete the challenges thought up by the developers at Valve.
While hunting for achievements can be pretty fun, especial... |
13 January 2011
09:30 GMT |
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While being a games reviewer allows me to experience some of the newest titles out there, this also means that I don't really have enough time to get to know some of my favorites.That's why, as you no doubt know if you follow our EndWeekGame pieces, I've been going back to quite a few favorites of mine... |
10 January 2011
09:55 GMT |
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Valve, one of the biggest independent game developers out there, has just defended, through its marketing director, Doug Lombardi, the surprising and frankly 'schizophrenic' release schedule that it currently employs.
Valve is one of the most popular game developers out there, largely because it releases... |
5 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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A Valve executive has stated that despite the push from a lot of developers to create complex multiplayer driven experiences the unconnected single player video game is in no danger of disappearing in the short term.Erik Johnson, who is a project manager at Valve, has told Gamasutra in an interview that, “There... |
10 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Valve, the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life, and Portal, have released Left 4 Dead for Mac, a co-op action horror game that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombies and mutants.Although the gaming studio was able to deliver Left 4 Dead 2 (the sequel) to Mac gamers on pr... |
28 October 2010
06:41 GMT |
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Valve has just revealed that the newest piece of downloadable content for the Left 4 Dead title, the Sacrifice, is now available for download on the PC and Xbox 360, and also backed up the offer with massive discounts for both Left 4 Dead 1 and Left 4 Dead 2.Left 4 Dead and its sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, impressed a lot ... |
6 October 2010
05:15 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead 2 will be released for Mac OS X on Tuesday, October 5th, via Steam, according to an official announcement by Valve. Those who own the game on a Windows PC will be able to download it for free, while the original Left 4 Dead port for Mac is being delayed.“Left 4 Dead 2 will be released on the Mac Tue... |
4 October 2010
04:41 GMT |
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Guillermo Del Toro, the veteran movie industry player who is known for his work as director on Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy franchise and for producing other projects, has offered more detail about a future video game project that he is creating in collaboration with publisher THQ, saying that he expects to m... |
30 September 2010
18:31 GMT |
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A trio of Valve top executives have revealed the creation process that lead to the development and the launch of their very successful Left 4 Dead, showing how failure and fairies collaborated in order to deliver the adrenaline filled zombie killing experience.Gabe Newell, the co founder of Valve, together with Erik ... |
27 August 2010
05:25 GMT |
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Valve has announced a new pack of downloadable content for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 entitled The Sacrifice. The campaign will detail what happened before The Passing, the last add-on released by the developer for Left 4 Dead 2, detailing Bill's unfortunate death. The Sacrifice will be available for both ver... |
23 August 2010
04:42 GMT |
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One of the big changes developers at Valve attached to The Passing downloadable content for Left 4 Dead 2 has been the introduction of Mutations, game mode variants that would be offered on a weekly basis in order to introduce fresh challenges to those who have been playing the zombie shooter for a long time. And now... |
11 May 2010
08:20 GMT |
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Valve was present and accounted for at Microsoft's X10 conference held yesterday, and it didn't hold back when it came to making announcements. The main news that came our way was the announcement of "The Passing" and its expected arrival date, Valve marking the DLC for a late March release. The DLC will fe... |
12 February 2010
04:21 GMT |
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If you remember Doodle Hex for the DS, then you are bound to get a "chimes" sound for the game's developer, Tragnarion. Now, the Spanish company is about to become popular with a lot more titles, as its upcoming project will work on far larger and more popular platforms like the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. T... |
3 December 2009
05:06 GMT |
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For most of the older gamers, the glory days are, like for many other things, in the past. The best titles are always the ones we used to play, and rarely the ones we are playing. But shiny graphics, shaders and foto-realistic textures are something we all enjoy, even if they can't always beat the 8-bit nostalgi... |
17 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has another bone to pick with Valve, and, this time, it's about Left 4 Dead. He didn't point any eye-gouging fingers towards Chet Faliszek and his kick below the belt at the PlayStation 3, but he strongly criticized the zombie-shooter's developer for its stance regarding Son... |
9 November 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead 2 had an official boycott, but it looks like Valve managed to fix things after all. When it decided to fly over two of the boycott's leaders to its headquarters and give them a hands-on experience of the game, it hoped to successfully calm the spirits. If anything, it looks like it managed to defuse ... |
6 November 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead is one of those games that were so good they turned people into psychotic fans. The game in itself is a huge cement truck of “fun” distilled through twisting glass tubes until it could fit a game box. The frantic survival zombie shooter pits four more or less ordinary people against the popula... |
15 October 2009
03:18 GMT |
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All blockbuster games nowadays have gigantic budgets, worthy of a Hollywood counterpart, but most of it is kept as low-profile information. It's not a secret and it's not hidden in any way, it's more that nobody really wants to share just how much money they spent on making the game if it turns out to ... |
6 October 2009
05:35 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead gets brand-new DLC and it's just another map or lesser detail like most DLCs. Valve lives up to its promise to continue to take care of the L4D community and releases Crash Course as a downloadable content. With just over a month away from Left 4 Dead 2's launch, the first game still gets enough... |
30 September 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Valve has officially announced that a new campaign for Left 4 Dead will be released on the PC and the Xbox 360 gaming console from Microsoft on September 29. Players who are interested in more zombie fighting before the release of the sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, will need to pay 540 Microsoft Points, if they play on the X... |
24 September 2009
03:51 GMT |
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A new study offered by OTX through its GamePlan Insights service shows that a lot of those players who have picked up the new Halo 3: ODST are also set to buy Modern Warfare 2 when the title is released on November 10. This is good news for Microsoft and Activision and might prove to be pretty bad news for other publ... |
22 September 2009
18:31 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead 2 has a lot of controversy surrounding it, partly because it will arrive almost a year after the original game, which prompted many players of the first title to boycott it unless Valve released new content for it before L4D 2 would arrive. But another source of controversy has been a Houston Chronicle b... |
6 August 2009
13:11 GMT |
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There has been a huge amount of controversy around Valve's Left 4 Dead franchise ever since the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2 at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. Seeing as how not even a year has passed since the release of the first title, many players felt betrayed and even started a boycott gro... |
5 August 2009
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Without a doubt, one of the biggest announcements at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and that stirred up the biggest amount of controversy was Valve's Left 4 Dead 2. Made during the Microsoft press conference, the announcement of a sequel to follow up Left 4 Dead in just one year made a lot of people quit... |
8 July 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The shooter genre has certainly delivered a lot of highly successful franchises, the likes of Halo, Resistance or Gears of War in recent years. But one of the series that have truly brought the genre into mainstream attention and into the hearts of many gamers all around the world is Counter Strike. Originally devel... |
8 July 2009
03:50 GMT |
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As you already know, Valve is in the middle of quite a lot of controversy these days, as it has unveiled at E3 this year that Left 4 Dead, one of the most popular titles of 2008, would receive a sequel in just twelve months. This led fans to start a boycott group, as they felt betrayed by the company, because the or... |
7 July 2009
16:41 GMT |
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One of the biggest releases in 2007 was Valve's The Orange Box pack. It did not only contain the eagerly anticipated Half Life 2: Episode 2, but also Team Fortress 2 and the phenomenal Portal. This, coupled with the fact that both the original Half Life 2 and its first episode were bundled in the pack, meant tha... |
7 July 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead has been one of the most talked about games in recent weeks as, during the E3 conference, Valve unveiled that its sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, would be released only a year after the original title. This sparked a lot of controversy and many gamers formed a boycott group on the company's Steam online servi... |
6 July 2009
16:51 GMT |
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DFC Intelligence, in association with GamerDNA, conducted an extended study aimed at measuring the way Steam and digital distribution in general could impact the sales and the overall activity for videogame releases.The title used was Left 4 Dead, which was released by Valve for both the Xbox 360 and the PC. The stud... |
24 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of the biggest games launched last year and became a fan favorite for its simple gameplay and top notch multiplayer options. The systems used by Valve delivered one of the best zombie killing experiences and made the game sell a lot of copies even though many months passed since its release.In ord... |
24 June 2009
02:21 GMT |
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Valve isn't any ordinary video game developer, as it tends to follow its own strategy when creating new titles and deciding on which platforms it will bring them. With the most recent one, Left 4 Dead, the company didn't bother to bring it on the PlayStation 3, instead focusing on two platforms dominated by... |
16 June 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of last year's biggest games, gaining a huge amount of fans thanks to its online features. However, when Valve, the creator of the game, announced that Left 4 Dead 2 would be released, just one year after its predecessor, these fans weren't very happy. We reported the fact that they had... |
12 June 2009
03:19 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of the most popular titles last year, thanks to its cohesive experience, great single and multiplayer modes and the top-notch compatibility with the platforms for which it was released. As such, it won over a lot of fans and is still a best-seller these days. But as Valve announced last week, a s... |
10 June 2009
03:19 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of last year's biggest games, gaining a huge amount of fans thanks to its great gameplay, impressive mechanics and top-notch multiplayer. The fact that it was released by Valve, which is a company that sits very close to the community, made it even more popular. But as E3 ended last week, th... |
9 June 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of the biggest new games of last year, introducing a fresh and interesting twist to the whole action survival genre by putting four characters in front of a seemingly never-ending horde of zombies in different cliché locations, like a farm, an abandoned airport or a hospital.Its four main c... |
8 June 2009
03:31 GMT |
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Valve is a company that has gotten us used to seeing a game each year. It really broke the mold with The Orange Box in 2007 when it released three new titles, but in 2008, Left 4 Dead was the main project at the developer and publisher of video games. Now, a lot of people speculated that Half Life 2: Episode 3 would... |
2 June 2009
03:20 GMT |
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PC gaming is a genre that hasn't been really appreciated lately by a lot of analysts who said that it wouldn't stand a chance against the current generation of consoles and that developers would realize the big features that these have against the PC. But week after week though, things are still going well... |
14 May 2009
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What once started as an easy way to create enemies for underpowered consoles and other platforms has now become an integral part of our everyday gaming experience. I am of course talking about zombies and how they are now branching their undead presence into almost any type of game and genre of titles. From being ki... |
9 May 2009
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The PC gaming market has been doomed by a lot of analysts because it is filled with piracy, which hurts every company that brings its games to the old platform, still the most popular one in the world. But the weekly PC sales charts just go to prove that things are still going great for a lot of companies that have m... |
6 May 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead is one of the most popular shooters released last year, despite being a brand new Intellectual Property. It won over a lot of fans thanks to its solid multiplayer features and the great matchmaking system guaranteed by Valve's Steam service. Even though it experienced a lot of big sales in the holid... |
30 April 2009
16:01 GMT |
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This gaming week has been cut a bit short because on Monday we celebrated the second day of Orthodox Easter. Still, we managed to get in one interesting article related to the right to vote as opposed to the right to play videogames.Tuesday, we saw Obsidian partner up with Bethesda to bring us another Fallout videoga... |
25 April 2009
08:41 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was a great game. It impressed reviewers and fans alike with its top-notch AI, intricate gameplay and ever-changing layout of its four scenarios, courtesy of Valve's innovative AI Director, who changed the location of ammunition spots and the intensity of the zombie attacks. But what it gained in in... |
24 April 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Zombies have been an integral part of the video game industry for quite some time, as a lot of titles have prominently featured them as the main targets of the player, in which he or she needed to shoot all of their ammunition. Left 4 Dead is one of the most recent titles to feature the undead, but it has also broug... |
22 April 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of last year's most popular titles, as it provided a great dose of entertainment to all players while enjoying one of the favorite pastime in a lot of video games, shooting zombies. But not only did it make for a great experience similar to a lot of horror B-movies, but it was also backed up ... |
17 April 2009
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