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“Sequel to Best-Selling Co-op Thriller Coming This Holiday

June 1, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2), the sequel to the best-selling and critically-acclaimed co-operative multiplayer thriller.

Coming exclusively to Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for co-operative action games and become one of 2009’s marquee titles.

“A large part of how Left 4 Dead became 2008’s top-selling new IP on Xbox 360 and the PC was the custom-tailored gameplay made possible by the AI Director,” said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. “With the knowledge gained from creating the original, new technology, and a passionate team, L4D2 will set a new benchmark for cooperative action games.”

Set for release on November 17, the title adds melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more.

Introducing the AI Director 2.0, L4D’s dynamic gameplay is taken to the next level by giving the Director the ability to procedurally change weather effects, world objects, and pathways in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match the players’ performance. The result is a unique game session custom fitted to provide a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience each time the game is played.

Featuring new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, Left 4 Dead 2 offers a much larger game than the original with more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, and maps for Survival mode available at launch.

Supported by a $10+ million marketing campaign, Left 4 Dead has sold over 2.5 million retail copies since it was released in November of 2008. Left 4 Dead 2 is targeted for release on Xbox 360 and the PC on November 17, 2009, and will be launched worldwide with a multi-million dollar marketing campaign across TV, Outdoor, and Online.

“Left 4 Dead was backed by our most aggressive advertising campaign to date, and resulted in a top 5 showing on two platforms during holiday 2008,” said Doug Lombardi, VP of marketing at Valve. “Left 4 Dead 2 is a larger game and will be supported with even more consumer and retail advertising programs than the original.”

Left 4 Dead 2 will be featured as the cover story on PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazines this month.”

Hi all, sorry I haven’t been posting anything on here as of late, I’ve went over to blogger and have begun my own Geek blog about games, television, movies, and just about anything else…

Here’s the link.  Feel free to sign up/follow/favorite it.

Ken’s Geek Blog

Capcom has done it again with their long lasting series Street Fighter.  The graphics look superb and 3d, while still retaining the classic 2d fighting premise.

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Left 4 Dead recently updated with some very much needed fixes.  Here’s the patch notes. (continue reading…)

Credit goes to Machinima.com

I created a Warcraft 3: DotA subforum for trying new characters.  Go there and post your builds and tactics for your favorite heroes.

When I first was ready to travel between chapters in Guild Wars, I looked online to find out how exactly I do this.  Surprisingly enough, I had to dig a little bit, and even when I did the steps they discussed, I still was missing something.  So heres a comprehensive look on how to travel between chapters.

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The premise for Left 4 Dead is pretty simple, survive.

But, for some reason, whenenver I do PUG versus, this thought seems to completely elude whatever survivor team I’m on.  Same actually goes for multiplayer campaign, unless I’m playing with the rest of BFA.  But why?  Why do people suck so bad at surviving?

I really don’t think it has much to do with their FPS experience, a lot of it has to deal with common sense.  Yes, that silly common sense.

So, for those of you who may stumble on this site, that may not know how to win as survivors in L4D, heres a simple guide for you.

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