July 27, 2010
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The anti-cheating software embedded in Valve's Steamworks platform recently took on a mind of its own, banning over 12,000 non-cheating
Modern Warfare 2 players over the past two weeks. The cause for its insatiable ban lust? Valve president Gabe Newell
explained in an email to those affected, "the problem was that Steam would fail a signature check between the disk version of a DLL and a latent memory version." See, we were
just thinking that that had something to do with it.
Newell begged pardon for the erroneous bans, adding "this was our mistake, and I apologize for any frustration or angst it may have caused you." An apology and a swift reversal of the ban aren't all that these users will receive -- Newell promised a giftable copy of
Left 4 Dead 2 to all those affected, as well as one copy for themselves, provided they don't already have it.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
Valve apologizes for banning over 12,000 legit Modern Warfare 2 players originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 26, 2010
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PC Gamer has posted some rather obvious information about how to use the console to switch Alien Swarm from an overhead view to a first person view. But more importantly, they've discovered that it still plays well, and they've even posted the above video. The only thing missing is a roof!
Pretty nifty, but I'm attached to being able to see what's behind me. You can't always trust the other three players to watch your back. In fact, I think I'd rather play Left 4 Dead from an overhead perspective. What's the console command for that?
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July 10, 2010
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The official Left 4 Dead 2 blog has posted the latest mutation to Valve's great zombie apocalypse simulation and it's ... swords. All swords, all the time. Hacking, slashing, slicing, dicing, piercing, thrusting -- you name it, you'll be doing it against the undead horde.
The post also has the results of the poll about players' favorite level finale, and Dark Carnival's Midnight Riders concert takes the win on Xbox 360, with The Parish's bridge traversal tying it for PC players. The worst? Unanimously, Hard Rain's boat wait is the pick (and we'd have to agree). Finally, the blog teases next week's mutation with the words "Hard Eight." That could only mean one thing: Get ready to star in
an underrated Paul Thomas Anderson movie!
Left 4 Dead 2's latest mutation is nothing but swords originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 28, 2010
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No co-op teammates, no AI bots, and no Common Infected. Just you as the only Survivor left racing toward the safehouse before Special Infected get a chance to jump you.
This is the newest weekly mutation for Left 4 Dead 2, "Last Man on Earth." It sounds -- more than any other game mode before it -- super risky, which is exactly what Valve should be aiming for. In my mind, it can play out one of two ways: it's either going to be painfully frustrating or tense beyond all belief.
No matter how "Last Man on Earth" goes over with the fans, it absolutely seems worth trying out at least once. Getting the community back into the game seems to be the driving force behind these mutations; mission success?
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May 25, 2010
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I love stickers. I used to buy stickers and stick them on things all the time. I probably still would, except that I've looked back upon the stickers what I've stuck and wondered why I wanted to stick some of them in the first place. Maybe it'll be different this time.
Hard to say, but those BioShock stickers up there look pretty timeless to me. They're one set out of a whole bunch of game-based stickers made by artists Shy Custis and Coey Kuhn. Most of them are pretty damn adorable, like the Left 4 Dead set and, my favorite, the Silent Hill pack.
The stickers can be purchased as their full sets and range from four to ten dollars. Alternately, you can choose to buy individual stickers at a dollar a pop (minimum 2). Pretty neat stuff.
Stickers! [Cody & Shy Shop via GameSetWatch]
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George A. Romero is the father of modern zombies, creating the genre of zombie-movies nearly single-handedly with 1968's low-budget masterpiece Night of the Living Dead. Since then, he's directed five other Dead films (including both Day and Dawn of the Dead). But what does Romero think of the monsters he gave birth to?
G4 and our sister site FEARnet were honored to host Mr. Romero recently putting the man himself in front of his own twisted grandchild, Valve's zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2. Director Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2) sits with George Romero to get his reaction to the game, his thoughts on zombies in general, and some juicy info on Survival of the Dead, out on May 28 in theaters and viewable on Xbox Live and VOD now.
For more with George Romero on games and his new movie,
check out this interview from our friends at FEARnet.com.
And if you're a Romero fan, a zombie fan or just a gamer, we've got a ghoulish treat for you: We're giving away a PlayStation 3 signed by George A. Romero himself! Check out our sweepstakes page for all the details.
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May 21, 2010
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You're likely accustomed to hearing a certain pitch when purchasing a game at GameStop. It goes like this: "Would you like to buy the strategy guide for this too?" And, of course, you have your canned response. Something like, "The answer is
still no -- just like last week and the week before that, and every other time I've been in this
stinking store, Mike." Or perhaps just, "No, thank you."
Now, thanks to the wonders of the internet, you can play out this same dramatic non-transaction
online. Valve has
announced that digital versions of Prima strategy guides are now being sold through Steam. Readable inside or outside of the games, the guides include the expected tips and tricks. Unlike their printed counterparts, they also include videos.
To celebrate the launch of Prima guides on Steam, the first set -- including
Splinter Cell Coviction,
Battlefield: Bad Company 2,
Left 4 Dead 2,
Just Cause 2,
Dragon Age: Origins and
Dragon Age: Awakening -- can be purchased for $10 per guide, 50 percent off the normal $20 price.
In other news, we'd like to announce the continued existence of one digital strategy guide search engine. This innovative service lets users search for almost
any game ever created and includes guides, videos and even historical information. The best part: It's
absolutely free. Just follow
this link and start searching!
Steam launches in-game Prima strategy guides originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 22 May 2010 01:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 17, 2010
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A video series called Mutation Vault suggests some new extreme sports played in the world of Left 4 Dead 2. Start off with the Ultimate Boomer Vomit Tourney, then wager on a little Jockey Racing, and finally brave the Running of the Tanks (above), which makes Pamplona look like a well behaved conga line.
Adding to the atmosphere are the distorted mic calls of "Stop spawning more!", "Adrenaline and then run!", and various variations of "Oh my god!", including several with unsavory language. However, my favorite would have to be the following matter-of-fact observation: "That is a tank horde right behind us."
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May 14, 2010
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Valve has announced the latest mutation game mode in
Left 4 Dead 2: Last Gnome on Earth. In order to win, the survivors simply have to carry the garden gnome through any of the single-player campaigns. There's a catch though: the Infected will immediately swarm on anyone carrying the gnome. Valve also warns players to be careful setting the gnome down as "a boomer explosion will send him flying." The mutation is only available in campaign mode.
Valve also added that Realism Vs mode,
as promised, will become permanent starting next week for everyone that owns "
The Passing" DLC. Furthermore, one of the mutations released so far will make a comeback next week, with Valve noting that the mutation will be voted in by players. The candidates include Follow the Liter, Bleed Out and this week's mutation, Last Gnome on Earth. Finally, Valve will be playing
Left 4 Dead 2 with the community this weekend. Check out a list of Steam and Xbox Live gamertags the team will be using after the break.
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Latest L4D2 mutation is for gnome lovers originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 May 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 12, 2010
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We've got George A. Romero fever today, and it's not just because the father of all zombie flicks was in G4 heavily armed bunker earlier today, checking out Left 4 Dead 2. (video to come, of course.) In case you need a Romero-refresher, here's what's going on in the World of The Dead.
First off, most importantly, Survival of the Dead is opening in theaters on May 28th. You can watch it on Xbox Live now, but wait for the big screen version. I've seen it, and it's amazing. There's a trailer under the cut:
...and here's SciFi Wire's review.I approve of this thoughtful discussion of Survival, which is much more a Western or War film than a traditional zombie flick. If you like Night of the Living Dead or the original Dawn of the Dead, this is the movie for you. If you don't like those movies, you're no friend of mine!
In other shambling, undead news, our pals at UGO are running a contest where winners gets George Romero signed posters or a PlayStation 3. Check out their site for details.
Finally, Romero was talking games last night at the premiere of Survival, saying that he's in talks with an video game developer to create a zombie shooter, and that he also has an "App of the Dead" in the works for iPhone, too. Nice!
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