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Newell, in Australia, on ‘Entertainment as a Service’ [Valve]

October 13th, 2009

In this video, the Valve boss Gabe Newell takes questions at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Sydney and discusses support for Left 4 Dead and why he honored the deal to fly to Australia to see a modder's campaign

Newell was asked about support for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, relative to other Valve titles, and the chief offered that "Team Fortress is the benchmark and that's the level we intend to bring all products to.

We're going through transition, which I think is interesting. We call it "entertainment as a service" and Team Fortress is furthest along, in terms of rapid regular updates, and moving into movies with the 'Meet the Team' shorts, as well as we're starting to do some stuff with comics. So, Team Fortress is really the model that the rest of our products are gonna be following as we move ahead.

As to why he honored modder Joe W-A's request to get down to Brisbane and see his Left 4 Dead campaign:

We recognize that we really are part of this community. We talk about it a lot, that we're not up here and the community's down here, and the games snowflake in. We really are part of it. We look to that community to see what we should do. ... It was pretty clear that this was one of those things that the community fell in love with the idea. They wanted us to come down here and meet with Joe and give him feedback. And in our experience, it's been very bad idea when we get such a clear signal from pc gaming community, if we ignore it.

Fly Gabe Newell - Gabe Q&A - Part One [YouTube, from Joe W-A]



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See Left 4 Dead fan-made mod ‘Mushroom Massacre’ in action

October 13th, 2009

Remember that Mushroom Kingdom mod DoritoClock was working on for Left 4 Dead? Well, he's making progress and now has some new areas of the campaign to show off: the exterior of Peach's Castle and Super Mario 64's first world, Bob-omb Battlefield. He even added the latter's Chain Chomp!

It seems DoritoClock has also been reading our diary, because he's compiled a 10+ minute video walkthrough of all the areas. You can find that video past the break, but if you're anxious to see that Chain Chomp munching on a few undead carcasses (like we are), prepare to be disappointed. It's a work in progress, folks.

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‘Left 4 Dead 2′ Achievements Name New Items And Campaigns

October 13th, 2009

Left 4 Dead 2

The plot for "Left 4 Dead 2" may still be shrouded in mystery, but the game's list of Achievements names both items and stages in the order they appear. Merely surviving will go a long way toward point accumulation, but the accomplishments contain a few fancy tricks as well. Defibrillators appear to be involved, likely as a means to heal party members. Also mentioned are "bile bombs," which will score you an Achievement when used against a tank. Check out the whole rundown and a very special clown-based Achievement after the jump.

All of the following can be found at Xbox360Achievements.org:

PRICE CHOPPER 20
Survive the Dead Center campaign.

MIDNIGHT RIDER 20
Survive the Dark Carnival campaign.

RAGIN' CAJUN 20
Survive the Swamp Fever campaign.

WEATHERMAN 20
Survive the Hard Rain campaign.

BRIDGE BURNER 20
Survive the Parish campaign.

STILL SOMETHING TO PROVE 35
Survive all campaigns on Expert.

THE REAL DEAL 35
Survive a campaign on Expert skill with Realism mode enabled.

CONFEDERACY OF CRUNCHES 30
Finish a campaign using only melee weapons.

HEAD HONCHO 15
Decapitate 200 Infected with a melee weapon.

CLUB DEAD 15
Use every melee weapon to kill Common Infected.

CHAIN OF COMMAND 15
Kill 100 Common Infected with the chainsaw.

TANK BURGER 30
Kill a Tank with melee weapons.

SHOCK JOCK 30
Revive 10 dead Survivors with the defibrillator.

THE QUICK AND THE DEAD 30
Revive 10 incapacitated Survivors while under the speed-boosting effects of adrenaline.

ARMORY OF ONE 15
Deploy an ammo upgrade and have your team use it.

BURNING SENSATION 15
Ignite 50 Common Infected with incendiary ammo.

DISMEMBERMENT PLAN 20
Kill 15 Infected with a single grenade launcher blast.

SEPTIC TANK 15
Use a bile bomb on a Tank.

CRASS MENAGERIE 20
Kill one of each Uncommon Infected.

DEAD IN THE WATER 20
Kill 10 swampy Mudmen while they are in the water.

ROBBED ZOMBIE 15
Collect 10 vials of Boomer vomit from infected CEDA agents you have killed.

CL0WND 15
Honk the noses of 10 Clowns.

FRIED PIPER 15
Using a Molotov, burn a Clown leading at least 10 Common Infected.

LEVEL A CHARGE 15
Kill a Charger with a melee weapon while they are charging.

ACID REFLEX 15
Kill a Spitter before she is able to spit.

A RIDE DENIED 15
Kill a Jockey within 2 seconds of it jumping on a Survivor.

STACHE WHACKER 15
Prove you are faster than Moustachio.

GONG SHOW 15
Prove you are stronger than Moustachio.

GUARDIN' GNOME 30
Rescue Gnome Chompski from the Carnival.

WING AND A PRAYER 30
Defend yourself at the crashed airliner without taking damage.

SOB STORY 30
Navigate the sugar mill and reach the safe room without killing any Witches.

VIOLENCE IN SILENCE 30
Navigate the impound lot and reach the cemetary safe room without tripping any alarms.

BRIDGE OVER TREBLED SLAUGHTER 30
Cross the bridge finale in less than three minutes.

HEARTWARMER 20
In a Versus round, leave the saferoom to defibrillate a dead teammate.

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS 15
Form a team and beat an enemy team in 4v4 Versus or Scavenge.

QUALIFIED RIDE 15
As the Jockey, ride a Survivor for more than 12 seconds.

BACK IN THE SADDLE 15
As the Jockey, ride the Survivors twice in a single life.

RODE HARD, PUT AWAY WET 20
As the Jockey, ride a Survivor and steer them into a Spitter's acid patch.

GREAT EXPECTORATIONS 15
As the Spitter, hit every Survivor with a single acid patch.

A SPITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS 15
As the Spitter, spit on a Survivor being choked by a Smoker.

SCATTERING RAM 20
As the Charger, bowl through the entire enemy team in a single charge.

MEAT TENDERIZER 20
As the Charger, grab a Survivor and smash them into the ground for a solid 15 seconds.

LONG DISTANCE CARRIER 15
As the Charger, grab a Survivor and carry them over 80 feet.

BEAT THE RUSH 15
In a Survival round, get a medal only using melee weapons.

HUNTING PARTY 15
Win a game of Scavenge.

GAS GUZZLER 20
Collect 100 gas cans in Scavenge.

CACHE AND CARRY 20
Collect 15 gas cans in a single Scavenge round.

SCAVENGE HUNT 15
Stop the enemy team from collecting any gas cans during a Scavenge round.

FUEL CRISIS 15
Make a Survivor drop a gas can during overtime.

GAS SHORTAGE 20
Cause 25 gas can drops as a Special Infected.

I don't know about you, but the clown nose-honking sounds like a mini-game I'd buy all by itself -- especially if they're zombie clowns. I smell spin-off franchise.

What do you think of the Achievement list for "Left 4 Dead 2"? Looking forward to messing with some clowns? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Left 4 Dead, Meet The Mushroom Kingdom [Clips]

October 13th, 2009

There's a bustling Left 4 Dead mod community over at L4Dmaps.com, whipping up also sorts of custom maps like this Super Mario Bros. 64 map created by modder DoritoClock. Who knew Princess Peach's Castle could be so nightmarish?

Mushroom Massacre [L4Dmaps.com]



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Left 4 Dead 2 Achievements confirm final campaigns, detail new features [update]

October 12th, 2009
The Achievement aficionados over at Xbox360Achievments.org have uncovered the Xbox 360 Achievements for Left 4 Dead 2. The Achievements offer some insane challenges -- "Survive a campaign on Expert skill with Realism mode enabled" -- and, if accurate, also confirm the recently uncovered "Dead Center" and "Hard Rain" campaigns. The Achievements also detail some new features and confirm other rumored features, most notably a defibrillator which can be used to revive teammates. Also mentioned is an adrenaline power-up to boost speed, deployable ammo upgrades and ... a bile bomb. We really hope that last one does what we think it does.

Head over to X360A for the full list (warning: watch for spoilers ... and Tanks).

Update: A Valve representative has confirmed the veracity of the two posters as official, saying simply, "They're legit."

JoystiqLeft 4 Dead 2 Achievements confirm final campaigns, detail new features [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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‘Dead Center’ and ‘Hard Rain’ are final Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns [Update: They're real!]

October 11th, 2009

Update: A Valve representative has confirmed the veracity of the two posters as official, saying simply, "They're legit."

Original: It is with much necessary reservation that we bring you the two purported Left 4 Dead 2 campaign posters for "Dead Center" and "Hard Rain" that you see above, completing the set of five campaign missions. Found over on Taiwanese website GNN, we're highly skeptical of their veracity for the time being, but felt their quality at least bared mention -- if this isn't real thing, it's damn impressive. Being Danny Doubters though, we're still a bit thrown by consistency differences when compared to the game's other three posters. We've sent a note to Valve for comment, so until we hear back, the images will remain strictly in our "unconfirmed" pile.

In the meantime, ponder this: "Dead Center" translated by Google from Mandarin Chinese is "Death Marketplace." Fact!

[Thanks Lockwolf!]

Joystiq'Dead Center' and 'Hard Rain' are final Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns [Update: They're real!] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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“Dead Before Dawn” Mod Guaranteed to Hit on Halloween [Mods]

October 11th, 2009

News to some, friendly reminder to others, but the Left 4 Dead mod "Dead Before Dawn," a mall-based homage to "Dawn of the Dead," is no ordinary mod. Valve sent the makers a soundfile of Francis saying "I hate malls."

Anyway, "Dead Before Dawn" hits on Oct. 31. The modmakers are working feverishly, and promise that they will put something out on Halloween.

In the event that we do not see our finale up to scratch for release, we will NOT postpone the release. We promised you a halloween release date, a halloween release date is what your going to get. If this does happen, maps 1 - 5 will be released and an update for the campaign containing the finale will be released shortly after.

Further, yes, that is a fifth character in the poster; yes, he is C.J. head of Crossroads Mall security, and yes, he is playable.

You can see tons more screens at the link. It seriously looks like one hell of a great mod.

Dead Before Dawn Community Update #3
[L4DMods via Evil Avatar]



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Left 4 Dead PC patch reclosing doors in ‘Crash Course’ DLC [update]

October 11th, 2009

Aside from fixing pressing issues like "campaign image not updating correctly when creating a lobby" and increasing "the reliability of the Steam Group server display," Valve's recently released PC patch updates a crucial issue with Left 4 Dead's latest DLC: keeping doors closed. Apparently, during Versus mode in the game's "Crash Course" DLC, players were able to release teammates from "rescue closets," assuredly stopping rampant R. Kelly syndrome. The game may be fixed, but will that cure your urge to micturate on people? Only time will tell.

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