Better be a early beta on Steam because the Christmas Cluster Fuck of Gaming is really too much this year. Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Warhammer Online, Dead Space,GTAIV: Episodes, Spore etc. Ugh.

GreyFoxV1

I can't wait. Hopefully this will be a game all of my 360 owning friends will want to play together. As a group, we haven't played much since Rainbow Six Vegas, maybe a bit of Halo 3, but this game could be really exciting.

thinkfreemind

Im just waiting for the "prepurchase now!" button, so i can have that out of the world and just play it whenever its unlocked on steam.

abbe

Aww. I hate game delays. You know what would be awesome? If game developers would lie and say it's coming out later than it is/they are planing, and then release it earlier. That would be awesome. Make the waiting easier.

But it wouldn't work because mass misinformation of that fashion would create poor starting sales.

Herabec

Is this a US or EU date. Also does anyone know if I can get around the region by having my brother log on back in the states and buy the game?

djlowballer

@LittleBigPlaneteer:

Ah who am I kidding by implying I'd pirate the game. No, I'll actually purchase it like the 20% of other L4D PC players

LittleBigPlaneteer

@xot: Clever bastards.

Thorax

Why?
The game I want the most keeps getting delayed

GearsOfWar12

Some zombie bashing good times to be had until RE5 I GUESS... maybe I'll spend my hard earned cash on GOW2 like Duckie mentioned, s'always the bargain bucket in 6 months :D

EmeraldCockroach

@drunkentyger:

As if they're working on a PS3 port. It was a simple rejection of a PS3 port based on the stubbornness, or shall I say ignorance of Gabe Newell. But fear not Gabe your hatred won't stop me from getting the game!, I'll be getting your game for the PC ;) ;)

LittleBigPlaneteer

Who didn't see this one coming? It's Valve! They can't release a game without having one small delay. The question is, what was so important to include that they needed an extra 16 days? A portal gun, that's what.

Krustoff

1+1+2+0 = 4. Duh!

xot

Is this really new information? Granted I use EBGames.com from time to time to check release dates but last time I checked it on there which was about 2 weeks ago it was listed as Pre-order Ships 11/17/2008. Hence 11/20.

Bootleg Zani

I need this to be out on PS3.

WORK HARDER DAMMIT.

on another note, Kotaku seems to be rolling out stories in full force tonight.... working hard?

drunkentyger

At least they didn't delay it for December 4th.

MentalNote

Hmmm, a little too close to Gears of War 2 to justify an immediate purchase... might wait until after Christmas for this one.

Herr Duckmouth Von Twirlenkiller

THIS DELAY WILL NOT STAND!! ;)

Thorax

Gawd, I can't wait for this game!

MrMister

Yay?

If its any good I'll be grabbing it for 360, the premises seems interesting enough.

Plus, there hasn't been a Valve game that hasn't been good in a while.

KaemonKei

Mother ****er! I was really looking forward to this, j'mone!

ChunkOFunk

Buggrit, was hoping to do a lan4dead, will probably have to wait till christmas now when everyone is less busy.

ZhouYu

Delays are Valve's trademark. :/
Seriously they need to get their shit together.

neojam

Why ya gotta be that way Valve?

skewt

I'm not really worried, this will give me a bit more time to play fallout 3, LBP, mirror's edge and others before L4D.

God the next few months are going to be expensive.

longarms

I assume this delay has nothing to do with Gears of War 2 being released on the 7th...

Too bad, though - I was looking forward to a weekend with zombie and locust slaughtering. Now I'll have to make due with the locust.

ZillionDollarSadist

@neojam: Have you noticed that Valve's games are always damn good when they're released as opposed to decent but needing a lot more tweaking?
@AssassinTRIP: Exactly.

toejam316

@neojam: If you haven't noticed, delay or no delay, Valve always delivers.

I'd rather wait another year than have a rushed piece of garbage. Then again, this game is finished... Meh. It's in the same month. That deserves a woot.

AssassinTRIP

Meh its just a few weeks, you can bet this is to avoid going up against Gears 2.

bighit006

@skewt:

[developer.valvesoftware.com]

This is why.

AndrewDB

@bighit006: Yeah I honestly think that is why they changed the date also. Gears 2 will be stealing all the 360 sales that week.

Bootleg Zani

@LittleBigPlaneteer: i thought it was said the game had a 50% chance of porting?

TheIrishNinja

@LittleBigPlaneteer:
I think they'll port it sooner or later. If MGS is publishing it then it's obviously a no-go.

@bighit006: Yep simple economics that one.

This one looks to be awesome though. Co-op Zombie action?! Hell Yeah!

excaliburps

While this really sucks, it just means more time with Gears of War 2 and the other titles from October.

Quicksilver4648

The concept is cool...I mean, who doesn't like zombies? The problem is, I'm not sure about the graphics yet.

johnpnj

Bah, I was hoping for the beginning of November. Oh well eat some turkey kill some zombies I guess.

Pornosaur

@neojam: They definitely HAVE their shit together and that's exactly why everyone puts up with this.

Dual45s

@johnpnj:

Dude what? have you seen the latest vids? The game looks great, sure its no Crysis or Far Cry 2 but the graphics are more than fine for a game that'll probably be more FUN than either of those titles.

bighit006

Damnit, Valve. Those are going to be two and a half torturous weeks =(

StormTec

The graphics are awesome, the Source engine still looks sweet.

And moving the game back because of GoW2? I don't fucking think so...

soviet_

Doh, November 4th is my birthday...

BillyTheRatKing

@johnpnj: Zombies? There are zombies in Left4Dead? Because I've seen videos and in every video I've seen the undead are sprinting. Which means they aren't zombies.

Mister Adequate

@johnpnj: gameplay value my friend gameplay.

wnflame

@Mister Adequate: Zombies can sprint. There is nothing that says you can't be undead and sprint. Zombie means you are physiologically DEAD, but appear to be still living. The "Zombies" in L4D are known as INFECTED, which are your sprinting zombies.

GustoGaiden

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

This delay better not be because of the stupid cover >:[

What are they going to be doing in those 2 weeks?

Oh well I still got Fallout 3, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, Gears 2 to tide me over.

WEGGLES90

@johnpnj: L4D has pretty good Source engine visuals. Keep in mind the Source engine can look godly on high settings and also run on Geforce 4 cards.

[pcmedia.ign.com]

RavenGT

@AssassinTRIP: @toejam316:
Guys, i've never said that their games were bad, or that valve doesn't deliver the promised.
What was meant, is that they should have finally learned by now when is a proper time to reveal a release date. Pushing release dates back multiple times has been their trademark since even before the HL2 release date fiasco...

Well the good thing is, that this 3rd delay for L4D is marginal.

neojam

As far as i remember Half-Life came on November 19, 1998 :P

ZafirQuincy

well at least now itll be out after my finals. I got trimesters instead of semesters and I was a lil worried how I'd juggle l4d and not getting kicked out of college.

DangerMcD

Alright =D, a week before Thanksgiving!

Katorok

Oh, Valve... you just love your delays. XD

Well, it'll be good anyways, I'm sure. Haven't played a Valve game I didn't like. I don't really care that it's a slightly longer wait. Mostly 'cause I have other things to play.

And work.

v_v

Ravenhood

At least its still coming out this year. . .

Rajolae

Oh my goodness, November 20th is my birthday. It's meant to be.

DirtySyko