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The Half-Eaten Valve Art Of Peter König

6:00PM February 1, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Peter König is a concept art legend. Over the past quarter of a century his creature designs, sculptures and animation work have been featured in blockbuster hits like Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers and Cloverfield. More »

In Real Life

These Aren’t Video Game Screenshots, They’re Postcards

7:30PM October 24, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Iain Andrews’ site Steam Postcards has long been my wallpaper supplier of choice. Why? Because he plays games and takes screenshots that aren’t the kind of thing you’d find in a magazine or popular internet video game website. More »

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Unlock Left 4 Dead’s Next Map Early By Play-Testing "Dead Air"

1:00AM August 7, 2011 | Owen Good

The importation of original Left 4 Dead maps into Left 4 Dead 2 rolls on, with the latest update to “Dead Air” delivering a new version of the Terminal map. Valve says the update brings matters “pretty close to being complete” but “at this stage what we really need is more testing.” It’s found a way to get you to do that. More »

In Real Life

Your Official Valve Action Figures (and Replica Portal Guns) Are Coming In 2012

3:30PM July 22, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Toy company NECA revealed at Comic-Con today that its range of merchandise based on the intellectual properties of Valve will start shipping in 2012. Oh, and they also let us know what they’ll be! More »

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Left 4 Dead 2′s Mission To Play ‘Cold Stream’ Is A Mission Accomplished, Classic DLC Due Early

12:00PM July 9, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Earlier this week, Valve issued a challenge to the Left 4 Dead 2 community: if 20,000 players beat the in-development “Cold Stream” campaign by Sunday, they’d get the re-release of “Dead Air” early. That goal was met in about four hours. More »

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Get Left 4 Dead 2′s New DLC Early By Crossing The Streams

5:20AM July 7, 2011 | Sam Winstrom

Valve is asking players to test Left 4 Dead 2‘s Cold Stream campaign. If 20,000 players finish it by Sunday, they’ll release the Dead Air campaign early! Coincidentally Left 4 Dead 2 is on sale for $US5 on Steam. [L4D.com]

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Left 4 Dead 2 Campaign Opens A Portal To Portal 2

8:40AM July 2, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Spoiler alert? Only if you planned to play community made campaign “Suicide Blitz 2″ in Left 4 Dead 2, currently the officially featured fan-created add-on for Valve’s zombie horror first-person shooter, the game that has a very neat Portal 2 easter egg buried within. More »

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Payday: The Heist Will Bring Team-Based Bank Robbery To PSN

6:20AM June 4, 2011 | Drew Cohen

Gamers work well in teams. We’ve slaughtered zombies, repelled rebels, routed RED (or BLU) – all with the help of our friends. Now we get to rob banks. More »

In Real Life

You Will Wish That Gnome Chompski: The Game Is Real

2:00PM March 29, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

The pint-sized ceramic co-star of Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 may be deserving of his own video game, as evidenced by the trailer for the sadly nonexistent Gnome Chompski: The Game. More »

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Let’s Play Left 4 Dead 2 ‘Cold Stream’, The New Zombie Campaign

12:00PM March 25, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Earlier this week, Valve released the beta version of “Cold Stream”, the community-made campaign coming to the PC, Mac and Xbox 360 in the next big Left 4 Dead 2 update. Let’s see what it looks like, shall we? More »