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Gearbox Boss: Valve Is Behaving Like Fanboys
10:00AM Owen Good | While not directly addressing Chet Faliszek’s slap at PlayStation 3, the Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford – no stranger to stirring s—t with Valve – has taken a poke at the Left 4 Dead developer’s posture toward Sony. More »
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Valve’s Multiplayer Calculus: (360 = PC) > PS3
5:00AM Owen Good | More provocative tidbits continue to trickle out of Valve, with the Left 4 Dead 2 project lead saying that game won’t be coming to PS3 because the console’s multiplayer community isn’t on par with PC and the Xbox 360. More »
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Germany’s Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
2:00PM Owen Good | Australia isn’t the only nation receiving a power-cleaned version of Left 4 Dead 2. Germany, no doubt because of the killerspiele hysteria, has a similarly sanitised demo. But guess what, it also runs 40 per cent faster. More »
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Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders 4 Times The 1st
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Despite the boycotts, despite the un-Valve-like speedy turnaround time, despite complaints that Left 4 Dead 2’s cast of Survivors can’t possibly live up to the first, pre-orders are four times that of the original, says Valve. More »
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Valve: British People Are Quiet
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | British people, speak up! According to Valve’s Chet Faliszek, those gamers in the U.K. are quiet. More »
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Left 4 Dead 2 Still Alive, Parties Like It’s 2007
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | If you’re the kind of person to grit their teeth and clench their fists at even the thought of one more over-played Portal reference, it might be best to give this Left 4 Dead 2 clip a miss. More »
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The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
6:00AM Mike Fahey | Valve’s $US25 million Left 4 Dead 2 ad campaign isn’t just good for trucks as seen in the second TV spot here featuring the song “Electric Worry” by the band Clutch. More »
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Play Versus Mode In The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
12:30AM Luke Plunkett | The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now out there for public consumption, but users will have found that the game’s signature versus mode has been locked. No problem. Just hack your way around it! More »
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$US25m In Left 4 Dead 2 Ad Spend Gets You At Least Two Trucks
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Valve is earmarking an impressive $US25 million in marketing to make sure that everyone with functioning eyes knows that Left 4 Dead 2 is coming this November. That includes at least two putrid trucks dedicated to promoting the game. More »
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