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Valve Titles Coming to Mac, Cross-Platform Play With PC


Erik Johnson

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If you haven’t heard Valve has announced its expansion of the Steam platform to Mac. Pretty big deal as with it, comes a sack full of good games that should benefit from the new audience. Games including the likes of the Half-Life franchise, Portal, Left 4 Dead*, L4D2, Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike, with Portal 2 marked as the first dual release for both computer platforms.

All that said, the best part of the announcement is the reveal that all these games will support cross-platform play between PC and Mac gamers. Thanks for sharing the love Valve.

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8-Bit Left 4 Dead De-Make Released


Erik Johnson

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Eric Ruth’s NES-style reworking of Valve’s zombie shooter Left 4 Dead I touched on several weeks back is officially finished and has been released into the wild as a freeware download.

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8-Bit Left 4 Dead Revealed, Free PC Release in January


Erik Johnson

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While we’re just a couple of hours away from the release of Left 4 Dead 2 (midnight Eastern time), a developer by the name of Eric Ruth is working on his own version of the original L4D. Only his version is an 8-bit NES-style title.

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Fill’er Up: Left 4 Dead 2 Scavenge Mode Revealed


Erik Johnson

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Earlier tonight at a press event in San Francisco, Valve unveiled a brand new multiplayer (versus) mode to be included in Left 4 Dead 2. Scavenge is the name of the game; and if you thought your L4D experiences were frantic before, well..you had every right to, it’s not like you knew about this yet. Onward to the details!

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PCs Rule, Consoles Pay: Left 4 Dead Crash Course and Steam Sale


Erik Johnson

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Today marked the arrival of the Crash Course campaign, the latest DLC for zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, and some light fact checking led me to conclude that Valve has just created an Xbox 360 version of the game so that it could kick something in the nuts.

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Left 4 Dead 40% Off This Weekend


Erik Johnson

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Valve has taken 40% off its co-op survivavl title Left 4 Dead for this weekend only on Steam.

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Left 4 Dead DLC Goes Live April 21


Chris Benson

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Are you ready to be disappointed in less than 1 month’s time?

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Left 4 Dead Half Off Weekend: It’s Not Too Late!


Christian Martin

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I know I can’t be the only one whose been holding out on getting Left 4 Dead until a good deal comes along [Yes, you are --Chris]. Well, here’s a deal that will be hard to beat. Steam is offering Left 4 Dead for only $24.99 for the remainder of the weekend!

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Confirmed: Left 4 Dead DLC Free for Both PC, Xbox 360


Erik Johnson

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The Survival Pack DLC for Valve’s cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead will be free to both PC and Xbox 360 users, the company has confirmed.

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Left 4 Dead DLC Info: Survival Mode ‘On Over 12 Maps’


Erik Johnson

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A handful of details on the Survival Pack DLC for Valve’s co-op zombie blaster Left 4 Dead have arrived via word from GameTrailers TV.

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