Valve has announced that it will bring Steam, Valve's gaming service, and Source, it's gaming engine, to Mac systems. Steam in particular is a very popular digital distributer of game titles, offering players a large and varied library of games to access. That Valves is supporting Mac systems is great news, but the news actually gets better.
Continue reading...Sunday, January 10, 2010
While we’ll get into the logic of this promotion in a bit, Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 will be free to play on Xbox Live, even if you are a non-paying Silver member. Starting Friday, January 15th at noon through Monday, January 18th, also at noon, you can hop in and start blasting zombies. Just [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Eric Ruth’s 8-bit adaptation of Left 4 Dead, created entirely within the specs of the NES, is now available. Multiplayergames interviewed Ruth back in mid-November who stated a release date after MAGfest, which was yesterday, January 4th. Obviously, Ruth has wasted little time is getting this one out. Ruth also promised additional zombies which the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Some crazy person decided to remake Left 4 Dead, only within the limitations of the NES. That crazy person is Eric Ruth, creator of Mega Man Rocks! and the Angry Video Game Nerd game. With his sights set on Left 4 Dead, MPG.com dropped Eric a line to get inside the head of someone who [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
And to think some developers complain about porting Xbox 360 titles to the PS3… Eric Ruth takes Xbox 360 titles and ports them to the NES. This not just a one-shot “for the hell of it” type of release either. Ruth is porting the full game from start to finish, and will be released as a [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 31, 2009
There comes a point in everyone’s life when it is no longer acceptable to knock on a stranger’s door and demand free candy. For me, that time came years ago in an awkward and somewhat humiliating event in which my haphazard costume was mocked by a little old lady, standing in her doorway with a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 12, 2009
Zombie Apocalypse hates you. It wants you to become one of the half-eaten undead, the only logical explanation given a weapon set that includes the useless Molotov Cocktails. Yes, everyone loves to see a fat zombie waddle around the screen, slowly burning to his second death. However, considering the time it takes to throw a Molotov, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 25, 2009
Yes Valve protesters, you can put down your torches… sort of. This Tuesday, Left 4 Dead will expand with the “Crash Course” DLC. See, Valve was right when they said they haven’t forgot about you. The DLC includes a series of survival and versus maps. Now, are you happy? No? Now what’s the problem? Oh, you’re [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 17, 2009
This may be the first instance of a fanbase being angered over the announcement of a sequel, but Left 4 Dead followers revolvted against developer Valve when a follow-up was announced at E3. Valve promised additional content for the original game it has yet to deliver, and numerous people took exception to this. They started petitions [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Valve loves their community. The company released the neccesary tools that fans of multi-player FPS Left 4 Dead can create their own… well, everything. From characters, maps, campaign levels, music, and more, all of this content can be modifed for better or worse. User generated content will then be pushed [...]
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