It was slated for November 4th, but for some sentimental reason, Valve decided to delay it to November 20th. It’s one of the few titles I’m going to pick up for the PC this holiday season and what a title it is! Four player Zombie killing cooperative fun.
I’m stoked.
We’ve seen the Medic update, the Pyro update and we’ll be seeing the Heavy receive its class update next. Not many details so far, but if you’re interested, keep an eye on their dedicated Heavy Update page. Valve will be drip feeding info to everyone for the rest of the next few days.
Expect the update to debut shortly after.
As for the class updates for the console platforms? Ha! I wouldn’t hold my breath. Especially for free.”free update”.
Not only are they cool with acquiring studios like Turtle Rock, but they’re also okay with the idea of being acquired themselves.
Don’t panic yet. They’re not looking to be acquired, but ever since working with Electronic Arts with The Orange Box, it seems they’re quite impressed with the big publisher and the idea of it.
I’ve always thought Valve was comfortable with their own thing, but if they’re looking into taking their games to the next level and need the funds to do so, by all means go for it. I just hope they keep their integrity and quality.
Here you are folks, eight new screengrabs from Valve/Turtle Rock Studio’s upcoming PC and Xbox 360 zombie survival shooter, Left4Dead. There are rumors of a PS3 version, but I highly recommend going for the Steam version. I mean, just look at how Team Fortress 2 is being handled with regards to content updates.
It’s looking great and that Source Engine is still admirable.
Instead of keeping it under wraps, Valve have decided to open up and ask the TF2 community what they would like to see for the big mini-gun carrying mofo. It’s not going to be easy since you’ll have to take a few things under consideration.
I have no ideas. I don’t even play TF2 anymore. It’s a shame, really.
What more do you need? Zombies. 4 player co-op. Guns. It’s coming November 4th, 2008 for the PC and Xbox 360.
I so want this for the PC. Looking awesome.
Check the interview for details.
Admittedly, I didn’t get a chance to try out the new medic updates for Team Fortress 2 — there was just too much other stuff to play at the time. What was it? Oh yeah, GTAIV. Well, perhaps I’ll try the medic update along with the upcoming Pyro update. If you’ve been wondering about those comical TF2 class skits, the next one will be the Sniper.
Unfortunately, we have no idea when any of these are coming nor any details about these updates, but at least Valve is providing updates to TF2 unlike what Crytek is doing with Crysis. “At this time, there almost certainly will not be a patch 1.3 delivered for Crysis.”
The days of losing your saved games are numbered. With Steam Cloud, Valve is offering gamers the ability to store their saved games online. So far only a handful of games are going to support this feature including the Half-Life games, CounterStrike and Left4Dead.
It’s about time such a feature was created and I’m not surprised that Valve were the first to do it. Bravo, Valve.
Apparently Electronic Arts just couldn’t help, but hold their own press event on the same day as Microsoft’s. Oh well, lots of media was released including footage for both Left4Dead and BattleField: Heroes.
First some BF: Heroes:
The details were nice to say the least. The wait? Tolerable. Well, Valve thought it would be a good idea to release their Medic update today, the day of GTAIV.
Fearless move.
Anyways, boot up Steam and have that update install itself. It’s a hefty download so in the meantime you can checkout the official changelog page.
