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This past Monday, Electronic Arts held a little press event in San Francisco they called "EA Spring Break." Cute name, we gotta give 'em that. Unfortunately, no one from Destructoid was in attendance, because our invitation must have gotten lost in the mail. 

Our friends at GameTrailers were on hand, and came back with a pretty solid and detailed interview with Valve's Doug Lombardi about their forthcoming Xbox 360 and PC first-person shooter, Left 4 Dead. If you weren't pumped about this game before, I think this just might do it. I will say that visually, the game is looking a bit dated, but if graphics were everything then [insert ignorant Wii joke here].

Electronic Arts were also showing off some other titles, including Skate It for the Wii and Nintendo DS, Battlefield: Bad Company, and Battlefield: Heroes. Check out some more videos of these titles after the jump. 

Skate It interview with Executive Producer Scott Blackwood  

Skate It DS trick demonstration

Skate It Wii tricks demonstration



Battlefield: Bad Company "Valley of Death" gameplay

Battlefield Heroes "Mortars and Machine Guns"


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king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 05/14/2008 14:09
BF: Heroes looks fun, for a free game
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galagabug at 05/14/2008 14:27
i wish there was more details on the wii balance bar with skate. i'm really curious and excited about what may be coming/
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Rockvillian at 05/14/2008 14:35
I believe L4D is for the PC and Xbox 360, not the Xbox 360 and PC. Alphabetically, P comes before X.

Just sayin'.

:D
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Spitfire at 05/14/2008 14:49
Valve knows all the right moves to separate money from my wallet.
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B-Radicate at 05/14/2008 14:49
I agree with king3vbo.

Also, as much as I am looking forward to Left 4 Dead, I am REALLY upset by the fact the zombies seem to have (hidden) health bars and can be taken down without a direct headshot. It'd be nasty to be able to blow their limbs off a la Soldier of Fortune and still have them crawling around to get you until you hit 'em in the head with a bullet or melee weapon. Speaking of which, does the game offer melee weapons? 'Cause it should. Knives don't run out of ammo.
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Rockvillian at 05/14/2008 14:58
Also agrees with king3vbo

@B-Rad

Yeah that upset me too. Also the sheer amount of loitering zombies that don't chase you, which I hadn't seen too much of in the early vids. I don't mind seeing a couple lazy zombies, but I don't want a run and gun target practice.

Looks like I'll be playing on Hard...
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bruceleethree at 05/14/2008 15:05
L4D looks soooo bad graphically, oh my god it takes so much away from realism and believability.
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superbeefy2050 at 05/14/2008 15:16
^Yea and Battlefield Heroes is just the new crysis isn't it?
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sbshootme at 05/14/2008 15:25
yeah right, because thats exactly what you want your games to be, realistic and believable? troll.
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Cartman at 05/14/2008 15:42
During the whole bad company video, i never saw 1 enemy. Just looked like he was shooting at trees.
Im so very silly.
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Holyetheline at 05/14/2008 16:01
Skate It looks like total win, I don't care what anyone says.
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Raidensolid at 05/14/2008 16:01
Left 4 Dead looks great, my only hope is that it's released for PS3 like The Orange Box was for PS3 and Xbox360.
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Face at 05/14/2008 16:22
YES! A Valve game I don't have to mod to get zombies in it. Zombies right outta the box!
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poonster at 05/14/2008 16:57
so theres no single player mode in Left 4 Dead? that sucks ass if they leave SP mode out.
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Rockvillian at 05/14/2008 17:04
@poonster

You can play through the campaigns with the AI if you want, no worries. Personally that's what I'm doing before I even go online, to adjust my aiming so that I'm not constantly shooting my friends in the back of the head.
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KaL YoshiKa at 05/14/2008 20:29
Was anyone else kinda struck by the ignorance of Mr Lombardi claiming that it was all Valve's idea when Turtle Rock pre-buyout did most of the creative leg work.

There's many MANY FPS games/Mods where both sides are different (Alien V Predator, Tremulous, Natural Selection, They Hunger, ET:QW). Granted it's mostly PR speil but credit should be given where it's due >:/

Also SWAT 4 did Co-Op of this scale..a long ass time ago..and hell Halo 3 did 4 player. Perfect Dark did the whole Counter-Agent thing.

I still really want this game though...
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Eschatos at 05/14/2008 21:45
Battlefield Heroes looks so good that I won't even pirate it!
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Respectable Gentleman at 05/14/2008 21:50
Left 4 Dead looks so fine. So sexy. I'm not too keen on the bosses though.

That guy from the Skate-It video seems like he's drunk and improvising.
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Jetsetlemming at 05/14/2008 22:06
Turtle rock is a Valve studio, so it's entirely kosher for Valve to claim Turtle Rock work as their own, because it IS.

Also Left 4 Dead looks absolutely fantastic. It looks like they've significantly improved the shadow effects just for this game, and I love the reaction movements of the zombies when they get shot. The only thing I felt looked wrong in the video was when the boss infected pins down the player and starts clawing him and blood splatters everywhere, it splats on the camera but not on the environment around the player that I saw.
I hope they'll add in blood decals on the floor from that attack. I'd imagine so.
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Necros at 05/16/2008 23:42
I keep forgetting that EA is publishing Left 4 Dead.
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adultswim810 at 05/18/2008 19:06
1. i fucking love the blood, best i've seen since gears.
2. They should definitely slow this down for consoles.
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