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Valve EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Today's Steam deals: Cheap Arkham Asylum, DA:O, and more 16 Steam has kicked off its holiday sale today with a slew of great deals. Every day, from now until Monday, a new set of discounted games will become active. It's not like your eyes aren't already ... Steam to come pre-installed on Alienware PCs 31 It seems that you can't really be a PC gamer until you have Steam running on your computer, and it would appear that Dell and Valve are in agreement on this. It's been revealed that the immensely... Think L4D2 is an expansion? You're a f*cking idiot 308 Left 4 Dead 2 released this past week and while most people are having fun with it, there is a dedicated clan of people who are determined to convince the world that Left 4 Dead 2 is not a real g... Crazy enough to work: Left 4 Dead campaigns in L4D2 17 In this episode of "Adventures in Batsh*t Insane PC Gamer Trickery," we get to see how a conversion of Left 4 Dead to the Left 4 Dead 2 standard is done. Someone was crazy enough to bring the fir... Left 4 Dead 2's Midnight Riders have a blog and stuff 27 Following on from our discovery of a Midnight Riders teaser site, we've just been tipped offLeft 4 Dead 2's resident rock band now has a blog, as well as a Youtube channel. Check it out because i... Valve says digital pricing can change 'without penalty' 22 Valve's Steam platform is pretty much the biggest player in digital distribution right now. They dominate the market in ways that get Randy Pitchford's underwear in knots. One of the reasons they... Lag 4 Dead 2? 122 Left 4 Dead 2 released yesterday and, while its Versus Mode is terrific fun, you'd be hard pressed to find many people able to enjoy it. The game has been hit with massive lag on Xbox Live, despi... Midnight Riders teaser site found: Left 4 Dead 2 DLC? 61 Those who have played Left 4 Dead 2's "Dark Carnival" campaign will likely know of The Midnight Riders. They are a fictional rock band that Ellis seems to be rather fond of, and the campaign's fi... Review: Left 4 Dead 2 143 New friends, more zombies, better apocalypse. That's what Valve has promised, and that's what fans will come to expect when they finally pick up the sequel to one of the best zombie games ever m... Valve reflects on the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott 34 With Left 4 Dead 2 out this week (review coming soon!), the notorious boycott of Valve's zombie apocalypse sequel is all but forgotten. Even so, Valve has been reflecting on the incident with Vid... Valve's holiday cards are amazing 22 Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Solstice is coming, and Eid recently passed. Do you send out holiday cards to your friends and family? If not, you're a terrible person. Don't worry though, Valve has yo... Valve is obsessed with your thumb 29 Live near New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, Phoenix, Dallas, Minneapolis, or the San Francisco Bay Area? Good. Now go seek out Left 4 Dead 2-related outdoor advertisement and snap a... Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Ellis 54 Last year, when Destructoid's staff laid dibs on the survivors in Left 4 Dead, I saw things in Francis that nobody else did. They were so quick to write him off as the least desirable survivor an... Left 4 Dead 2 shirts are kinda cool... wait, OMG WTF? 19 Make no mistake about it -- we're excited about Left 4 Dead 2 here at Destructoid. Personally, it's probably one of my most anticipated games of the holiday. I "think" the game is "probably" goin... Left 4 Dead 2 Xbox LIVE Silver demo GET! 10 Similar to the happy ending found in Trading Places, so too will the lowly Xbox LIVE Silver members wanting to play the Left 4 Dead 2 demo get their happy ending today. A week delay is a kick in ... Valve explains why L4D2 mods on Xbox 360 'can't' work 48 If there's one thing that PC versions of (non-Infinity Ward) games have over console versions, it's the excellent modding community. PC gamers have been able to extend the longevity of their favo... Valve: Xbox 360 community 'head and shoulders above PS3' 137 On the same day that Randy Pitchford says that Valve are childish fanboys that bash the PS3, here comes Valve's Chet Faliszek ... kind of bashing the PS3. The game writer has stated that Xbox Liv... Pitchford: Valve are childish fanboys that bash the PS3 107 Mad Randy's at it again! Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford, after implying that Valve's Steam service is a conflict of interest, has criticized Valve once more, this time because the studio d... Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders 'four times' that of original 36 I think it's very clear now why Valve took the decision to develop Left 4 Dead 2 so soon after the original game's release. The company has in its hands the hottest franchise it's ever had, and a... Valve says Brits don't talk enough online 97 I'm British by birth, and I must admit that screaming obscenities into a headset while trying to play videogames doesn't appeal to me. Apparently this is something not exclusive to your humble wr... Play as Special Infected in the L4D2 demo because you can 22 Run through "The Parish" one too many times in the Left 4 Dead 2 demo and need something new to do? Over on L4DMods.com, they have got an interesting solution to your conundrum, mysterious Intern... Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Nick 94 Just in case you haven't tried out the Left 4 Dead 2 demo yet, know this: it's good. After I finished writing a three-page diatribe on how the 24 hour delay for the PC demo incontrovertibly prove... Left 4 Dead 2 gets another sexy TV spot 24 Would you like more Left 4 Dead 2 video hotness? Of course you would! Valve's undead-pummeling co-op shooter is out this month and the studio is putting that $25 million advertising budget to go... Left 4 Dead 2 demo on Xbox Live for all Gold members 40 Previously available for pre-orders only, Left 4 Dead 2's demo is now on Xbox Live for all Gold subscribers, because taking demos away from Silver members is a great way to make Gold appear more ... Pre-order L4D2, wear Bill's hat in Team Fortress 2 25 Pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 for PC on Steam or through participating retailers and you'll be able to wear Bill's hat from Left 4 Dead in Team Fortress 2. The hat is available right now for all to wea... Left 4 Dead 2: Censored edition 60 As we all know by now, Valve has had to edit Left 4 Dead 2 because Australia's rating system is demented and won't allow any game deemed unfit for fifteen-year-olds. Unfortunately, this means th... Valve spending £6 million on Left 4 Dead 2 in UK 14 Valve wants us all to know that Left 4 Dead 2 is out this month, and it shall spare no expense in getting that message across. We already know that the upcoming zombie shooter has a worldwide mar... Left 4 Bed 2: The raunchy sequel to Left 4 Bed 47 NSFW AUDIO! Hey everyone! Been a long time since I first made Left 4 Bed. I had no idea how big that video was going to get! So with the release of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo on PC, I was finally ab... Celebrate Halloween the Team Fortress 2 way 11 Valve is getting into the spirit of Halloween this week as they have some special spooky themed Team Fortress 2 stuff to unleash upon the masses lasting until November 2. The update will bring in... Here are your Left 4 Dead 2 Avatar Awards 25 As we shamble ever nearer to Left 4 Dead 2's release date, the information is flying thick and fast. Yesterday, it was discovered that Avatar Awards would be a part of the Xbox 360 version, allow... G4 goes apesh*t with its Left 4 Dead 2 coverage 32 All morning long, I've been fighting with my video editing software just to bring you guys an unfiltered look at the Left 4 Dead 2 demo that just hit Xbox 360 for pre-order folks. But you know wh... Left 4 Dead 2 supporting Avatar rewards (Update) 26 According to some detective work on the part of the Steam community, it would appear that Left 4 Dead 2 will be one of a handful of games supporting Xbox Live's "Avatar Awards" scheme, ... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Halo VS Half-Life 244 Last week I introduced a new format for these weekly game debates, and it went great! I used two of the most loved series in the game industry of all time, and the result was just as vicious... Valve loses appeal against Left 4 Dead 2 Aussie ban 62 Valve has been appealing a decision by the Australian rating board to refuse an MA15+ classification for Left 4 Dead 2, effectively banning the zombie sequel in the country. Valve has a heavily c... Left 4 Dead fans attack real-life Mercy Hospital 42 Left 4 Dead's "No Mercy" campaign revolves around the survivors attempting to reach and then fight through Mercy Hospital, a supposedly fictional establishment in Pennsylvania. The only... Left 4 Dead 2 demo plans detailed 22 Valve has announced their full plans for the Left 4 Dead 2 demo today. The demo will be set in “The Parish” campaign and up to four players can play it either online or through local ... Left 4 Dead 2 boycott officially over! 64 Valve can now breathe a sigh of relief, because the profit-rending, company-crushing behemoth that was the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott has officially been killed. That's right, Gabe Newell can have the... Tripwire: Valve 'absolutely not' exploiting Steam devs 19 A few days ago, Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford antagonized a fair few people by claiming that Valve's Steam service was a conflict of interest and a money grab, essentially insinuating tha... Left 4 Dead 2 Achievements confirm all campaigns 31 The Achievement list for Valve's zombie-braining sequel Left 4 Dead 2 has been revealed, bringing with it verification of the yet-to-be-official campaigns, Hard Rain and Dead Center. The Achievem... This TF2 hide and seek mod is the highlight of my week 50 When you take into consideration how I skateboarded off of an exploding parking garage while being chased by a runaway UPS truck full of bears only to land in one of those portable swimming pool ... Think you're good? Left 4 Dead 2 to have 'Realism' mode 48 Hey, I hear you're pretty good at killing zombies in Left 4 Dead. Getting on the rescue chopper? Too easy. And that boat? That Tank may as well take his lunch break, because he's wasting his time... Left 4 Dead 2 confirmed for Australia, heavily edited 40 So, as we all know by know, Australia banned Left 4 Dead 2 because the OFLC rating board is tied to archaic and outdated regulations. Australian fans will be pleased to know that L4D2 has now bee... Preview: Left 4 Dead 2's new Scavenge mode 24 As you found out late last night, Valve unveiled the new Scavenge mode for Left 4 Dead 2. It's a interesting new game mode aimed at players looking for a quick fix of zombie killing. In fact, a r... Randy Pitchford talks Valve, Steam, and exploitation 45 Besides being super pumped for Borderlands at all times -- which, who can blame him? -- Gearbox president and founder Randy Pitchford has a few negative things to say about Steam, the digital dow... Valve hires DotA: Allstars developer 29 IceFrog, the individual currently maintaining Defense of the Ancients: Allstars, announced today that he has been hired by Valve to "lead a team". While he is currently unable to give a... Valve spending $25 million on Left 4 Dead 2 advertising 49 That's not a typo in that headline -- Valve have announced that they're spending $25 million dollars to advertise Left 4 Dead 2. The Destructoid Mathletes team tells us that's $15 million do... ESRB Left 4 Dead 2 description reads like a blog post 26 I have to say, whoever is writing these ESRB rating summaries lately is getting saucy. Following the absurd (and long... and awesome) descriptions of Gearbox's Borderlands and Double Fine's ... 'Scavenge' multiplayer mode in Left 4 Dead 2 revealed 30 At a hands-on event in San Francisco tonight, Valve pulled the covers off of a new competitive multiplayer mode that will appear in Left 4 Dead 2 -- "Scavenge." This new mode (desi... Gabe Newell is headed to Australia 31 Earlier this month, Joe started a campaign to fly Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson out to Australia to take a look at his upcoming Left 4 Dead campaign after Gabe jokingly told Joe he was boycotting ... Left 4 Dead's survivors evidently visit 4chan a lot 62 You should admire "Crash Course," the new versus-focused bit of Left 4 Dead DLC, for several reasons. A few of those are obvious -- it's free, it's well-paced, etcetera -- but I was awf... Get Left 4 Dead PC for $14.99 through October 2 29 The new Left 4 Dead campaign, "Crash Course," is available now for both the Xbox 360 and PC. Xbox 360 owners have to fork over a few MS Points, but PC owners can get the content fo... EA responds to Left 4 Dead 2 Australia ban with ownage 37 Australia failed to shock the world recently by refusing to classify Left 4 Dead 2, making it the latest game to be banned by the country's pathetic rating system. Publisher Electronic Arts has r... Left 4 Dead Crash Course DLC coming September 29 26 The second downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead, Crash Course, is coming out on September 29. It's later than what we originally heard, but not by much. The new DLC will have a new single-pl... TGS 09: Left 4 Dead 2 demo coming October 27 28 EA is holding a pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference right now where they’re going over their upcoming line-up. During their Left 4 Dead 2 presentation, EA and Valve revealed that a demo of... Left 4 Dead update adds Achievements, improved HUD 32 Valve is continuing to not-support Left 4 Dead with a not-supportive patch that is not-adding Achievements and a not-improved HUD. Oh Valve, why won't you support the original Left 4 Dead, you gr... Wanna know what a dog would look like in Team Fortress 2? 44 A dog with cannons attached to its back? If someone hadn't told me such a thing wasn't really coming to Team Fortress 2 (at least not yet), I probably wouldn't have known otherwise. This mockup o... Valve 'bummed' about Australian Left 4 Dead 2 ban 44 Yesterday, Australian gamers got some bad news when word came that the sequel to our 2008 game of the year was effectively banned in their country. You think you're upset? Valve's isn't so happy,... Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia 56 Yet another videogame falls victim to Australia's backwards and broken rating system. If you live in Australia and decided to be part of the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott, your job has just been made eas... Help fly Gabe Newell to Australia 31 Why does Gabe Newell need to go to Australia? Need is probably too strong a word, but Joe, a Left 4 Dead campaign creator, wants him and Erik Johnson to fly to Brisbane to check out his campaign.... Left 4 Dead Crash Course coming September 23? 36 Left 4 Dead is a game that is not being supported with new DLC which is why people are angry. With that in mind, Left 4 Dead's new DLC support appears to be heading our way a little later this mo... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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