It's over the caterwauling of Nick Chester that I write this, the man's heart has been broken, and as you might suspect, it's all the fault of a few zombies. You see, in spite of rumors that Left 4 Dead would be ported to the PS3 being denied by Valve themselves (which in the grand scheme of things is like confirmation from On High) Nick, in his childlike optimism, held out hope. Now I, in league with Valve, am here to crush those hopes.
In a recent trip to Valve Studios, the fine folks at OXM were informed in no uncertain terms that as far as consoles are concerned, the Xbox 360 will be the only one to get a port. Heading up development for the 360 version of Left 4 Dead is Certain Affinity, a small developer responsible for much of the Halo 2 and 3 DLC. Considering their demonstrably excellent work, I couldn't be more pleased.
According to Valve the 360 version still has a bit of work left to be done before they can put the proverbial baby to bed, however they did reveal some information regarding Left 4 Dead's multiplayer features on the 360. While four player coop and eight player four-on-four versus matches will be supported via Live or system link (does anyone actually do that?) Valve has neglected to comment on whether split-screen multiplayer, something seriously lacking in games today, will be available.
[Via NEOGaf -- Thanks, Adam]
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2:33 PM on 02.19.2008
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CoD4 pisses me off for that very reason... and it's the only reason...
Speaking of XBL anyone got Jack Thompson's gamertag yet?
That's Gabe Newell your talking about.
@Tino
It's coming out on PC first.
I like their shit, and if this gets them "there" faster, then fuck the PS3.
I lost any respect i had for Valve 10 days ago.
Long before this news.
I simply realized I don't like anything about their games. At least not since I played the Prince of Persia trilogy and Assassin's Creed.
WHO?
WHOOOO?
i think you might be a tad confused.
I sure don't know it.
I already deleted all traces of the Orange Box on my pc 10 days ago.
If they fix that, I'll be interested.
WTF are you talking about?What does POP and AC have to do with Valve?Thats like saying you dont like Bioware since you started playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band
Multiplayer is a huge thing that can make or break games. Hopefully this one will have just as much capability as Halo 3. Honestly the lack of these options made me not want to buy CoD 4 and just borrow the disk instead.