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Oh hey, look at that: Left 4 Dead 2 Achievement page! photo

Oh. What's this? A Left 4 Dead 2 Achievement page?! Really?! But Valve would never do something like this! It's not their style!

Sorry, couldn't help myself there. As Chad mentioned earlier, Xbox.com has potentially ruined all of Microsoft's big reveals for games such as Halo: Reach, Forza 3, Alan Wake and a few more.

Dtoider succesful managed to screen cap one more game that got leaked earlier and it was the Achievement page for Left 4 Dead 2, which I told you all last week was happening. EA's press conference is also happening today so it's more likely we'll see L4D 2 get announced at their conference. 

Either way, expect to hear something about it today. 

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ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:21
ParaParaKing
Link or fake.
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:22
Jaren Face
While I am echoing many others when saying this is way too soon, maybe some new characters/scenarios will make things more interesting.
DJP3DRO's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:22
DJP3DRO
Oh, come the fuck on...
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:23
Qraze
someones be slippin on da live doeg.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:23
Holyetheline
Can't wait for the official announcement.
Swizzler121's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:27
Swizzler121
valve is retarded if this is true. this has to be fake/staged.
JohZho's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:30
JohZho
Will this really beef up the experience? c'mon, we don't need new characters, we need bad ass scenarios which doesn't require crescendos and fighting out zombies after pressing a button. What we need is new stuff to kill zombies with and new ways to solve problems we encounter in the game, and especially multiple branching paths, that would definitely make the game more interesting after each play through.
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:30
WarZombie
Oh well, I guess if anyone can make a sick sequel, it would be Valve. I am also looking forward to the official announcement.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:36
falinter
If EA has any amount of say in it of course they would want Valve to make a sequel sooner than later.

They don't make anything off Valves tendency to release free dlc.

I don't care and neither do you. We'll buy it.
Blasto's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:48
Blasto
Of all the games to make a sequel to, and not just release new map dlc they pick this. Christ, so there goes the hope of new dlc maps I suppose. I guess this shows that the original L4D was viewed as a proof of concept for this sequel by Valve. I've got my moneys worth out of L4D, but still feel a little screwed by having to get a new $60 game instead of $10-$20 for some new scenarios for the game I own. Please excuse my negative attitude, but is it just me, or is this retarded on multiple levels?

Also, I think Left 4 Dead Too is the better name choice here.
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:57
Timmeh
Falinter: EA has absolutely no say what Valve do. Valve is a money making machine and all EA did is distribute the game on disc in some regions.

I'm kind of disappointed if this is true, it could be a sign that Valve is going against the philosophy that made them huge. There should be bucketloads of life left in L4D through DLC.

I wonder how much autonomy the studio that made Left 4 Dead has?
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 12:58
BurnPianoBurn
hey Valve, EAT A DICK. I'm not paying 60 bucks or 50 bucks for your lack of update and screwing us all by making us buy a new game. For what its worth, I'll just wait for it to show up for 50% off on Steam. For SHAME VALVE, FOR SHAME! What really sucks is for you console peeps. You get shafted without being able to play custom maps, which make the game 1000x better. Sorry for your luck gents.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 13:11
Kyousuke Nanbu
This would be an immensely dick move if it was true.
yutt's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 13:14
yutt
You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor... and would have different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 13:15
Face
Wow, the original was so light on content but I bought it knowing something would come along through patches and hoping it would have a big mapping community. If it's coming out anytime soon I won't be buying L4D2.
Jacobgray's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 13:27
Jacobgray
Looked like New Orleans is a level, potentially, judging from the trailer from the conference. I'm interested.
Velt's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 13:46
Velt
Apparently I was wrong if this is true, Valve is going for the easy money with a Left4Dead 2....

Im very disapointed.
Swizzler121's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 14:16
Swizzler121
ok its true. I'm shitting bricks... to throw at valve.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/01/2009 14:42
Chronic Logic
I'm getting bored of L4D. It just gets too repetitive. Left 4 Dead 2 BETTER FIX THAT UP!
Hyper WD's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2009 04:44
Hyper WD
The one group of people that seems to be missing in most of the comments on the boycott group site and the articles on the web are the server owners.

As a server owner, I support L4D by paying for 4 West Coast servers out of my own pocket that have had in total roughly 17000 players since they were started 4 months ago. As well, I work for a server company that provides numerous servers for TF2, L4D, CS:S and other Valve games.

One disturbing trend I have seen is the daily cancellation of L4D servers. Since the 'Survival Pack' the company I work for has seen a 70% increase in server cancellations of servers that service Central North America and the West Coast. That number increases daily.

The biggest drop was right after the 'Survival Pack' when people began to realize how minor the changes actually were. Most people played Survival mode until they got the achievements and then moved back to Co-op or Versus. We lost 45% of the servers within days of that release.

The second spike was right after the news about L4D2. That was about 20% of the servers. The other 5% has been just due to attrition since the DLC was released.

Now, obviously there have been new servers started, but the total loss of server coverage totals about 70% in the company I work for, and I work for a little hole in the wall company no one even knows about. In actual numbers that means about 110 servers are now shut down in the past couple months with my employer alone. I wonder how this has affected Gameservers or Darkstar.

I should mention that most of the people canceling servers have been very vocal about why they're canceling them, and I agree with the majority of their reasons, especially about the release of L4D2.

So, I pose this question to you, do you think splitting the games community base will increase or decrease the number of servers for both games?

Secondly, do you think server owners that are canceling their servers because they feel that they've been burned by Valve (No significant DLC since release, SDK pushed back for months, the lackluster and pointless 'Survival Pack' and now releasing L4D2) will be rushing out to start a L4D2 server?

The answers are pretty obvious.

All you flame-baiters screaming about the boycott group being a bunch of whining idiots might want to think about that, because without the server owners, you'll have no where to play either game.

As for myself, I don't have any choice but to 'get' the game since it's purchased for me by my employer for troubleshooting and testing. However, I'll be shutting down my servers the day L4D2 is released unless both games can be serviced by a single server and other significant issues about the release of L4D2 are satisfactorily dealt with by Valve
milphonoword14's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2011 17:51
milphonoword14
my eyes? Had I recognised the tone? Did I now look on the face of the buy valsartan
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