***Update*** Techland has now revealed the full details for its Dying Light/Left 4 Dead 2 crossover event, which is live in its open world zombie game (for free) from yesterday until Monday, October 28. The limited time event ramps up the action with “an increased number of Virals [and] waves …
Read More »Men arent cannon-fodder: the addition of low-level female enemies in video games is one of the best patterns in gaming
You’re making your way through the gaming world of your choice, and suddenly hear an overenthusiastic war cry. Turning around, there’s a handful of those generic enemies sprinting towards you with some obviously lethal intentions: they could be bandits, soldiers, roving post-apocalyptic fiends, or just some hostile bipedal humanoids – …
Read More »Forget Half-Life 3, I need a Left 4 Dead resurrection
One of the horror genre’s oldest rules of thumb is “don’t show people the monster”, because there’s nothing more unnerving than the devil you don’t know. Dreamt up by Turtle Rock and brought hideously to life with Valve’s aid (opens in new tab), the masterful Left 4 Dead takes that …
Read More »Gamings worst AI companions
Artificial Unintelligence AI companions tend to come in a couple different flavors. There’s the true companions, versatile and interesting characters who really add something to the experience, like Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite or Alyx from Half-Life 2. Next are the harmless annoyances, who aren’t great to have around but don’t …
Read More »Valve confirms next-gen Source engine exists and is just waiting for a game to roll it out with
We’ve heard rumours about a next-gen version of Valve’s Source Engine being in development, some of which even came from code inside Source Filmmaker (opens in new tab). But Gabe Newell has finally gone on the record (see for yourself below at 6:14) to state that Source 2 is in …
Read More »Left 4 Dead 2 on Xbox 360 gets first fan-made content. But why should console gamers have to pay when its free on PC?
Left 4 Dead 2 on PC is open to fan modification. Indeed, it’s encouraged by Valve, who not only released the tools to enable gamers to do so, but even pledged to promote one user-created map each week for the foreseeable future. One such mod is ‘Cold Stream’ – a …
Read More »Valve denies rumors of Left 4 Dead prequel
Yesterday rumor mongers came up with an especially enticing little morsel of gaming news. The rumor floating around was that Overkill, the studio behind the co-op bank heist shooter, PAYDAY, was working with Valve on developing a prequel to the Left 4 Dead series. Honestly, the rumor seemed a bit …
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