Left 4 Dead 2 News

Valve opens up to Macs
Half-Life studio announces full support of Apple's OS for Steam, catalog hits this April; Portal 2 compatibility confirmed; all future games getting simultaneous PC, Mac, 360 release.
News - Posted Mar 8, 2010 10:32 pm GMT
EA holiday sales slip 25%, Dragon Age ships 3.2 million
Publisher trims losses to $82 million for October-December quarter, but revenue also sinks to $1.24 billion; Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2.9 million, FIFA 10 9.7 million.
News - Posted Feb 8, 2010 11:20 pm GMT
Newell named GDC Pioneer, Cerny joining DICE Hall of Fame
Valve cofounder to be honored for creating Steam at March developer conference, as Marble Madness creator is honored by Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
News - Posted Jan 16, 2010 11:51 pm GMT
ChartSpot: December 2009
Zelda: Spirit Tracks barely misses the top 10 as Scribblenauts, New Super Mario Bros. DS, and Mario Kart DS return to top 20; The Sims 3 dominates PC best-sellers.
News - Posted Jan 15, 2010 8:44 pm GMT
Star Wars: The Old Republic now due spring 2011, EA lowers outlook
[UPDATE 3] Slow holiday sales force publisher to reduce earnings forecast; BioWare confirms sci-fi MMORPG won't arrive until early next year; Sims' return to consoles and "innovative new take on Madden" due out this year.
News - Posted Jan 11, 2010 10:35 pm GMT
ChartSpot: November 2009
God of War Collection makes appearance at bottom of Nintendo-dominated top 20 non-PC game chart; Modern Warfare 2 tops PC charts despite server controversy, Aion plummets.
News - Posted Dec 16, 2009 8:29 pm GMT
Left 4 Dead 2 DLC weathering The Passing
First add-on for Valve's survival horror shooter sees original cast join up with sequel's crew on 360, PC in early 2010; includes new zombie type, melee weapon, firearm.
News - Posted Dec 14, 2009 10:18 pm GMT
Aussies asked to voice opinion on R18+
Long-heralded public consultation process on whether Australia should introduce an adult rating for games commences; federal government releases discussion paper discussing pros and cons of the debate.
News - Posted Dec 14, 2009 6:21 am GMT
Modern Warfare 2 over 22% of Nov. game sales - Analysts
Industry trackers expect NPD numbers to underscore importance of Activision shooter, say overall software revenues grew or at least matched last year's levels.
News - Posted Dec 8, 2009 8:31 pm GMT
Left 4 Dead 2 infects 2 million at retail
Sales of Valve's latest survival horror shooter have already doubled those of 2008 original on Xbox 360, PC.
News - Posted Dec 1, 2009 6:44 pm GMT
Aussie censor board explains L4D2 banning
Full Review Board report shows violence main factor behind the denial of the Left 4 Dead 2 appeal; delineation between humans, zombies, and infected deemed "irrelevant."
News - Posted Nov 18, 2009 3:18 am GMT
Shippin' Out Nov. 15-21: Assassin's Creed II, New Super Mario Bros., Tony Hawk Ride, L4D2
Hectic week at retail sees headliners joined by more EA Sports Active, RE: Darkside Chronicles, God of War Collection, first Sims 3 expansion, NCAA Basketball 10, LBP PSP, more.
News - Posted Nov 16, 2009 5:29 pm GMT
AU Shippin' Out November 16-20: Assassin's Creed II
Ezio sneaks onto retail shelves down under this week.
News - Posted Nov 16, 2009 6:33 am GMT
Unedited Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia
Valve's hyperviolent survival-horror FPS refused classification by appeal board, modified version due for release on 360, PC Nov. 17.
News - Posted Oct 22, 2009 6:26 pm GMT
Valve's domination of digital distribution dangerous - Gearbox CEO
Randy Pitchford says Steam creates "conflict of interest" and exploits smaller developers due to lack of competition.
News - Posted Oct 9, 2009 12:05 am GMT
Valve to resubmit two versions of L4D 2 to Aussie censors
Two-pronged strategy to get Left 4 Dead 2 into Australia; Valve says releasing unmodified version is its preference. UPDATE: Valve calls Classification Board L4D2 ruling "inconsistent."
News - Posted Oct 7, 2009 3:07 am GMT
Left 4 Dead DLC next week, sequel demo due Oct. 27
Valve's survival horror shooter gains Crash Course add-on Sept. 29; free sampler for sequel on 360, PC 28 days later.
News - Posted Sep 23, 2009 10:23 pm GMT
EA responds to L4D 2 banning down under
EA "surprised" at Australia's refusal to classify Valve's upcoming zombie shooter; claims adults should have the right to choose.
News - Posted Sep 23, 2009 11:22 am GMT
Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia
Aussie Classification Board cites "realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence" as cause for antipodean zombie game ban.
News - Posted Sep 17, 2009 3:37 am GMT
Half-Life, Portal scribes detail the Valve process
GDC Austin 2009: Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw go over developer's approach to storytelling and how they don't always know what they're doing.
News - Posted Sep 16, 2009 7:08 pm GMT