New Patch for Left 4 Dead

As promised by Valve, the first major patch for their hit zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead has now been released and is available via Valve’s Steam service.

The patch addresses a variety of bugs and exploits, and also includes a few balancing tweaks to the game’s Infected classes. In particular, fans of the Smoker class in Versus mode will be pleased to note that Valve has apparently buffed its attacks, increasing the effectiveness and damage of its tongue ability. For those of you who happen to own an Xbox 360 version of the game a patch for that port is still in the works.

Holiday Sale at Steam Up to 75% Off!

Huge sale on every title going on right now at the Steam game store. Yes, everything is on sale. Savings range from 10% off of the regular price, up to 75% on some titles.

Through January 2, 2009, every game on Steam is available at 10% to 75% off the regular price. Select publisher catalogs such as Ubisoft, THQ, and 2K Games are 25% off. Award-winning titles such as Bioshock and Portal are available for 75% off the regular price.

Portal : $4.99, Bioshock : $4.99 (Reg.: $19.99), Fallout 3 : $39.99 (Reg.: $49.99), Left 4 Dead : $37.49 (Reg.: $49.99), Dawn of War – Everything Pack : $29.99. Remember, this sale is only from now until January 2, 2009.

Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Coming to Steam, Vice City Pre-order Bonus Announced

Valve has announced that the PC port of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 4 is now available for pre-order on the Steam digital distribution service.

Those who buy the game ahead of time on Steam will receive the full PC version of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as a pre-order bonus.

The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV hits stores December 2.

Left 4 Dead Review

The Guys and Girls at Wired have a very nice Review on the great Left 4Dead game

Left 4 Dead Gets New TV Spot

Valve has unleashed another TV commercial on the eve of the release of Left 4 Dead, its high-intensity, zombie-fleeing shooter for PC and Xbox 360. Left 4 Dead ships to retailers tomorrow and unlocks tonight at midnight EST for customers using the Steam digital distribution service.

Left 4 Dead Introduction Video #1

Valve has released the introduction video for its cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead. The over four-minute, entirely in-engine movie was created by the same internal Valve team that produced the acclaimed Team Fortress 2 ‘Meet the’ videos. The game will hit Xbox 360 and PC on November 18. The demo will be released on November 11, or November 6 for pre-order customers.

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Mod Support Coming to Steam

Five mods will soon be added to Steam starting next week! Valve has announced that it will begin offering free downloads of user-created mods. Playable so long as a user has a Source-powered game installed–such as Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2 or The Orange Box–the mods will appear under the My Games listing, and will receive automatic updates like any other Steam release. The initial batch of mods slated to arrive this week are: Age of Chivalry, D.I.P.R.I.P., Insurgency, Synergy, Zombie Panic.

Left 4 Dead PC System Requirements

The Halflife2.net forums claim to have received these requirements from Valve marketing VP Doug Lombardi:

OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000

CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)

RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista

DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive

HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space

VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)

SOUND: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card

 

The game will hit North American shores on PC and Xbox 360 on November 18.