totalvideogames.com - 7/6/2009
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Doug Lombardi reveals that Valve is "working on" bringing cross-game play to L4D1 & 2...
joystiq.com - 7/5/2009
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joystiq.com —
Doug Lombardi has told Joystiq that a multiplayer
demo for Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 is planned...
for both the Xbox 360 and PC. According to Valve's PR guru, users who pre-order the upcoming zombie survival title at "participating retailers or [via] ...
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Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 multiplayer demo on its way
pc.ign.com - 7/7/2009
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pc.ign.com —
UK, July 7, 2009 - Valve has lifted
the lid on a brand new melee weapon for...
Left 4 Dead 2 , just in time for tomorrow's Ashes kick-off. The zombie-crocking newcomer is a cricket bat, which players will be able to weild viciously and knock the undead ...
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New Left 4 Dead 2 Weapon Unveiled
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Valve is 'trying' to allow Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 crossplay
Destructoid —
... Valve's marketing VP Doug Lombardi has revealed that the studio is currently in the process of working out cross-gameplay between Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, allowing the two games to lock together like a gestalt and form Devastator. ...
Valve Talks About Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 Compatibility, Realizes You Can't Please Everyone
Kombo.com —
... " the sequel, it seems that the modding community itself has lent an overwhelmingly positive response to what Valve is doing with the sequel. "We've talked with a lot of those guys. That's one of those things - seeing people saying that modders are having a reaction against it, and having just traded 10 emails with these guys and I know their reaction to it, we've talked about it, and they're OK with it. They understand. So that's kind of disingenuous." Meanwhile, Total Video Games received word from Valve's VP of Marketing, Doug Lombardi, that the group is even trying to ...
Left 4 Dead 2 Might Work With Left 4 Dead 1 [Left 4 Dead]
Kotaku —
... of both games. "That's something that we're trying to work out the details of right now," Lombardi said. "So nothing specific to say today, but we understand that it's a very valid thing to be working on and looking at." Wonder how that would work. Maybe it's only for PC players? Owners of both games see the same server list, but can only join maps from a game they've got installed? Or the maps for the version you don't own can be made available as DLC? Valve "Trying To Work Out" Cross-Game Play Between L4D1 & 2 [TVG]
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Valve Attempting Left 4 Dead Cross-Game Play
1UP RSS feed —
... players hunt down zombies together, according to marketing VP Doug Lombardi. In an interview with TVG, Lombardi said it's "something that we're trying to work out the details of right now. So nothing specific to say today, but we understand that it's a very valid thing to be working on and looking at." He also pointed out that mods for the first game will be transferable to its sequel "with very minor amounts of work." ...
Valve Attempting L4D/L4D2 Cross-Play
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... More at TotalVideogames.
Just making it look more and more like a big expansion.
Valve attempting cross-game play between Left 4 Dead titles
That VideoGame Blog —
... . “That’s something that we’re trying to work out the details of right now,” Valve VP of Marketing, Doug Lombardi said to TVG. “So nothing specific to say today, but we understand that it’s a very valid thing to be working on and looking at.” ...
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At a preview event in London, Valve’s Doug Lombardi confirmed that Left 4 Dead 2 will be getting a demo before its release this November. In response to this news, a cynical, and incredibly rude, troll from deep in the internet had this to say on the subject, “Well no duh. ...
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Left 4 Dead 2 -
joystiq.com 7/3/2009 — Doug Lombardi has told Joystiq that a multiplayer demo for Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 is planned for both the Xbox 360 and PC. According to Valve's PR guru, users who pre-order the upcoming zombie survival title at "participating retailers or [via] Steam" ...
Interview: Left 4 Dead 2 Interview
computerandvideogames.com 7/3/2009 — 2-Jul-2009 Valve's Doug Lombardi on the 'quick sequel' Valve's picked up some surprising controversy with the announcement of its quickfire Left 4 Dead sequel, sparking more than 30,000 fans to take to the internet with pitch forks and picket signs ...
G3 Preview: Left 4 Dead 2
gogaminggiant.com 9/16/2009 — When Left 4 Dead 2 was announced back at E3, there was a hugely mixed response. Some were excited to see a new Left 4 Dead installment, and of course, the huge install base that decided to boycott it. Either way, the game is still launching on November 17, just one day short of the [...]
Valve Speaks out re Left 4 Dead 2 with OXCGN-pt 2
oxcgn.com 7/1/2009 — Valve Speaks out re Left 4 Dead 2 with OXCGN-pt 2
“C’mon, c’mon, trust us on this one!”
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© 2009 Aaron Bertinetti.
In Part 1 of my interview with Chet “Mr. Awesome” Faliszek , Writer on Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead ...
Old Left 4 Dead content will work with sequel —
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Valve offer further community promises Valve have assured this afternoon that all user-generated content created for the original version of Left 4 Dead will also work with Valve's eagerly awaited sequel for the game. "For modders, everything ...
Steam aids off-line sales - Valve —
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Lombardi doesn't mind where sales come from Valve marketing man Doug Lombardi has said that Valve's popular promotional Free Weekends on Steam don't just aid digital game sales, they can also give off-line sales a push too. Speaking to GI.biz , ...
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