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Dolla Dolla on 23 May 2008

Shack: What's the current state of development on Left 4 Dead?

Doug Lombardi: So the game is pretty much playable all the way through right now. And as we've done with most of our games, we get to a point where, it's playable all the way through, there are some [minor] issues that we need to work on, and we try to add more time to the schedule to have as many people as possible play the game, to make sure that it's approachable to players of all skills. We want to make sure that all the game that we've built gets played, not just be like, "Okay, it's complete, let's ship it."

For example, Half-Life 2 was pretty much done in April of 2004, and we spent the rest of that year just looking at pacing, and looking at approachability, and making sure the easy setting was easy enough, etc. So we're in a pretty similar state right now, with it being, what, early May, and we're looking at the same time frame--November--for shipping.

 

So we're going to be spending a lot of time just bringing it to events like this, taking it to Quakecon and Leipzig, and just getting as many people's hands on it as possible to make sure that it's playing right and that it's fun, and that the group dynamics are showing up and are visible to people.

Shack: It's going to ship simultaneously on the Xbox 360, right?

Doug Lombardi: 360 and PC worldwide in November.

Shack: I heard you might launch it with a free weekend?

Doug Lombardi: We're kicking around a lot of ideas now and nothing's final.

http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=874

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DMeisterJ on 23 May 2008

I keep on confusing Left 4 Dead and Alone in the Dark.



BenKenobi88 on 23 May 2008

Haha. I knew about this already...I think there was a similar article before that either officially said November or something.

It sucks but it's to be expected.

I'm still hoping for Sept/Oct or at least a beta or...something.



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mrstickball on 23 May 2008

Sounds like they want the November prime-time slot.

Now the 360 has 2 huge shooters this fall in GOW2 and L4D. AWesome.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

Strategyking92 on 23 May 2008

lol resistance 2, killzone 2 ;against left4dead and GoW2



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SpartanFX on 23 May 2008

I just don't get left 4 dead ,,,,Honestly from the graphics point of view it looks like a PS2/Xbox game.the gameplay is also what we have seen millions of times,,,,,well co-op zombie shooting is fun but the setting and the environment and graphics are not on par with Gears of war at alllll.

I honestly think if it has to compete with gears 2 it will get crushed.(both are co-op shooters ,,,one with excellent production value and one with last gen graphics/gameplay)



 

 

 

Squilliam on 23 May 2008

Valve are the gameplay Knights, Nintendo are kings but Valve does a great job too.



Tease.

Kasz216 on 23 May 2008

Free Weekend? What's that mean?



thekitchensink on 23 May 2008

It means a free weekend of Xbox Live.

And to those who say Left 4 Dead is nothing new, read the actual previews. It isn't done justice at ALL by short synopses. It most definitely NOT just '4 guys running around shooting zombies'. You're less of a hardened fighting team and more like a ragtag group of '28 Weeks Later' refugees, and it SHOWS! GODDAMMIT I WANT THIS GAME!!!!!!!!



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Rock_on_2008 on 23 May 2008
Strategyking92 said:
lol resistance 2, killzone 2 ;against left4dead and GoW2

November Releases: Left 4 Dead + Gears of War 2 V's Resistance 2.

KZ2 has been delayed and will appear Feb 2009.