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Gabe Newell: Behind Left 4 Dead 2 and Beyond Interview

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  • Posted Oct 29, 2009

We interview Gabe Newell, president and cofounder of Valve. He gives us some insights into what it took to create Left 4 Dead 2 and what's on their minds for the future.

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147 Comments

  • heath005

    Posted Oct 14, 2010 7:55 pm GMT

    Sparky.... the real question is does the 360 have online play?

  • sparky5513

    Posted Sep 5, 2010 6:25 pm GMT

    does the pc version have online play?

  • Wazhai

    Posted Sep 5, 2010 2:56 pm GMT

    Now a year later, we got none of the promised bunch of content, except a few maps L4D2 is getting too.

  • EnDeR2015

    Posted Jul 15, 2010 2:54 pm GMT

    they should port this to ps3

  • skaterdude10012

    Posted Jul 14, 2010 7:42 pm GMT

    oh yah

  • starscreamPL

    Posted Jan 12, 2010 1:32 pm GMT

    is it possible to play this game on xbox xontroller? i just can`t imagine that

  • jara1018

    Posted Jan 12, 2010 7:02 am GMT

    L4D2 is a very similar to original, but it has few perks that make the similar yet different at same time, the new weapons/equipment change this for surviours and new infected change the infected gameplay aswell, those who are constantly crying over this game, shouldn't play it and let its true players and supporters enjoy it.

  • Unheard-Volume

    Posted Dec 29, 2009 3:07 pm GMT

    Where is the "oh so promised" DLC for L4D(1) that they promised us so long ago!

  • Phantsy16 posted Nov 21, 2009 10:04 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Phantsy16

    Posted Nov 21, 2009 10:04 am GMT (hide)

    Thats one good looking fella

  • SoulGamerJames

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 7:28 am GMT

    Why hasn't time travel been patented and given to the people yet? I've been sick and tired from waiting so long for the game, Though the Demo made it a good wait. and now it's down to 14 hours untill Zero Hour(Game launch). Well i know I'm going to have a Marathon of L4D2 for the next week. anyone want to join me?
    "SG James" on Steam.

  • DarkWhoppy

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 7:53 am GMT

    Justinian103, adding to your tid-bit... to play the demo, he must have pre-ordered L4D2.. HA!

    Overall, L4D2 is exactly what we needed. I love being able to blow an arm off and they keep coming. :-) You've got to be crazy not to love a game with excellent replay value. I have played CoD for years... same old experience, over and over. L4D changed that for me.

  • Justinian103

    Posted Nov 9, 2009 6:09 pm GMT

    DJPETTITE for a guy who thinks L4D2 is a complete waste of time and is the same game as L4D, you spend an awful lot of time keeping up with every bit of info that pops up on gamespot about it. And if you thought the demo was nothing more or new your purposely being ignorant or just plain stupid. Any fan of the first game cannot say they aren`t impressed with the way L4D2 looks, plays and feels. They bumped up Source even more, the textures, character models, evironments and lighting look gorgeous. The guns are plenty and modeled beautifully and melee weapons are amazing and add the special layer the first game was sorely missing. And don`t forget the gore engine on the infected, it`s definitely somthing you must see first hand, in a word AWESOME!! Go away already, your fighting a losing arguement.

  • 666NightsInHell

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 7:13 pm GMT

    .. and game is like addon, not the full imdepemdent and new game.. good thing is games from valve is for every1..work on poor systems

  • 666NightsInHell

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 7:11 pm GMT

    Trhis guy from video, include his self in game, he is real zombie, wow.. ofc stolen scenario from first popular zombie movie everithing, evemn black man, who looks sux and not real like puppet in 2nd part, fat like zombie who talk in video

  • DamageIncM

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 3:21 pm GMT

    So, to the people that know the first, I guess this would be an improved version of the first and I wouldn't really have to "go back" to play the first right?
    Especially since it's a different story, or perhaps similar or the same situation only with different characters.

    Well, blasterchief below pretty much points that out.
    But I shouldn't have to go back to the first game anymore if I haven't played it?

    Let me know.


    By the way, I did try the Demo of 2 and I did enjoy it.
    But going back to the first might let me down if it has less features.
    The first was an intriguing concept to me, only the silly crazy shooter-thing to it put me off.
    Now I just tried the Demo for 2 and I really like it for it's craziness and features.
    I don't even want it to become too realistic or anything.

  • dude23md

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 9:25 am GMT

    It's like watching a horror movie again!!! awesome...

  • blasterchief

    Posted Nov 7, 2009 9:45 pm GMT

    Left 4 Dead 2's demo so far has shown Left 4 Dead 1, but greatly improved: that's exactly what a sequel should be. It brings the core gameplay back with plenty of new weapons, infected, and items (Boomer Bile, Defibrillators, and Adrenaline are all fantastic) and it's a whole lot of fun. Left 4 Dead 2 is doing what a sequel should while not screwing up a franchise, some of you still haven't worked that out.

  • evklinken

    Posted Nov 6, 2009 2:14 pm GMT

    I'm not into any of Valve's games but I do think Gabe Newell is a very smart person and Valve seems to hold up pretty well in the anti-L4D2 debate.

  • xtremeflem2day

    Posted Nov 5, 2009 4:21 pm GMT

    @ Bog101:

    Just more jealous wii fanboys =)

  • xtremeflem2day

    Posted Nov 5, 2009 4:18 pm GMT

    I remember when L4D first came out...I didnt like it at first, but once you see some of its great ideas, uniqueness, and required teamwork, you see that valve has got some serious skills.

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