Left 4 Dead News

• May 2008
• More L4D from EA in London - 5/6/08
  Three more Left 4 Dead interviews are available from the recent EA Studio Showcase in London.
• IGN Interview, GR Preview - 5/1/08
  IGN has posted a new interview with Valve writer Chet Faliszek and GamesRadar has posted a new Left 4 Dead preview.
• One More Lombardi Interview - 5/1/08
  Luke Guttridge at play.tm interviewed Doug Lombardi about Left 4 Dead, which is to be released the first week of November 2008.
• L4D Lombardi Interview - 5/1/08
  TVG sat down with Valve's marketing man Doug Lombardi to talk about Left 4 Dead.
• April 2008
• L4D Interview with Chet - 4/28/08
  oe Martin over at bit-tech.net was able to corner Chet Faliszek into an interview on Left 4 Dead at the recent Electronic Arts event.
• L4D at EA Studio Showcase in London - 4/25/08
  Left 4 Dead is being shown to the press at the EA Games Studio Showcase in London - L4D is to be released November worldwide.
• Left 4 Dead heads to Russia - 4/11/08
  Eastern European game publisher Akella announced a retail publishing deal with Valve to bring Left 4 Dead to Russia and other CIS countries in Fall 2008.
• March 2008
• RPS L4D Interview with Chet - 3/5/08
  Rock, Paper, Shotgun has posted a new interview with Left 4 Dead developer Chet Faliszek on L4D, TF2, Valve, and Bob Ross.
• New L4D Trailer - 3/1/08
  Gametrailers has posted a brand new Left 4 Dead trailer.
• GT TV and Eurogamer Preview L4D - 3/1/08
  Left 4 Dead was featured on the latest episode of Gametrailers TV, and Eurogamer.net has posted a new preview, interview, and 6 screenshots.
• February 2008
• IGN Previews the Infected - 2/29/08
  IGN has posted a new preview of Left 4 Dead featuring the boss infected side along with 14 new screenshots.
• Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 Revealed! - 2/17/08
  The March 2008 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine features Left 4 Dead on its cover, revealing the Xbox 360 version for the first time.
• CSN L4D Preview Part 2 - 2/7/08
  CS-Nation has released the second part of their Left 4 Dead preview, this time featuring Zips' impressions from his Hospital experience.
• Boss Infected in PC Gamer - 2/5/08
  The boss infected side of Left 4 Dead is featured in the newest issue of PC Gamer.
• CS-Nation Left 4 Dead Preview - 2/5/08
  CS-Nation has just posted the first part of their Left 4 Dead preview, covering the basics of the game including graphics, gameplay, and other areas. Included is the first ever screenshot of the Witch.
• January 2008
• Shacknews Left 4 Dead Preview - 1/17/08
  Shacknews went to Valve HQ to play Left 4 Dead and has written up their thoughts on the game along with two new screenshots.
• Left 4 Dead Wallpapers! - 1/16/08
  Left 4 Dead 411 has put up exclusive high resolution Left 4 Dead wallpapers featuring both the Cornfield and Hospital scenarios.
• X-Play Previews Left 4 Dead - 1/15/08
  G4TV show X-Play previewed Left 4 Dead on their January 15th, 2008 show.
• Left 4 Dead 411's First Birthday - 1/12/08
  Left 4 Dead fansite Left 4 Dead 411 started on January 12, 2007 and is celebrating its first birthday.
• Left 4 Dead on ShackCast 26 - 1/11/08
  Aaron Linde and Chris Faylor from Shacknews played Left 4 Dead and discussed it on the most recent ShackCast.
• L4D to be released in Late Summer - 1/11/08
  Valve has revealed to Shacknews that Left 4 Dead will release for PC and Xbox 360 in late summer, 2008.
• Left 4 Dead on PC Zone Cover - 1/11/08
  UK gaming magazine PC Zone has featured Left 4 Dead on the cover of their February 2008 issue, and have posted their great preview online.
• Valve Acquires Turtle Rock Studios - 1/10/08
  Valve Software has acquired Turtle Rock Studios, developer of Left 4 Dead.
• L4D Video Preview by Gamer.tv - 1/9/08
  Gamer.tv is a weekly gaming magazine show and on their January 5th, 2008 episode had a 3 minute video preview of Left 4 Dead with all new footage.
• Cornfield Screenshots Released! - 1/7/08
  A popular German PC magazine GameStar.de has posted Left 4 Dead screenshots of the Cornfield scenario online.
• December 2007
• Happy Holidays, story update - 12/24/07
  Happy holidays from Left 4 Dead 411! Element118 has completed the next part of his Prelude to Left 4 Dead story, check it out!
• Screenshot and Video Galleries - 12/20/07
  Left 4 Dead 411 now features a screenshot and video gallery. We also now have a "fan fiction" section which will host stories from the community.
• Looking for Testers - 12/7/07
  For people who live near Irvine, California, Valve employee Chet Faliszek has posted on the L4D forums asking for testers.
• November 2007
• Final Two Maps Revealed - 11/27/07
  The final two map settings for L4D have been revealed on page 52 of the new PC Gamer magazine holiday issue.
• Yahtzee Visits Valve - 11/22/07
  Yahtzee, the man behind the great video reviews at Zero Punctuation was invited to Valve where he was shown the city and played some Left 4 Dead.
• October 2007
• GFW Radio L4D Preview - 10/26/07
  GFW Radio's latest podcast discusses Left 4 Dead, revealing some of the first concrete information about one of the other campaigns - the Cornfield level!
• WCG Footage and Impressions - 10/19/07
  Community member Shrubberyjsc returned from the World Cyber Games with 85 minutes of footage and impressions.
• WCG Gamekings L4D Preview - 10/13/07
  Gamekings.tv, a Dutch gaming website, has posted a video of their experiences with L4D from WCG.
• WCG More Booth Pictures - 10/5/07
  A Flickr album has gone up with more than a dozen pictures featuring the Valve booth at WCG. More pictures of the shirts (front and back this time), people playing, workers working, and Chet getting interviewed by Gamekings out of the Netherlands.
• WCG Booth Pictures and T-Shirts - 10/5/07
  Arcadeblender.com has been posting pictures from the World Cyber Games, including two pictures of the Left 4 Dead booth.
• CS-Nation Valve Trip - 10/4/07
  Zips over at CS-Nation recently went on a trip to Valve Headquarters to play the Orange Box games and Left 4 Dead. They have posted the first portion of their previews which included technical information on the engine and some Steam Community bits.
• WCG Booth Sighting - 10/4/07
  GGL Wire is posting plenty of video taken from the World Cyber Games. Part 3, which you can find here, shows a walk-around of the setup that took place yesterday.
• WCG Left 4 Dead Lookout - 10/4/07
  The World Cyber Games start today in Seattle, where Valve will have a Left 4 Dead booth set up for attendees to play.
• September 2007
• Left 4 Dead to be playable at WCG - 9/29/07
  From October 4th through the 7th in Seattle, Valve will have a booth set up at the World Cyber Games with Left 4 Dead on display for all to play.
• Mike Booth Video Interview - 9/10/07
  Gametrailers.com has posted a video interview with Mike Booth, featuring some new footage mixed in with some of their other HD video posted a few days ago.
• Left 4 Dead at EA's Summer Showcase - 9/6/07
  Turtle Rock and Valve were showing off Left 4 Dead at EA's Summer Showcase. IGN and GameSpot have posted coverage from the event.
• August 2007
• Infected video and L4D Preview - 8/26/07
  Gamesarefun.com has posted a preview of Left 4 Dead along with 4 shakycam videos available on YouTube.
• Chet Faliszek Video Interview - 8/15/07
  Gamevideos.com has posted a video interview with Chet Faliszek from QuakeCon 2007.
• QuakeCon Coverage Up - 8/13/07
  With over an hour of video coming from QuakeCon along with all the other goodies, L4D411 has put up a dedicated page to make it easier to find everything.
• GV and GI QuakeCon Footage - 8/10/07
  Gamevideos.com and Game Informer have both posted tons of new L4D footage straight from QuakeCon 2007.
• QuakeCon Links and a new preview - 8/8/07
  Haven't been keeping up with the barrage of information from QuakeCon? Here's links to all released information. Important news: Left 4 Dead will be released in early 2008.
• More Gametrailers.com Videos - 8/7/07
  Gametrailers.com has posted another three Left 4 Dead gameplay videos. These are the best videos to come out of the game so far, as they show from the beginning of the Hospital mission to about halfway through.
• Eurogamer Interview with Chet Faliszek - 8/7/07
  Eurogamer has posted a great two-page interview with Chet Faliszek, Valve's QuakeCon warrior. The article covers many topics, from where they are in development, the Xbox 360 version, Steam Community, post-release content and more!
• Gameplay videos at Gametrailers from QuakeCon - 8/6/07
  Gametrailers.com has just posted two different cam videos going from the beginning to the first checkpoint of the Hospital mission from QuakeCon.
• Videos and interview from GameSpot - 8/5/07
  GameSpot has released a short preview, a video interview with Chet Faliszek and three gameplay videos which feature a new part of the Hospital map.
• Gameplay videos from IGN - 8/4/07
  IGN has posted 4 different minute-long videos of Left 4 Dead in action and also a two page hands-on preview. The videos contain the best audio we've heard from the game so far, including lots of voice communication and zombies.
• IGN and GameSpy from QuakeCon - 8/4/07
  GameSpy has a one-page preview from QuakeCon on Left 4 Dead. They talked about the improved graphics, and particularly the face animations, and IGN also has a short article.
• Left 4 Dead in Early 2008 - 8/3/07
  Another article out of QuakeCon, Gaming Today posted an interview with Mr. Awesome himself, Chet Faliszek. Left 4 Dead will be released in 2008.
• Left 4 Dead HD Video at Shacknews - 8/2/07
  Shacknews just posted a gigantic 300MB HD Video of Left 4 Dead in action from QuakeCon. You can either stream it or download the file from FileShack.
• Exclusive L4D Screenshot - 8/1/07
  Mike Booth, CEO of Turtle Rock Studios, sent L4D411 an exclusive screenshot of Left 4 Dead featuring Zoey holding the hunting rifle.
• July 2007
• Left 4 Dead at QuakeCon 2007 - 7/25/07
  Left 4 Dead, the forthcoming survival co-op game from Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, will be shown at QuakeCon 2007 in Dallas, Texas August 2nd through to the 5th.
• Left 4 Dead featured on G4TV! - 7/10/07
  On tonight's G4TV E3 2007 pre-show coverage they featured Left 4 Dead! Mike Booth was present and gave an interview telling the basics of the game while the infected, zombie-killing goodness ran in the background.
• PC Gamer L4D Showdown LAN Podcast - 7/6/07
  PC Gamer has posted a 10 minute video podcast with the best look at Left 4 Dead so far!
• L4D Gameplay Footage from Showdown LAN - 7/2/07
  A Showdown LAN attendee named Lennox has posted video of the event including never before seen video of Left 4 Dead in action!
• June 2007
• Left 4 Dead Showdown LAN 2007 Analysis - 6/19/07
  Left 4 Dead was playable at Showdown LAN 2007 in San Jose. The LAN is over, and from it we have pictures and opinions from people who had the chance to play it.
• Left 4 Dead to be playable by the public at Showdown LAN 2007 in San Jose! - 6/10/07
  From June 15th to 17th Left 4 Dead will be playable by the public for the first time ever at the San Jose Showdown LAN!
• Mike Booth Interviews - 6/5/07
  GamePro and Gameindustry.biz have both released interviews with Mike Booth, CEO of Turtle Rock Studios.
• May 2007
• Part 2 of our preview is out! - 5/31/07
  After almost 2 months, part 2 of our hands-on preview of Left 4 Dead is out! It's the most in-depth article on playing the Infected side yet.
• Eurogamer Left 4 Dead First Impressions - 5/16/07
  Eurogamer visited Valve to play Left 4 Dead and has brought us all an AMAZING article filled with many quotes from the developers and lots of new Infected information!
• GameSpy Left 4 Dead preview - 5/12/07
  GameSpy just published their impressions of a hands-on playtest of Left 4 Dead. They emphasized the co-op gameplay that L4D offers up and were particularly impressed with how the infected look.
• PC Gamer magazine Left 4 Dead preview - 5/10/07
  PC Gamer magazine has kindly posted their recent playtest of Left 4 Dead on their website. It has more detail than past previews and talks about the infected bosses.
• Shacknews Left 4 Dead preview - 5/1/07
  Chris Remo over at Shacknews took a trip to Valve to play Left 4 Dead and just posted a preview.
• April 2007
• PC Zone Left 4 Dead Article - 4/27/07
  The UK gaming magazine PC Zone had an article about Left 4 Dead in their latest issue and have posted it on their website.
• 1UP Video Preview - 4/20/07
  1UP just posted an AWESOME video preview of Left 4 Dead! GO WATCH IT!
• Shacknews interview and two new screenshots - 4/6/07
  Shacknews just released a new interview with Michael Booth, creator of Left 4 Dead.
• March 2007
• 28 Weeks Later Trailer Released - 3/31/07
  The trailer for the sequel to 28 Days Later has been released.
• New Firingsquad interview with Booth - 3/23/07
  Firingsquad.com has just come out with a brand new interview with Left 4 Dead creator Michael Booth.
• Michael Booth interview - 3/20/07
  While searching around we dug up this old interview with Michael Booth by firingsquad.com.
• New forums! - 3/17/07
  L4D411 would like to introduce you to our brand new forums!
• Eurogamer.net interview - 3/15/07
  Eurogamer.net has a new interview up with Valve's project manager Eric Johnson and marketing manager Doug Lombardi.
• Left 4 Dead 411 new look - 3/10/07
  Left 4 Dead 411 has a completely new look!
• Two new hands-on previews! - 3/2/07
  Both Eurogamer.net and CVG have released hands-on previews of Left 4 Dead.
• February 2007
• 1UP Previews Left 4 Dead - 2/23/07
  1UP has a new preview up. What you really get from this article is the overall feeling and mood of the game, not specifics.
• Nothing happening - 2/13/07
  Just posting so you know we are alive here.. no new information has come out. sadface.
• January 2007
• IGN Hands-on Left 4 Dead - 1/31/07
  IGN has a new hands-on article and two new screenshots of Left 4 Dead.
• Redesign - 1/29/07
  L4D411 has been redesigned.
• VGCore interview - 1/27/07
  VG Core interviewed Michael Booth and got some nice new tidbits of Left 4 Dead.
• Official website shows some love - 1/22/07
  The official website for Left 4 Dead has posted a link to us, describing L4D411 as the first fansite (that makes it official).
• CVG Article - 1/15/07
  CVG released a first look on Left 4 Dead.
• Official Left 4 Dead website online - 1/12/07
  The official website for Left 4 Dead is now up.
• IGN Left 4 Dead Screenshots - 1/12/07
  IGN has added "new" screenshots.. these images appeared in the PC Gamer article but are of much better quality, nothing new is shown.
• Left 4 Dead 411 Online - 1/12/07
  Site should be up and running. Added links to the Links and Media pages to the teaser movie and the excellent Gamespot Q&A.
• Website content done - 1/11/07
  Got the design and the majority of the content done.