Left 4 Dead heads to Russia - 4/11/08
Left 4 Dead is heading to Russia and other CIS countries, thanks to a retail publishing deal signed between Valve and Eastern European game publisher Akella. Akella is a 250+ man development and publishing house located in Moscow, Russia with a track record stretching back to 1993 of over 800 games published. Akella has partnered with over 50 other publishers in order to localize games for the Russian-speaking market.
"Akella is thrilled to be able to bring this unique game to Russian speaking territories. We are very excited by all Valve's games and pretty sure of huge success of this new cooperative shooter hit in Russia and CIS countries." said Vladimir Koudr, VP of Publishing at Akella, "Left 4 Dead is already highly expected throughout the world, and Russian FPS players are eager to play this game."
View the full press release here.
Left 4 Dead is now scheduled to release worldwide in Fall 2008, later than the previously stated "late summer".
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