Left 4 Dead
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Valve 'accidentally' leaks the earliest Left4Dead prototype, and it was a Counter-Strike mod all along
By Rick Lane published
News Zomb has been planted.
Left 4 Dead could've had player classes—but the game's co-lead put his foot down: 'no, that is the wrong way to go'
By Harvey Randall published
News "I don’t know how many times where I was told to make [Left 4 Dead] more like Alien Swarm."
Left 4 Dead's first internal playtest was so disastrous, Gabe Newell asked its lead: 'Why don't I just play Counter-Strike instead?' then 'made me watch him play it'
By Harvey Randall published
News The game was originally built around four vs. four PvP, but it was "a mess."
Left 4 Dead creator says they got it right in the end because 'Gabe dragged it out of me'
By Rich Stanton published
news "[The game] was college rock bands and getting too drunk so that you’d puke off the side, and it's the greatest time anyone ever had. And I was scared to say that."
Left 4 Dead prototype leaks
By Jody Macgregor published
News A playable version of the Counter-Strike map that inspired the zombie FPS has appeared online.
Well, here's a mod that replaces the Left 4 Dead 2 Charger with Homer in his car
By Imogen Mellor published
News And another for Shaggy from Scooby-Doo.
Gabe Newell once wondered if Left 4 Dead really needed zombies
By Andy Chalk published
news Chet Faliszek says the Valve boss wanted to be sure the makers of L4D "were thinking about this choice and being deliberate."
Left 4 Dead creator on the boom in co-op games: 'There still aren't enough'
By Ted Litchfield published
news The veteran developer also discussed his current project, the D&D-esque Demeo, and how it was inspired by Left 4 Dead's AI Director.
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