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Left 4 Dead RPS Review Face-Off

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 19, 2008.

You’d have thought with RPS’ extensive Left 4 Dead coverage, we’d have written all pallid, unattractive men could stand to hammer about zombies tearing flesh. And normally you’d be right. But you forgot about the most potent power-up. Money. Lots of Money. And if there’s one thing that RPS is good at, it’s selling our God-given-lack-of talent for a few tiny coins to spend on crisps. Hence Alec and I have bent to the will of our evil corporate paymasters and reviewed it for them. Now, who reviewed it for IGN and who reviewed it for Eurogamer? Guess, before clicking…
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Left 4 Dustbowl

Written by Alec Meer on November 18, 2008.

We had said, amongst ourselves, that we probably had enough Left 4 Dead coverage today already. This one’s just far too epic not to report, though. Via Castle Crecente, it’s Left 4 Dead played happily in Team Fortress 2 maps:

Man! Fast work, modders. There’s safe rooms and everything. It also supports Hl2 maps, apparently - there’s a guide on how to do it yourself here. So, within less than a day, there being only four official L4D campaigns has stopped being a problem. Happy Zombieday!

The Season Of The Witch

Written by John Walker on November 18, 2008.

This is an ode to a strange, huddled creature. A crying, singing, tangle of ragged limbs and ferocious eyes. Terrifyingly deadly, and yet so distressingly vulnerable. Left 4 Dead’s Witch is unparalleled for me amongst all of gaming’s enemies, more frightening and fascinating than any before. She is pure fear.

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Left 4 Dead Is Alive

Written by John Walker on November 18, 2008.

Left 4 Dead has gone live. Anyone who pre-ordered and pre-loaded should find it’s ready to roll. Everyone else should be frantically downloading to catch up.

You can read all our coverage of the game by clicking here, and leap straight to our preview impressions here, here and here.

Left 4 Dead Gold & Pre-Loadable

Written by John Walker on November 14, 2008.

Left 4 Dead has gone gold. Hurrah! A short story, slightly lengthened by letting you know that those who have pre-ordered the game via Steam will be able to begin pre-loading it now, so it’ll be all but ready to go on the 18th November, from 8.01 am GMT (12.01 am EST).

The Witching 168 Hours: Left 4 Dead Demo

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 11, 2008.

The Until-launch Demo’s up for non-preorder users, apparently. Re-start Steam to get it if you can’t see it.

And remember: Don’t Startle The Witch.

RPS Exclusive: Left 4 Dead’s Dead Air Campaign

Written by RPS on November 10, 2008.

So far you’ll have seen details of two of Left 4 Dead’s four campaigns, No Mercy and Blood Harvest. Today we have a world exclusive first look at a third campaign, Dead Air. What follows is a detailed photo “essay” (using that term loosely) of our experience in the campaign - reveling and revealing details from its quiet beginnings to its climactic conclusion (i.e. SPOILERZ). It’s a terrifying journey through a town complex to reach the airport and escape the city. It starts in a shattered commercial greenhouse with a plane going overhead. The team decides to set out and try to get picked up by the military craft…

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Left 4 Dead Demo Contains Playable Infected

Written by John Walker on November 7, 2008.

A couple of interesting hacks have appeared for the Left 4 Dead demo. People have found a way to get at the splitscreen mode, intended only for the 360 version, and more interestingly, how to play as the Infected.

It’s important to note that the latter isn’t a way to get Versus mode in the demo - instead it’s a very choppy console-command-led method that sort of lets you at least experience what it’s like to play as the Infected, albeit in a way that is nothing like the game proper.

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Left 4 Dead Screenshot Galleries

Written by John Walker on November 7, 2008.

Yes yes yes, you said the RPS coverage of Left 4 Dead has so far been the greatest games writing you’ve ever had the good fortune to read, but why haven’t you been able to see an enormous selection of screenshots from the first two campaigns of the game? We heard your cries, and here they are. See below.

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Left 4 Dead Early Access Demo

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 6, 2008.

Those who have pre-ordered Left 4 Dead will hopefully have noticed that the demo’s actually gone live. We only just managed it, as jetlag is preventing me noticing anything other than the taste of tea and Hobnobs. The demo is one and a half maps of NO MERCY - worth noting that the saferoom where it ends is one that’s been added for the demo - the full version of that level is a lot bigger. You can play single-player or co-op, but there’s no access to the versus mode. And everyone else gets a shot on November 11th.

However, it’s not entirely a smooth launch.

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