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	Left 4 Dead 2 Available for Pre-Order Now Posted @ 10:41 AM, October 2 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Left 4 Dead 2 You can now pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam and from participating retailers and be a part of some special incentives Valve have given to those pre-ordering. Starting now, those who pre-order L4D2 from participating retailers (PC, Xbox 360) or via Steam (PC) will receive early access to the Left 4 Dead 2 demo (currently targeted for October 27th) plus an exclusive in-game item - the American baseball bat, one of the 10 new melee weapons included in the game. Also Steam and participating retailers are offering a 10% savings to those who pre-order. So after the discount L4D2 will be £26.99 / $44.99. Click here to pre-order now.


	Community Pays to Fly Gabe to Australia Posted @ 11:30 AM, October 1 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Left 4 Dead Gabe will soon be on his way down under after an entertaining email exchange with mod maker Joe W-A. The fund-raising began after Joe heard that Newell had recently flown the leaders of a gaming community group boycotting Valve's upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 to Valve's Seattle, WA headquarters. Joe emailed to ask if Newell would fly him to Seattle so Joe could show him his mod. Gabe playfully replied that he wouldn't fly Joe to Seattle because he was "boycotting" Joe's mod. The Australian-based game designer appealed to the game community for $3,000-the funds necessary to fly Newell halfway around the world-and raised the money in less than 48 hours. "The power of the gaming community and their ability to rally around a cause - be it serious or fun in nature - is amazing. In 2003, the community helped the FBI and European law enforcement officials find the people who stole the Half-Life 2 source code. This year, the community is putting me on a plane to the other side of the world to meet Joe W-A and see his MOD. It's going to be a fun trip." Erik Johnson will be accompanying Gabe to stop him getting eaten by spiders during their trip next week. All news on the trip will be posted on the L4D blog. Check out the blog site used to raise the funds for this project!


	Left 4 Dead Mod – Cold Case Part I Posted @ 10:11 PM, September 30 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Left 4 Dead What You Have Been Missing: Cold Case pits the survivors in yet another scenario. Their ride to safety has mysteriously crash landed on a remote island somewhere in the north western United States. After hours of waiting, they decide they are the only four survivors from the terrible crash, and they need to find help. However, quickly they realize there is something terribly wrong with this place. The survivors must traverse a large and expansive island. Their goal? To meet up with fellow survivors and get to the only known safe zone; a small military base located on the opposite shore of the island. Only there can they finally find the salvation they desperately are searching for…. or will they? During their journey, the survivors solve many strange mysteries that surround them. Why did their transport suddenly crash? Why are the infected on this island so quickly mutating? Who is The Mayor, and what role does he play on this island? Who is Agent Orange? It is up to them to find the clues and escape from the infested island. Upgrades Expect to spend your time hunting for the upgrade tables. By doing so you can upgrade different things about yourself. Between accuracy, speed, and revival amounts you will need them to survive. Storyline Expect a rich and detailed storyline featuring numerous recordings by voice actors (and myself). MASSIVE CONTENT! 36 maps in total! 6 full map campaign featuring hours of game play 10 survival maps with dynamically changing atmospheres. Hold some points while waves of infected tear it down, while others force you to run for your life to get to better positions. 2 separate 5 map versus campaigns. Cold Case: Covert Operations, and Cold Case: The Forsaken Each feature their own cooperative and versus maps! From October 1st to October 9th , anybody who (Cold Case) pre-registers for the event will be automatically placed in a drawing for some great prizes! Currently up for grabs are some fantastic custom-made t-shirts and 24X36 posters! I will be giving away four of each on October 9th in a random drawing to anybody who pre-registers. This is the first of four prize give-aways I will be holding. If you had already pre-registered, you will be automatically entered to win the following weeks prizes! I will be setting up a table at GAMEX, (www.gamexpo.com), this year. I will be showcasing the campaign, and allowing people interested to get a sneak peek of the entire package! This will include the survival maps, Cold Case: Covert Operations, and Cold Case: The Forsaken. I will also be selling tickets, and some extra computer cases at the event! If you are interested in playing the campaign before it is made public, head on over to my table! I will be located in the artists section in the back of the convention.


	Left 4 Dead Update Released Posted @ 11:21 PM, September 29 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead A small Left 4 Dead update has been released earlier today which will be downloaded automatically when your Steam client is restarted. Made the variable "mp_gamemode" available again. Note that you can also load maps directly with different game modes by specifying it in the map command. For example, "map l4d_garage01_alleys versus" will set mp_gamemode versus for you automatically and load the first map of Crash Course Added "mm_dedicated_force_servers" to allow specification of a list of dedicated server addresses manually used for searching (ms_force_dedicated_server is depreciated) Updated shared libraries and DLLs preventing dedicated servers listing correctly, appearing on Steam groups, and being found via sv_search_key


	Crash Course PC Version Out Now, Save 50% on Left 4 Dead Posted @ 12:16 PM, September 29 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead The second downloadable content for Left 4 Dead - Crash Course is now available on Steam. You will get the update automatically when your Steam client is restarted. To celebrate this release, Left 4 Dead (PC) is available via Steam for 50% off its regular its regular price thru Oct 1, that's $14.99. While containing both Survival maps and a Co-operative Campaign, the primary goal of "Crash" is to deliver a complete Versus mode experience in just 30 minutes, resulting in a streamlined version of the game's existing Versus campaigns. A recharge timer for infected teammates has also been added, and item spawn behavior has changed for more balanced gameplay.


	Left 4 Dead Crash Course Now Available on Xbox Live Posted @ 7:53 AM, September 29 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead The new Left 4 Dead DLC - Crash Course now has landed on Xbox Live and now available for download. The new DLC brings new single-player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay, taking place between the end of the "No Mercy" and the beginning of "Death Toll" campaigns. Crash Course costs 560 ms points (free on Steam) and weights 84 MB. Left 4 Dead's Crash Course starts with our Survivors right after their rescue helicopter from the No Mercy campaign crash lands on the outskirts of town. This two chapter campaign includes Co-op, Survival and Versus action, and ten new achievements. There are no refunds for this item. The Steam version should be released for free later tonight.


	Counter Strike 2 ‘Never Really Got off the Ground’ Posted @ 5:46 PM, September 28 2009, By: Evo In Counter-Strike Counter Strike creator Minh Le has revealed to IGN that when he joined Valve he worked on several Counter Strike titles, including Counter Strike 2. However development "never really got off the ground, the project ended up being put on the shelf." Minh is now working on a game called Tactical Intervention which looks to be the type of game Minh wanted Counter Strike to eventually become. He told IGN: "I enjoyed Counter-Strike, but I wanted to have my own game. I was never able to put in all the cool features I wanted because the people who played Counter-Strike would [complain] about all the changes. They liked the game as it is." To find out more about Tactical Intervention and what Minh Le thinks about the classic game head over here.


	Left 4 Dead 2 Ratings Update Posted @ 5:47 PM, September 24 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Left 4 Dead 2 An update from Doug on Valve's progress towards acquiring ratings for L4D2 has been released. The majority of the globe have rated the game already, with the United Kingdom and New Zealand still in progress and expected in a few days. Meanwhile, the ruling in Australia from the OFLC has been appealed by Valve. Below is the progress so far... Completed PEGI (continental Europe) - 18+ ESRB (North America) - M CERO (Japan) -Z (corresponds to Mature in US) IFCO (Ireland) - Approved the title for classification. USK (Germany) - 18+ Singapore - Mature 18 FPB (South Africa) - 18+ KGRB (Korea) -18+ Pending OLFC New Zealand - In progress. BBFC (UK) - In progress. OFLC Australia - Refused to rate on September 19. Appealed September 23. So a full 2 days since the appeal, hopefully we will hear some progress on the situation in Australia soon. More when we know.


	Hey, Do You Wanna Kill Teletubbies? Posted @ 11:43 PM, September 23 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead Ever sat down with your nephew while he's watching this show about big, round, brightly colored, annoying creatures known as The Teletubbies? Don't you wanna kill them? and empty your M16 rifle on their heads? and throw 10 Molotovs and watch them burn slowly to their painful yet satisfying death? Well, it's your chance to do so thanks to this mod made by flameknight7 that changes all the common infected to Teletubbies. The complete package comes with a sound mod and you hear the zombies saying "Eh oh" and at the end of a round, listen to the music. You can watch them die here or start killing them yourself here. Let the Teletubby slaughtering begin.


	LEGO My Fort! Posted @ 4:49 PM, September 23 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community One of the many new aspects of HalfLife2.net is to show off the community aspect of amazing gamers out on the web. So today I bring you Lego's and Team Fortress 2. LEGO My Fort! The amazing video is hitting the world wide web like a Lego storm. Since many gamers love Team Fortress 2 and Lego's why not make a video of it and let the many sites that cover video games post it up on the news section and promote it for you. Job well done Migor1989!


	Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Coming October 27 Posted @ 10:18 AM, September 23 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead 2 According to Game.co.uk the promised demo version of Left 4 Dead 2 will be available to preorder customers on 27th October, up until 10th November when the public have access. Customers who have already preordered this product will also receive the bonus item. Your codes will be emailed in advance of the demo which will be available to preorder customers on 27th October. The demo will be exclusive to preorder customers up until 3rd November when Xbox Live Gold Members can join and 10th November when Silver Members will have access. Please ensure that the email address in Your Account is valid.


	Left 4 Dead Crash Course Campaign – September 29th Posted @ 2:27 AM, September 23 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Left 4 Dead Doug Lombardi has sent out a press statement this morning confirming that Crash Course, the second downloadable content (DLC) update for L4D will be made available worldwide on September 29th on Xbox 360 and PC. Crash Course delivers new single-player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay to both platforms, and bridges the gap between the end of the "No Mercy" campaign and the beginning of "Death Toll" in the original game. While containing both Survival maps and a Co-operative Campaign, the primary goal of Crash Course is to deliver a complete Versus mode experience in just 30 minutes, resulting in a streamlined version of the game's existing Versus campaigns. A recharge timer for infected teammates has also been added, and item spawn behaviour has changed for more balanced gameplay. Please note that this DLC will be available for free to PC, but will be 560 Gamer points ($7) on Xbox Live.


	Team Fortress 2 Blog Update: Guard Dog Posted @ 8:20 PM, September 21 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Team Fortress 2 It all started yesterday on the Steampowered forums where a member created a fake TF2 update introducing the 10th class, a guard dog. This hilarious fake update page shows a BLU & RED dog with a mobile sentry gun on it's back, as well as abilities such as being a jarate dispenser. Check it out here, woof woof. Team Fortress fans have fell in love with the guard dog idea and now Valve have commended the idea on the TF2 blog with a thumbs up from Saxton Hale himself. G'Day, Inventor; Thank you for your submission of #1308 - "Guard Dog". First off, let me commend you for your ingenuity with regards to the item you invented. Your application is pending. Watch your mailbox because we will evaluate your invention and get back to you. I look forward to working with you in the future. Sincerely, Saxton Hale.


	Gordon Freeman Needs You! Posted @ 11:42 AM, September 21 2009, By: Ennui In Half-Life 2, News When Gamespot's current Greatest Video Game Hero contest was first mentioned on our community forums, I ignored it. Gordon Freeman was matched against Snake of the Metal Gear Solid series and trailing by tens of thousands of votes, a slump that at the time seemed overwhelming to me. No way could the illustrious Gordon Freeman compete against Snake and his console fanboy hordes, especially not when already lost in his dust as the unfortunate mouth of Pac-Man in the vote's pie chart. I was wrong. Today I stumbled across the competition again after checking an email in the news inbox about it, and was stunned by what I found. Despite being down by a huge amount, right now Gordon Freeman has 49.9% of the vote, trailing his adversary Snake by only a touch over 100 votes, with nearly 80,000 votes total. I couldn't let it lie - while a news post on Halflife2.net isn't close to sufficient to make up a 10,000 vote deficit, a couple hundred is nothing, and as we here on the staff are honor bound to serve the One Free Man, I had no choice but to post it. So head on over to the Gordon vs Snake voting page, and let's help our hero get to the next round of competition.


	Korsakovia Mod Released Posted @ 6:57 PM, September 20 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Mods Korsakovia is a mod by The Chinese Room team, who were also responsible for the well acclaimed mod Dear Esther. Just like DE, Korsakovia is a frightening survival horror mod and is about delusion, paranoia and the end of the world. It is based around the simple question - what happens if you turn off the visual representation of agents, the normal cues players use to predict behaviour and motive? Around this experiment, Korsakovia mixes the abstract story-driven experience of Dear Esther with more traditional gameplay. The result is a survival horror FPS that will trap you in the splintering fragments of a destroyed mind. Resolution Magazine has published their thoughts after an early playtest, but you can download the mod here.


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