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What Made Left 4 Dead Special, According To The Devs Making Games Like It

Left 4 Dead is a trailblazing game still remembered fondly today. GameSpot spoke with several teams making games like it to try and figure out what makes it timeless.

Gabe Newell Didn't Want Left 4 Dead To Have Zombies

Left 4 Dead almost didn't have zombies in it.

Telltale's The Walking Dead Could Have Been A Left 4 Dead Side Story

A new documentary about the creation of Telltale's The Walking Dead reveals what could have been.

Best Zombie Games Of All Time

While many games' use of the walking dead is uninspired, there are those that address zombies in brilliant, surprising, and terrifying ways.

Dead By Daylight Gets Left 4 Dead Story Content In New DLC

Dead By Daylight's latest horror game crossover is now live.

"Cut" Left 4 Dead Character Inspires Fan Art After Wiki Vandalism

The nonsensical creation of a Left 4 Dead wiki vandal has resulted in viral fan art and a Discord server due to its strange nature.

Half-Life 3's Original Pitch Was For A Procedurally-Generated Rogue-Lite

Through many iterations on the sequel, Valve took inspiration from Left 4 Dead for one idea that nearly stuck.

Get All Of Valve's Classic Games For Incredibly Cheap Right Now

If you wanted to revisit Valve's past after Half-Life: Alyx, then now is an excellent time to do so.

Left 4 Dead Is "Absolutely" Not Being Worked On At Valve

The series was used for some early Source 2 testing, but hasn't seen any development since.

Duke Nukem Developer Also Almost Made An Aliens Shooter Like Left 4 Dead

As the dust settles from Disney's acquisition of Fox, another developer has detailed their now cancelled plans for an Aliens game before the deal went through.

Left 4 Dead Creator Announces New Co-Op Zombie Game

The studio that made the popular co-op zombie shooter is back at it, and it say the team has ten years of fresh ideas stored up.

Half-Life, Portal Writer Erik Wolpaw Still Working With Valve

Erik Wolpaw, who wrote Half-Life 2, Portal, and Left 4 Dead, continues to work with Valve, but only in a contractor capacity.

Four More Games Get Xbox One X-Enhanced

Four of Valve's games--Portal: Still Alive, Half Life 2: The Orange Box, Left 4 Dead, and Left 4 Dead 2--are now Xbox One X-enhanced.

Evolve, Left 4 Dead Dev Making a Dark Fantasy Co-Op Shooter

Turtle Rock partners with Perfect World for a co-op FPS with a dark fantasy feel to it.

Unfinished Left 4 Dead Campaign Level Released for Free

"Dam It" is the new chapter that stitches together the Dead Air and Blood Harvest campaigns.

These Five Xbox One Backwards-Compatible Games Coming Today

Left 4 Dead is one of the five new 360 games coming to Xbox One today.

Former Evolve Community Manager Shares His Side of the Story

Josh Olin recalls the events surrounding his termination from Turtle Rock Studios in 2014.

Left 4 Dead's Survivors Join Another Zombie Game on Steam

Zombie Army Trilogy now sports eight new characters.

GameSpot Trivia: Name that Zombie Video Game

Test your Zombie knowledge by yourself or against a friend!

Meet the survivors of Left 4 Dead's arcade game

Left 4 Dead Survivors still takes place in the United States, but features mostly Japanese survivors.

Left 4 Dead 3 in development and "looks great," Counter-Strike co-creator says

Minh Le goes on to say that he's seen Half-Life 3 concept art and that it's public knowledge that Valve is working on that game.

Left 4 Dead Survivors gets a first trailer

It’s 4 versus 1000 in Japanese arcades.

Community manager fired after controversial tweets about embattled NBA owner Donald Sterling

Josh Olin relieved of his position at Left 4 Dead and Evolve studio Turtle Rock after calling the disgraced NBA owner a "victim."

New Left 4 Dead in the works, but it might not be the one you're hoping for

Left 4 Dead Survivors being specifically designed for Japanese arcades.

Left 4 Dead creators tease news for PS4, Xbox One, and PC game Evolve

First look at 4v1 team-based shooter Evolve may come on February 11, according to cryptic trailer.

Former Steam exec joins Microsoft

Valve veteran Jason Holtman to work on "making Windows a great platform for gaming"; has been leading digital distribution platform for eight years.

Left 4 Dead 3 listing spotted during Valve office tour

Members of the Dota 2 subreddit stumble upon a Valve project tracker referencing Left 4 Dead 3 and Source 2.

Left 4 Dead 2 Mod Live Stream - Dinosaurs All Up in My Helm's Deep

It's an army bred for a single purpose: to destroy the world of DINOSAURS.

Left 4 Dead series sales hit 12 million

Valve writer confirms zombie shooter series sales across first and second installment; Left 4 Dead 3 possible for "sometime down the road."

Payday: The Heist - Left 4 Dead crossover in the works

Overkill Software confirms studio working with Valve on a mystery "in-depth collaboration" for robbery title and zombie shooter.

Steam forum hackers gain access to information

Valve confirms this week's security breach potentially exposed encrypted credit card numbers, passwords, addresses, more.

Valve teams with Dark Horse for comic - Report

Gamemaker working with publishing giant for Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories due out November 16.

E3 2011: Valve playing with NECA

National Entertainment Collectibles Association announces agreement with Portal, Half-Life maker for toys, action figures, board games, accessories, and apparel from studio's stable of IP.

Left 4 Dead creators ink THQ deal

Publisher continues core-gaming push by signing Turtle Rock Studios' next project, due in 2013; title to have multiplayer emphasis.

Valve deals at Malaysian event

Counter-Strike tournament also held at Game and Art Festival.

Reality Check: No Country for Mortal Kombat

Censorship is everywhere, not just in Australia.

Valve more profitable per employee than Google, Apple

Near-billionaire Gabe Newell discusses his privately held developer's finances with Forbes; Steam controls 50 to 70 percent of PC online market.

Forbes lists Gabe Newell as a 'name you need to know' in 2011

Financial magazine's crowd-sourced list of candidates to make massive impacts in next year features Valve CEO in recognition of Steam's hold on PC digital distribution.

30 million Steam-ed

Valve's digital distribution service hits new milestone on the back of 178 percent user growth; unit sales spike 200 percent in last 12 months.

Both Left 4 Dead games making The Sacrifice Oct. 5

Valve's original survival horror shooter and 2009 sequel updated with add-on next month; free on PC, $7 on Xbox 360.

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