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Left 4 Dead 3 Needs To Be 'More Than A New City, 4 Characters' - Valve

NowGamer: Valve's Chet Faliszek discusses the future of the Left 4 Dead franchise as well as collaborations and user-generated content for the zombie franchise.

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dedicatedtogamers4236d ago

(get ready to hit disagree!)

I am pretty much done with Valve. They have left their half-life fans in the dirt (y'know, the fanbase that BUILT their company) in favor of releasing another Portal, another L4D, and endless party hats. Nowadays Valve simply finds a community mod they like (Team Fortress, Portal, and L4D were all heavily based on community mods), they polish it up, and then they sell it as a full game.

Dailynch4236d ago

I hit disagree! But that's because I do. I don't think there's anything wrong using community created games as a basis for new products, in fact I think that's the best way to go. Half these Valve community guys operate at a developer level anyway, why not utilise their talents?!!

skyward4236d ago

Harsh, but some truth in what you say. I agree that they seem to be more business than game-focused these days.

All will be forgiven when HL3 does eventually launch - if we're still alive.

aliengmr4236d ago

Leaving their fans in the "dirt" would be Valve telling HL fans that they will not be making HL3. They haven't done that. In fact they have said nothing at all.

The lack of information is frustrating, but that doesn't mean HL3 is not being worked on.

Carl_Shocker4236d ago

New characrers....can't you use the old ones again

I mean after the comic where Bill died can you really believe in the world of L4D they would be safe in Florida. They should meet up with a new character and continue there journey, the originals are always the best, Francis with his sarcastic liners and Zoe with her movie refrences.

You know I doubt they would ever do this but if I was them I would of made the comic non cannon and just a "What if" scenario if the L4D survivors went south instead of norht (where they were orginaly going) meaning they could set the game in Canada, have a new location and Bill would be back. Just seemed a slap to the face to kill Bill off instead of someone like Rochelle, they always said it wasn't about story so why change all of a sudden, I really feel like they tried to kill off the first game as much as they could and killing Bill was the final nail in the coffin.

Hopefully they will consider bringing back Zoe, Francis and Louis.

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN54d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit54d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead54d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica54d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL53d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit53d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper53d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica52d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer54d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit54d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer54d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit53d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff218354d ago (Edited 54d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer54d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff218353d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper53d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal54d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood54d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff218353d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde54d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 Fan Projects Shut Down by Valve Takedowns

Fan projects Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 have shut down after Valve intervened in their development.

-Foxtrot120d ago

First they open Steam up to more AI, now they are shutting down fan projects when at one time they used to support or even give the fans jobs.

Wonder what's going on with Valve at the minute.

rlow1120d ago

@Foxtrot
It’s called money plain and simple.

JEECE119d ago

I mean, that might explain the Team Fortress 2 thing, because Valve might bring that to Source 2 (though I'm not sure I'd bet on that), but I can't see how Portal 64 hurts them. If anything, it's more attention to the Portal and therefore Valve/Steam.

Giblet_Head119d ago (Edited 119d ago )

There's potential that Valve had already planned to bring Source 2 to TF2 officially after Counter Strike 2. It's been getting some renewed attention lately.

Inverno119d ago

You got Nintendo to thank for Portal64 being taken down. As for TF2, most likely it's due to the probability of Valve working on a source 2 port themselves. It's sucks but Nintendo are the biggest pricks in the business and not letting this drag out into a huge court drama is the best decision.

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Valve Opens the Floodgates to Allow More AI Based Games on Steam

Valve has updated its stance on AI games on the Steam storefront, allowing creators to publish AI-created games.

Droppedez119d ago

AI is just another form of slavery for our computer brethren.

Barlos119d ago (Edited 119d ago )

Hell no. I want games that have been made by creative minds who have a passion for their craft, not a bot with a penchant for plagiarism.

BrainSyphoned119d ago (Edited 119d ago )

So instead of paying for an engine and assets to create a game they are paying for an engine and assets to create a game.