The last-minute visual overhaul of the original Left 4 Dead cast, revealed during EA’s 2008 E3 conference1, came mere months before the November 18 launch date for the game. The changes, though minuscule as well as practically-minded, felt like a crushing blow to some, yet wholly inconsequential to others.
Some players might have missed the debacle …
The recent announcement of further SDK materials being prepared for Team Fortress 2 strongly reminded me of something when Valve’s Mike Booth explained, in the post, that Valve’s primary motivation for the SDK update was to “…make it much easier for … machinima makers to have more control over how characters animate in their movies.”
What …
A new TF2 class video has been released, Meet the Spy. The video appeared on Valve’s YouTube channel a little early ahead of the upcoming Sniper/Spy updates, and was taken down shortly – but not quickly enough for the internet to miss it.
Stuff’s up in the Steam-hood:
Killing Floor, the newest zombie game on the block, is now priced at 17,99€, and is currently selling at a pre-purchase discount of 25%. The UT2k4 version of the ex-modification is still available.
Valve’s Robin Walker admits to Shacknews that the company is “exploring … RPG-style mechanics” with …