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More Left 4 Dead 2 PS3 Rumors

ConnectedConsoles: I'm sorry to notify you about this, I'm just as fed up as you are over the whole Left 4 Dead 2 PS3 fuss, but once again the game has been listed for the PlayStation 3 at Play.com. This time however, there's a twist. The listing states that the game is coming soon, but not yet in production.

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scruffy_bear6043d ago

CG: Will we end up seeing Left 4 Dead 2 on the PS3? And if not, why not?

CF: Right now we think the 360 and PC offer the best community features for Left 4 Dead 2. Through Xbox Live or Steam gamers can easily connect and play, and playing with your friends is what Left 4 Dead 2 is all about.

Alcohog6043d ago

Stick to the Steam version people, you'll be doing yourself a favor.

davekaos6043d ago

hope they do come to the ps3, really enjoyed left 4 dead on pc via steam

StanLee6043d ago

If it is, Valve has clearly stated, they're not making it.

ThanatosDMC6043d ago

I wonder if it's possible to "copy and paste" maps from L4D2 to L4D...

StanLee6043d ago (Edited 6043d ago )

This is getting ridiculous now. I find it surprising how indulgent fanboys are. How many of you are still waiting for Left 4 Dead on the PS3 which was listed on Play.com last year? I mean come on, listing an item not in production? They may as well list Halo 5 for the PS3. Gabe Newell himself has said Valve isn't working on anything for the PS3. How more definitive does he have to be?

Edit @ Lt._Skittles

Why list a product not in production? Play should also list Agent for XBox 360 as well shouldn't they? Even if Valve partners with EA to bring Left 4 Dead 2 to the PS3, you would assume they would have taken steps to bring the first now wouldn't you?

Edit @ The Wood

Yeah, the MGS4 to XBox 360 rumor mongering was annoying. Even more annoying than these actually. And Left 4 Dead isn't an experience for everyone but it was consistently in the top 10 of most played games on XBL. It's hard to crack the top 5 when you have juggernauts like Halo 3, COD4, World at War, Gears of War 2 and GTAIV.

LtSkittles6043d ago

Just, because Valve said they weren't working on it doesn't mean a third party isn't. I'm sure Valve would be paid for ip, and could work something out maybe with EA since they are getting better at multiplat games. Like I said about Mass Effect "If it comes yay, and if it doesn't oh well."

The Wood6043d ago

if this is pissin u off then the MGS4 to xbox rumours must of made you wanna slit your wrist. For me l4d is really not that great of a game past the 1st week or so. To be fair killzone 2 didnt last more than a month for me so please dont think im just baggin for baggins sake. Your own xbl numbers kinda agree with what im saying

Foliage6043d ago

It can't come to the PS3 without the original. It's kind of hard to play DLC without a game.

Beast_Master6043d ago

Why doesn't Sony just create their own version of L4D? Is this an original idea? Oh wait they did create L4D..Resistance 2 co-op..Just expand the Resistance co-op into a full game, call it something new and 'bam there it is!'

slayorofgods6042d ago

3rd parties making games for a single platform is like an endangered species. In this day and age if a company isn't talented enough to double their income by figuring out two different consoles, then they are still a minor league company and probably will eventually get absorbed by a bigger company that is more capable of doing this.

Making L4D2 on the PS3 is a pretty simple smart business choice if you are Valve.

cRaZyLeGs 936042d ago

Doesn't deserve to go on PS3 after they bashed it so much. They can get it on PC, where it belongs. That saying I have the 360 version.

sikbeta6042d ago

For all the Valve fanboys because is exclusive for xbox

You do know Valve develop the games and EA can publish it by making a port, right?

If is not already happen, is because of some deal with M$, EA and Valve, but EA goes for the money, well, BAM there it is! ---> the explanation

bruddahmanmatt6042d ago

Are other PS3 gamers out there really that hard up for the L4D franchise? I know I'm not. Perhaps it's just the fact that there are so many superior First, Second and Third party shooters available on the PS3, but I've never thought that L4D was THAT good. I can honestly say that I'd be excited if Alan Wake, SC: Conviction or even ME2 were to make it to the PS3...but L4D? Heck I'd take Halo over L4D.

Pandamobile6042d ago

Valve has to consent to the port though. After what EA did to the Orange Box on PS3, I doubt Gabe will let that happen.

cyberwaffles6042d ago

personally i don't care. left 4 dead was more of a rental to me than anything else. i still think l4d should've passed off as an xbl arcade game for 40 bucks or so.

Pandamobile6042d ago

Find some friends that play it. Me any my friends play it about 3 times a week. For the $45 I spent on it when it first released, I sure got my money's worth.

Lykon6042d ago

if your able to post to this forum , you will be able to play left for dead , full detail on your pc, it even runs on the 360 if you have one that still works.

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Alcon Caper6043d ago

Why has MS been so quiet lately? They usually have big news to look forward to but the last couple of months have been completely silent...

I know they have something up their sleeve, but I'm getting impatient.

Meanwhile, Sony seems to be getting the upper hand with UC2 and Netflix streaming... I wonder when MS will hit back?

LtSkittles6043d ago

I would rather see L4D first, and then L4D 2 on the PS3. I love me some Zombies. I would like to see what happens in the first game even though I know the game is built around playing with other people.

mastiffchild6043d ago

What happens? Nothing happens really and the mods and PC community are easily the greatest long term thing about L4D(and also why with L4D2 still having no real SP mode doesn't excite me that much over what's already available through the PC L4D community-some new enenies and players skins? When you can get a million mods for new places what's the big deal worth full retail price?)so unless a PS3 L4D(2) followed UT3 example and allowed the majority of what's available on PC I don't see the point.

I doubt Valve would show MS and their console support up by allowing that and as the console version just isn't the same game without the PC stuff a PS3 version of either game without it would be a pretty poor relation-and even poorer than the 360 ones as you'd have had to wait for a sub PC featured game at full cost!

As for needing L4D1, however, you wouldn't as there's no great story there or understanding to be gained from the (I can only call it a training mode really)"SP campaign" in any way at all. It's JUST about shooting zombies with your mates(or being zombies etc)and as such, to me at least(and esp on 360 with no mod support and inferior official support to PC AND having to pony up for Live to boot)it's an online only hame with little out of the box content and should be priced accordingly-like Warhawk was perhaps? At least it should if you don't get PC extras as I bought my L4D PC through Steam like many did at half price over one of Valves weekend deals. So, again as this will happen with number two as well,the 360 version is dearer, less good looking, no mouse support, less Vavle support and no mod support. If any PS3 version followed the 360 version in terms of content I'd leave well alone as it's less than half the game it is on PC and for, esp when you know you'll get a cheap weekend deal soon enough on steam, sometimes twice the cost!

I just cannot recommend it even to console gamers without a gaming/good enough PC as it's just so inferior to what you get on PC and isn't priced accordingly but is priced like a game with real SP and FULL online support and, being honest, on console, so far, it hasn't been that. £45/$60 bucks for a criminally dumbed down/sparsely filled package with little to no support? Not this time round(got both last time to play with some mates on Live and sold 360 version after realising I'd been had)unless they release a version on PS3 or 360 with something like the full set of options that PC gamers get The convenience of console gaming is worth something but comes nowhere near making up for the shortfall with L4D to me and many, many others who played both versions.

Be careful what you wish for but if they did a PS version in a similar vein to what they did for UT3 then maybe-but I can't see Valve allowing Sony customers and better deal than MS ones got on 360 even if most problems are caused by their download limits and not liking much free DLC at all! That would be like Gabe siding WITH Sony;)

So L4D2 on PC? Yes!And get a deal after the inevitable free trial weekends on Steam too!On 360? If the support is as crap as last time and the price as inflexably high? Not something I'd advise unless you're really a desperate fan of the games and can't afford a PC to run the game(which, face it, is NOT a dear PC to own!)OR have money to burn. Literally. And if you already own the 360 L4D? No again as it's not much different, imo, from the first and therefore represents even worse value-even if 360 gamers are desperate for a few different skins and backgrounds by now! Really, L4D is a great PC game with a great community of modders AND gamers and it's just a good but very poor value 360 online shooter.

Maybe I'm being harsh as I had the PC game first but I just can't get over the fact that, even at full price on PC, 360 gamers pay a lot more for a lot less(mods, support for community) and what they do get neither looks nor plays as well even if it IS still a class act is it really a full enough package to warrant that full retail price tag-and that's without thinking whether they even SHOULG be releasing a sequel so soon with little chance of improving the tech of it at all.

Can't see a PS3 version, mind, as without the PC stuff you're paying more than PC fo less AND getting into it late! Also, I see no way of Valve offering a better service to PS3 gamers than MS has allowed on 360 and if they didn't ould it be wiorth it with so many other games out or coming soon that will give full features and be better value. Toy'd ve, like on 360, paying full for an online only game that without PC add ons is a short lived rush as opposed to a longer term lazer guided wonder which it is on PC.

Sorry for moaning on but I REALLY felt a little conned(and I never felt like Valve had conned me before-not personally)after getting the 360 game and finding the pitfalls so deep and joy killing. I duppose if you only ever played the 360 version and closed your eyes and ears to the PC fun on offer you could justify it better as it's still a quality laugh with mates. Thing is I just can't se it as anything other than an overpriced and VERY poor relation-and a such just a way of milking 360 gamers. Well, that's how I feel about my experiences with both versions.

Dead_Cell6043d ago

Well it doesn't but I've always wanted an excuse to say that.

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Top Horde Shooters Your Squad Should Play

The Guide Hall explores the top horde shooters that co-op fans should be playing this year before the upcoming launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2!

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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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GamerRN787d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit787d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead787d 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

TheEroica787d ago

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

BISHOP-BRASIL787d ago

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

S2Killinit787d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash787d ago (Edited 787d ago )

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

StormSnooper787d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica785d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer787d 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

S2Killinit787d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer787d ago

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

S2Killinit787d ago

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

shinoff2183787d ago (Edited 787d 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.

Friendlygamer787d 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

shinoff2183787d 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)

StormSnooper787d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal787d 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.

TwoPicklesGood787d 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.

shinoff2183787d ago

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

DarXyde787d 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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Valve Made Left 4 Dead 2 Because The First Game Was A Broken Mess

Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."

ZycoFox899d ago

And then couldn't be arsed to make a third game.

If they can add a lot more stuff to a 2nd game in just 1 year why didn't they make a third game a few years later with tons of stuff extra? Because that shows they could've.

I know Source 2 was kind of broken and was a reason they cancelled L4D3 but it seems wasteful to just toss it away.

Don't know what Valve were thinking.. it's like nobody wanted to fix the issues to get going. They certainly aren't the Valve of 2004 that released fun games with pretty cutting edge graphics.

cthulhucultist897d ago

Valve is allergic to number 3 it seems. It would be easier for them to release a Left 4 Dead 2.5 enhanced version instead of releasing a game with "3" slapped on its title.

rakentaja897d ago

They stopped making games a long time ago. Steam brings in so much money that it's really not worth the effort. Nowadays, people only look for faults in games, and spend more time whining on Twitter/X than playing the game anyway. Valve says a big fat no-no.

anast897d ago

Value is the Blockbuster of video games. They have no need to invest in deving a game, when they can make handfuls of cash renting them.

-Foxtrot899d ago

What are they talking about? Seemed pretty alright to me at launch it just wasn't supported the way Valve promised us

They should have just worked on a revamp / massive update to the game but they didn't they jumped straight to a sequel with brand new characters despite having some sort, if small, story about where the original survivors were heading.

I didn't care for the direction they took the sequel, the original games tone and atmosphere was missing in the second game and is still unmatched. Daytime levels, more whackiness, melee weapons where you could attack a Tank with a frying pan...just wasn't the same to be honest and the new survivors just didn't hold up the originals.

Here's my speculation. I think they did a sequel because they didn't want to update a game co-developed by Turtle Rock, they wanted the franchise to be known as a Valve game only and knew if they updated the first one Turtle Rocks name would still linger on it.

shaenoide897d ago

I want broken games like L4D all day long...

GhostScholar897d ago

Well the first game was by far the best

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