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Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 multiplayer demo on its way
by sontabennet on Jul.04, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Rants, Retailers, Video Games
Doug Lombardi has told Joystiq that a multiplayer demo for Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 is planned for both the Xbox 360 and PC. According to Valve’s PR guru, users who pre-order the upcoming zombie survival title at “participating retailers or [via] Steam” will gain “advanced access to the demo,” which will eventually land on both platforms for all users prior to the game’s November 17 launch. Speaking with OXM at a recent London preview event, Lombardi discussed the strength of Left 4 Dead ’s “word of mouth,” which has presumably fueled the need for a demo to the sequel

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Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 multiplayer demo on its way
Readers pick best webcomic: Still a Few Bugs in the System
by galiiosi on Jul.04, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
Virtual Shackles only just appeared on the gaming webcomic scene, but has held its own in every Wrapup it’s appeared on, usually netting one of the runner-up spots. However, their eighteenth strip — a cautionary tale about the dangers of sentient camera peripherals titled ” Still a Few Bugs in the System ” — managed to pull down first place in last week’s WeeWebWrap . Congratulations, VirtShack! (Do you mind if we call you VirtShack? We feel so much closer to you now.) Second place went to GameSpy’s ” The Life Cycle of a Videogame ” (which missed top honors by a mere eight votes!) and Brawl in the Family’s ” The Lesson ,” respectively.

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Readers pick best webcomic: Still a Few Bugs in the System