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Left 4 Dead is Left 4 a Little Longer

Valve, delaying a game? Say it ain’t so. Unfortunately, it is so, as Valve has announced today that Left 4 Dead, their co-op zombie-blasting survival shooter, will be releasing a few weeks later than anticipated. The new release date is set for November 20th, 2008, landing on the 10th anniversary of Half-Life, the game that [...]

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E3 2008: 2 Hands-On with Left 4 Dead

GameCyte had the opportunity to stop by Valve Software’s booth at E3 2008, and escape the humid hellscape of Los Angeles long enough to enter the rotting hellscape of Left 4 Dead. We got some hands-on play experience with Valve’s upcoming co-op horror game, and spent the better part of half an hour trying desperately [...]

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E3 2008: Valve Interview: Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress, Too

Valve's Erik Johnson tells us all about zombies, pyros, and building multiplayer franchises in our in-depth E3 interview.

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E3 2008: Day Zero Wrap-Up

Technically, the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit doesn’t even start until today, Tuesday, July 15th. Yet, here we’ve been, all through Monday, braving the sweltering Los Angeles heat to bring you the first wave of news and promises. GameCyte will be here for the duration, checking in on all your favorites, bringing you updates from [...]

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E3 2008: Choose Your Own Feature

Next week, your faithful GameCyte editors will brave the harsh environs of Los Angeles to attend the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo. We’d say we hope to see you there, but since last year, E3 has instituted a fairly strict “by invitation only” policy, relegating attendance to exhibitors and press. As such, unless you’ve got an [...]

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Valve Introduces Steam Cloud

Ladies and gentlemen, the future of gaming is almost upon us. Yesterday, Valve Software introduced “Steam Cloud,” a set of innovations for its Steam digital-distribution platform that will bring users one step closer to true cloud gaming. Step one? Think Gmail, only for your personal game data.

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