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In an unlikely licensing twist, eighties synth-pop survivors Depeche Mode are collaborating with Valve on Left 4 Dead 2.
Kotaku asked Valve's Chet Faliszek about it after spotting that new character Rochelle was wearing a Depeche Mode t-shirt.
Faliszek explained that Valve had contacted several bands and record labels with a view to referencing them in its co-op survival horror sequel, and that Depeche Mode had been "very free" with letting the developer use its likeness, audio recordings and t-shirts in the game.
There's no word on whether the collaboration will extend beyond a bit of retro fashion, although we do find the idea of slaughtering Infected in the streets of New Orleans to the sound of Personal Jesus strangely compelling.
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giant_frying_pan
28/07/09 @ 08:37
+6
First Elbow in the L4D trailer and now Depeche Mode in L4D 2. Two quality bands - Valve South has good taste!
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ChthonicEcho
28/07/09 @ 08:37
+1
I'll most likely be the only one to not like this and get a double digit minus score on my post.
I like it when there are subtle references to the real world in games, but... I don't know. I'll have to wait and see. |
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kinky_mong
28/07/09 @ 09:00
+5
Dave Gahan would be an ideal zombie considering he's come back from the dead once already.
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frostcircus
28/07/09 @ 09:02
+2
Instant purchase if the dialogue is peppered with incessant lyrics-quoting
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kangarootoo
28/07/09 @ 11:33
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@ChthonicEcho
It barely gets more subtle than a band appearing on the t-shirt of a game character, surely? Band shirts exist in real life, so its hardly out of place. |
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makeamazing
28/07/09 @ 12:04
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This is so "Wrong".... :)
yay this might actually might make me buy it sooner than waiting for the price to decrease alot first.... Depeche are great. Shame they dont get the music credit they deserve from the uk press :( |
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General_Zod
28/07/09 @ 12:59
+1
I have often wondered what it would be like being a survivor in a zombie apocalypse, we live in such a loud and busy world it would be strange with nothing going on, I wonder if I would enjoy the silence.
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LeeroyJenkins
28/07/09 @ 13:06
+1
Had a crap versus game last night, team mates were rubbish, I hope they... never let me down again.
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TSYNDMonkfish
28/07/09 @ 14:03
+1
So many terrible Mode gags in here.. very unessasary, they can only do harm
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CHAZBIGPOTATO
28/07/09 @ 15:05
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This game also has the bloke who played Dennis "Cutty" Wise in The Wire doing the voice of one of the main protagonists.
I love The Wire, me.. |
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basty_goofy
28/07/09 @ 16:03
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Oh, two problems: they are not synth-pop(that was 81-82 - they've grown ever since) and they are not 80s. Their best music was released 88 onwards. Their two best albums were in the 90s, et cetera.
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