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Xbox 360 PC News by Tom Bramwell
Valve has said that the Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now available to those who pre-ordered the game on Xbox 360, and that the PC version will follow today via Steam.
Those of you without pre-orders can access the demo on 3rd November if you're a PC gamer or Xbox Live Gold subscriber, or on 10th November if you're an Xbox Live Silver sub.
The demo features a section of The Parish, set in New Orleans' French Quarter, and can be played by 1-4 players either locally or over the internet - although Xbox is limited to two-player split-screen locally.
Check out our hands-on with The Parish to see what you're up against, or you can read about Swamp Fever and Dark Carnival elsewhere.
Oh, and if you're heading down to the Eurogamer Expo in Leeds today or London on Friday/Saturday, be sure to check out the Left 4 Dead 2 demo area, where different delights can be found...
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donnie080208
28/10/09 @ 08:45
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looking forward to the 3rd nov as l4d is, and will continue to be the best co-op experience this gen on any platform. I just hope that when its released the sequel complainers( i.e.pc gamers) will eat humble pie
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charming_fox
28/10/09 @ 09:15
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Aparently it was GAME you had to order it from and there were no codes left as of a few days ago, sir.
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@DAN:SOLO
Unfortunately i think that early access is a GAME exclusive, unless you pre-order the PC version from STEAM. If you feel let down, you can always go into a GAME store and ask to pre-order it. You don't have to give a deposit and they should give you a card with a code on it. You're not obliged to buy the game from them when it is released, but it might be considered poor etiquette. TBH, given the current trends for retailers to out-do each other by offering these 'incentives', the gamer is the only one being screwed over, so i say everything is fair game. |
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kinky_mong
28/10/09 @ 11:25
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It is a great demo. It's completely erased any doubts I had that it was too soon for a sequel, it just feels so polished and all the additions are great. November 20th can't come soon enough!
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DefdumBlindkid
28/10/09 @ 11:33
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Eh? So if you pre-order a game you get access to a 'demo'- WTF is the point in that?
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bodypopper
28/10/09 @ 12:07
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Surely it's obvious. Valve is saying,' Thanks for pre-ordering and therefore saying you'll 'definitely' buy the game and want to have it on launch day. To reward you, here's a chance to get playing it early.' I don't know why people find this so hard to grasp - unless it's just sour grapes as they can't play the demo early without giving up their credit card number to a retailer. Those who are unsure and don't pre-order can still play the demo a few weeks prior to the game coming out and decide to buy it then. Or not. |
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Mooglepies
28/10/09 @ 12:20
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I can see the headlines now; Valve PC Product delayed, literally dozens of people surpised.
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CouldntResist
28/10/09 @ 12:38
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You should have seen the nerd rage in the steam forums. Hilarious :o).
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"Eh? So if you pre-order a game you get access to a 'demo'- WTF is the point in that? "
It's becoming the norm now sadly. If it's something that will sell to quite a few anyway many are now using the early "DEMO" as a hook for the stupid people who can't wait to play a game to pre-order rather than to show off your the game and entice people to buy like it used to be. Still we ALL get to play the demo of L4D next week (the 3rd I think) pre-order or not so who cares...... |
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PlugMonkey
28/10/09 @ 17:11
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Bad09: Considering that there have clearly been some technical issues on the PC side of things, do you think it might be possible that the 'limited release' demo might be little more than a beta test of what happens when this number of people all pre-load a game, and then try and go live, at exactly the same time? This morning my home PC was basically telling me that the Steam server was too overloaded for me to finish downloading the demo.
Better to have a trial run and a 1-day delay on the demo than have things go tits up on the actual release.
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I'd agree with you if this was actually a beta, it's not though is it, it's merely early access to a demo due in a few days to all anyway. Besides, if valve were getting you to buy the game in order to beta test the game online I'd be slightly worried! All these "early access" tactics are purely there to secure the high release price because the industry in waking up to the fact a lot of us are waiting for the right pricing these days. Rather than address the issue the no one mentions they are now working with some retailers trying to hook in people on release at release price with "demos" and "horse armour" DLC.
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PlugMonkey
28/10/09 @ 18:21
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OK. So, it would be alright if it was a beta test.
What is a beta test again? Is it not early access to some sort of demo? I'm not saying there isn't an element of encouraging people to pre-order - I'm sure there is - but it seems odd that they also happen to be doing essentially a pre-release test of the biggest release Steam has ever had to deal with. Edit: Especially in light of the fact that this pre-release test hasn't been 100% successful.
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Mentalist(air)
29/10/09 @ 01:02
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All these "early access" tactics are purely there to secure the high release price because the industry in waking up to the fact a lot of us are waiting for the right pricing these days
My pre-order copy of L4D2 from steam cost me £20.25, I'd bet that's as cheap as anyone would get a copy between now and June next year. Demo seems to have unlocked now (is decrypting as I write), but it seemed to need to re-download 2/3 of the content today. |
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@ Mentalist(air)
I knew someone would bring up the L4D2 price on Steam! :) My post was more in general about the practice TBH as DefdumBlindkid asked what was the point in it. Yes, obviously in this instance, the lovely super duper Valve have been quite reasonable in their asking price (I missed the £20 deal myself "damn!" but it's still only £27 at the mo), but that is rare and it's not across platforms. |
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