Conjoshus
08-04-2008, 07:15 PM
It's no secret that Valve's Gabe Newell isn't a staunch supporter of the PlayStation 3 -- well, that's putting it lightly. The Half-Life creator actually referred to the system as "a waste of everyone's time" (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/11/valves-gabe-newell-says-ps3-a-waste-of-time/). PS3 owners were likely disappointed (though not surprised) to learn that Turtle Rock Studios' (a recent addition to the Valve family (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/10/valve-acquires-left4dead-dev-turtle-rock-studios/)) upcoming zombocalypse survival sim Left 4 Dead (http://www.joystiq.com/search/?q=Left%204%20Dead) would be console exclusive to the Xbox 360 (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/19/left-4-dead-confirmed-console-exclusive-to-360/) -- though a recent blurb in the latest issue of Official Playstation Magazine contradicts this oft-repeated claim (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/05/05/valve-distances-themselves-from-ps3-development/).
The one-sentence newsbrief reads (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169142), "Valve's survival horror game Left 4 Dead is coming to PS3, but EA will be taking on development duties in-house." That's it -- no attribution for the report or timetable for the title's release. We expect that EA will soon deliver more info about the project (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/25/joystiq-hands-on-left-4-dead-round-2/) -- until then, we wait with bated breath, hoping that we don't have another Orange Box fiasco (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/25/ps3-version-of-orange-box-might-be-downright-unplayable/) on our hands.
Anyone remember what happened when EA did Orange Box for PS3? Uhhhh... yeah.
The one-sentence newsbrief reads (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169142), "Valve's survival horror game Left 4 Dead is coming to PS3, but EA will be taking on development duties in-house." That's it -- no attribution for the report or timetable for the title's release. We expect that EA will soon deliver more info about the project (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/25/joystiq-hands-on-left-4-dead-round-2/) -- until then, we wait with bated breath, hoping that we don't have another Orange Box fiasco (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/25/ps3-version-of-orange-box-might-be-downright-unplayable/) on our hands.
Anyone remember what happened when EA did Orange Box for PS3? Uhhhh... yeah.