Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Announce Botched at E3
- Scribbled on July 6th, 2009 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in E3, Interviews, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, Shooter, Steam
Valve’s Doug Lombardi laments that the “message” they were supposed to send at E3 2009 about Left 4 Dead 2 was muddled enough to cause an outcry among fans by the “format” at E3, that didn’t allow them to announce the upcoming new mods and DLC tools for the original Left 4 Dead. In an interview with Eurogamer, he stated:
“We obviously listen to the community a lot. That’s one of our staples. Did we anticipate it [the outcry]? No, we didn’t, but I think that one of the key things is: announcing Left 4 Dead 2 doesn’t mean we’re abandoning Left 4 Dead 1. Another thing is it’s important to remember that E3 is where you go to announce new titles, specifically titles that are coming to retail. We do press there, but it’s not really a venue for announcing DLC or mod tools. So I think there was a little bit of confusion that we created unintentionally, by announcing a sequel and not having the complete story ready: announcing it and not saying, there’s still a lot of stuff being worked on for Left 4 Dead 1, and the mod tools will work with both games.”
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