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Left 4 Dead Patched, Eases Difficulty

SnagWire: Valve has released a patch for Left 4 Dead in hopes of easing some of the user frustrations that we've been hearing about.

Versus mode has now been locked to Normal; as for co-op mode, the server will now switch to whatever difficulty the party has selected.

Here's the full list of changes...

gamesindustry.biz: Garry’s mod hits 312,541 sales

Garry's Mod, the sandbox application based on Valve's Source engine, has seen sales top 312,541 since its debut on Steam two years ago.

The game's creator, Garry Newman, commented on his surprise that the USD 10 title proved to be such a hit and added that it has since afforded him the opportunity to learn more about games development and programming.

"The day it went on Steam was a nervous day for me. How well would it sell, would it be buggy as hell, would Valve regret giving me this chance?" he wrote on his blog.

Behind the Scenes with Sony’s Killzone 2

In just two long months, Killzone 2 hits retail. GameDaily gets early access to the complete game.

by John Gaudiosi on Thursday, December 04, 2008

AMSTERDAM--Guerrilla Games, acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 2005, resides in a cavernous, five-story historic bank in downtown Amsterdam. There's even a safe in the basement where the servers are kept cool. But the developer behind the Killzone franchise, gave a small contingent of game editors carte blanche access to their upcoming game, and first PlayStation 3 title -- Killzone 2.

Listening to some of the taglines for the new game like "Our war, their planet," which sets up the large-scale planetary invasion of Helghast for the single-player campaign, and it becomes obvious that Hollywood has had a major influence on the team. During a presentation, Hermen Hulst, managing director of Guerrilla Games talked about the "journey through a hostile world where he wants gamers to feel unwelcome, and be part of big set pieces, dramatic events, and engage in a Hollywood-size experience."

Ghostbusters boss “excited” by Atari plans

VG247: After telling VG247 that "Ghostbusters will be published!" back in August, Terminal Reality boss Mark Randel feels great now that Atari has officially picked up the game and given it a June 2009 release date.

"We're doing great and can't wait for people to play the game," said Randel when asked how the team felt now that things were all sorted.

More through the link.

Next Bond game to be racing and driving focused

Coming out of a recent conference Activision held is new information on next year's Bond game being developed by Bizzare Creations, including the facts that the game will be third person and focused on racing and driving.

LittleBigPlanet + Home information exclusive on Ps3clan.nl

A very reliable source has reported that with the launch of Home or shortly afterwards a very special LittleBigPlanet Game Room will be available .In this room you will be enable to promote community levels and launch directly in it. More after click

Another GTA IV release, another problem…

Sarcastic Gamer writes:

"Yep… I'm still bitter. I was one of the many that had issues with GTA IV on the PS3 and one of the few that never had those issues go away. Some 360 owners had issues running GTA IV right after it was released as well. It looks like PC gamers are filling out their membership card applications right now… welcome to the club guys!"

Far Cry 2 Patch Arrives Next Week

SnagWire: A post from representative Ubi_Marc on Far Cry 2's official German forums has confirmed that a patch for the PC version of the title will be arriving sometime next week...

SOCOM: Confrontation 1.30 Update Features (Part 3)

Today, I'm going to give you a sneak peak of the new dive to prone character move. The dive to prone has been enhanced significantly in the SOCOM: Confrontation 1.30 update and is now very similar to previous SOCOM games. The dive to prone is much quicker and you carry momentum forward. It is much easier to quickly get into a good prone position or dive for the deck.

David Jaffe Hates Nerd Sweat, Ponders Calling All Cars Failings

When Calling All Cars was released, the negative backlash drove David Jaffe to say some "non-family friendly" things about his critics, and eventually wound to him swearing off blogging for a month. However, hindsight being 20/20, Jaffe now acknowledges that his desire to try and recreate the feeling he had when he was playing games on the SNES in college may have led him to create a game that he now admits didn't have the legs for the 21st century gaming climate.