Left 4 Dead Pre Sales Outpace Orange Box

Left 4 Dead Pre-Orders Greater than the Orange Box

17 October, 2008 (21:01) | PC Games | By: A Gaming Moose

Left 4 Dead is a four person co-op survival horror game that is slated for release November 18, 2008. What is neat about Left 4 Dead is that it pits four human playable or AI controlled survivors of an apocalyptic pandemic against hordes of aggressive “Infected” (think Zombies). The Survivors’ goal is to help each other make it through various scenarios to safety. The Infected are controlled by an AI that dynamically balances difficulty and mood depending on the players’ progress and situation. In an alternate game mode, human players can control up to four mutated Boss Infected with special abilities and cooperate to stop the Survivor players. Left 4 Dead uses a special A.I. called the “Director”–that instead of using spawn points– takes into consideration the player’s skill, position, health, etc to appropriately place zombies, how cool is that?! I also like the idea that 4 competing players can take control of some of the infected and try and take down the survivors

I looooove zombie based games and I am really looking forward to Left 4 Dead for the PC ( it will also be available on the XboX360). It seems that I am not the only one that is salivating for some survival horror as the Left 4 Dead pre orders are exceeding those of the much anticipated Orange Box.

According to Doug Lombardi via
Game Daily

“With just over four weeks until launch, Left 4 Dead is showing every sign of topping The Orange Box on both the PC and Xbox 360, at retail as well as on Steam,” said Doug Lombardi, VP of marketing at Valve. “Our pre-sell numbers at retail have jumped to over 65% greater than Orange Box at the same proximity to launch, and we’re seeing tremendous enthusiasm for the product in what promises to be another great year for gaming on both platforms.”

Another reason that Left 4 Dead pre orders are soo high is the fact that any pre order automatically gets $5 off. So that means that the $50 dollar PC gave is now $45 ( and $55 for the 360 version). Personally, I will be definitely picking this up for my PC (If my wife is reading this… HINT HINT). You can pick it up via Steam ( for the PC) or the boxed version. Plus it comes out on the 360. I cannot WAIT for a demo soon!

You can find more info about Left 4 Dead at www.l4d.com