Now when ever you want to launch the game, run the game from /Steam/Steamapps/Common/Left 4 Dead 2 Demo/Left4Dead2.exe (or create a shortcut) instead of launching via steam.

Please note that you will not be able to connect to any Australia Servers in this mode as they all have an app_id of 530. How ever you should be able to connect to NZ servers etc since they have the proper release. When Clanunknown gets our own server, we will be making it 510 in Australia.

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Most developers tend towards being a little on the quiet side. Chris Taylor is a glorious extrovert, trading obscene jokes with the worst of them, carelessly mentioning games he hasn't announced yet and casually trusting no one will abuse his confidence.
 

He's also been involved with some of the most interesting games of recent years: Total Annihilation, Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander. He contains contradictions: in my half-hour with him, he both expressed the opinion that the need for constant total reinvention is something we have to move past while rapturously extolling The New.

Two things are clear. Chris is fun to be around. Chris thinks a lot. At the moment, he's thinking about the newly released expansion pack to Supreme Commander, Forged Alliance.

 

"A large part of how Left 4 Dead became 2008's top-selling new IP on Xbox 360 and the PC was the custom-tailored gameplay made possible by the AI Director," said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. "With the knowledge gained from creating the original, new technology, and a passionate team, L4D2 will set a new benchmark for cooperative action games."

Set for Nov. 17 as an Xbox 360 and PC "exclusive", the game will add melee combat, deeper cooperative gameplay and new weapons, including a chainsaw, frying pan, axe and baseball bat.

The game will make use of AI Director 2.0, which Valve says will take the game's dynamic gameplay to the next level. That means the ability to procedurally change weather, world objects and pathways and "tailoring" enemy population, effects and sound.

The game will also feature new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items. Valve says the game is much larger than the original with more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, and maps for Survival mode available at launch.

"Left 4 Dead was backed by our most aggressive advertising campaign to date, and resulted in a top 5 showing on two platforms during holiday 2008," said Doug Lombardi, VP of marketing at Valve. "Left 4 Dead 2 is a larger game and will be supported with even more consumer and retail advertising programs than the original."

You can now PREORDER Natural Selection 2.

Last we heard, the development of the standalone sequel to one of the most played Half-Life 2 mods had hit a financial snag, with developers forced to sell Sodoku to get by. Now we learn that grassroots fund raising and investor capital have given developer Unknown Worlds all they need to finish the game, which will be released later this year via Steam.

Like the original Half-Life mod, Natural Selection 2 pits two teams of up to 16 players against each other in a battle between space marines and the aliens who would infect them, featuring real-time alien infestation effects and a great deal of strategic gameplay for those looking for something more from their shooter.

I'd have to say the game is looking absolutely gorgeous. The team at Unknown Worlds have crafted their own game engine for the project, and everything you see in the video is created using said engine. Not bad for a four-person development team, huh?

Oh, and for those of you unfamiliar with the mod, that giant beastie up there? That's an Onos, and it's playable. Yum.

Find out more at the official Natural Selection 2 website.