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Left 4 Dead is a series of cooperative first-person shooter survival horror video games created by Turtle Rock Studios and published by Valve.Set in the days after a pandemic outbreak of a viral strain transforming people into zombie-like feral creatures, the games follow the adventures of four survivors attempting to reach safe houses and military rescue while fending off the attacking hordes.
The gameplay style simulates an outbreak: The zombie team starts with only a few players, but their ranks grow as survivors are defeated and switch to the zombie team. Its first public release was on December 28, 2007, [ 71 ] and it received the Mod DB, players' choice, top unreleased mod award for 2007.
A sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, was announced at the 2009 E3 conference and was released on November 17, 2009. [135] Addressing concerns voiced by fans, Gabe Newell responded to an email from Kotaku explaining that despite the upcoming sequel, Left 4 Dead would continue to be supported and more content was planned in the coming months.
The Sacrifice takes place after the "Blood Harvest" campaign of the first Left 4 Dead game, and leads up to the events of "The Sacrifice" downloadable campaign for Left 4 Dead 2. Interspersed within the story are flashbacks showing the events that each Survivor experienced a short time "after First Infection"; watching friends, loved ones, and ...
Left 4 Dead 2 introduces four new survivors: Coach, Ellis, Nick, and Rochelle, who are immune to the disease and have individual backstories that are provided through character dialogue. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] While the game is intended as a continuation of the original, occurring one week after the first game begins, Valve decided to create a ...
[5] [7] The team expanded the studio and rented an office, and continued the development of Condition Zero. The game was released in 2004. The game was released in 2004. Satisfied with the work done by Turtle Rock, Valve continued to contract them to work on the Xbox version of Counter-Strike, as well as the next installment of the series ...
Survivors (also known as The Survivors) [1] [2] is a puzzle video game published by Atlantis Software in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum. It was ported to the MSX, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, Commodore 16, Acorn Electron, and BBC Micro (all in 1987) and the Amstrad CPC (1988). It is based on the "rocks and diamonds" mechanics of Boulder Dash.
The deadliest aviation disaster to have had a sole survivor was Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which crashed in Romulus, Michigan, on 16 August 1987, killing 154 of the 155 people on board the aircraft, as well as two people on the ground. The sole survivor of the crash was a 4-year-old girl named Cecelia Cichan, who was seriously injured. [3] [4]