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Valve’s upcoming co-op zombie survival horror game Left 4 Dead may yet come to the PS3.
Speaking to VideoGamer.com at EA Games’ media event in London last week, Valve’s Chet Faliszek revealed that while it was currently only concentrating on developing Left 4 Dead for the PC and Xbox 360, if the demand was there it would consider a PS3 version also.
When asked why Valve wasn’t making a PS3 version, Faliszek revealed that “On the PS3 it’s just a different beast for us” and “it just really comes down to the 360 is really easy for us to do”.
“We developed the PC and 360 version almost simultaneously,” he said. “They’re like a day off kind of thing where we build the next stage of the 360 version, but the Source Engine lets us just develop at the same time both the games. It just makes it really easy and simple, to the point where it would just be stupid if we ever don’t do a 360 version of one of our games. It literally almost comes for free for us.”
He added: “On the PS3 it’s just a different beast for us. The Orange Box was actually done outside, not by us. That’s not to say that we won’t do some version later but at this point we’re just concentrating on PC and Xbox.”
Left 4 Dead, developed by Turtle Rock, the recently acquired studio responsible for Counter Strike maps, pits up to four human players against hordes of the Infected, an army of AI-controlled zombies. The game has drawn a lot of interest because its AI is said to be revolutionary. Controlled by The Director, the Infected will not repetitively spawn but react to the gamer, providing dynamic highs and lows in combat.
Faliszek’s comments will give hope to PS3-owners left disappointed by Valve’s decision to only make a PC and Xbox 360 version of the game. He said: “We’re never against trying to put it on anything right. But the demand comes from making the best possible game you can and that’s what we’re great at and that’s what we’re doing. And so, if the demand follows we’ll go anywhere but right now we’re just concentrating on the PC and 360.”
You can check out the rest of our interview with Chet Faliszek, where he dishes more dirt on Left 4 Dead, right here on VideoGamer.com.
Left 4 Dead is due out on PC and Xbox 360 this autumn.
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