Valve Corporation has announced that its first-person zombie shooter game Left 4 Dead will receive a new update next week via Steam. So obviously this is for the PC version only, sorry Xbox 360 gamers. The update will focus on custom campaigns and introduces additional features.

Here's a very good example of what you can do with the creation tools provided to you by Valve for their action-packed zombie-killing Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360, PC): recreate Resident Evil 3's Raccoon City.

Usually, when a sequel is announced for a successful game, people are happy. That's not exactly the case for the upcoming Left 4 Dead 2, though, as more than 16,000 players have signed an online petition that pledges to boycott the game. The boycotters have stated their belief that Left 4 Dead 2 "does not warrant a stand-alone, full-priced sequel" and should just be released as DLC for the original game instead. Valve's Chet Faliszek, however, says that it's too big to be DLC.

Usually, when a good title is announced to have a sequel, fans take it as good news. That's not the case apparently for Left 4 Dead's (Xbox 360, PC) community base. Over at Steam's Community Groups, some 15,000 members (and counting) are calling for a boycott of Left 4 Dead 2, and with a lot of reasons to back them up. Not getting why they're all so upset? Let them count the ways. After the jump that is.

Is Left 4 Dead starting to get a little stale for you? Have no fear. Valve has just given the game's PC version a powerful shot in the arm with the beta release of the Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools.

And so the Survival Pack for Valve's Left 4 Dead has finally landed - for free! Coupled with this news is that of a special new price for both the retail and Steam versions of the game. You can check out the list of new things you can do in the Survival Pack, as well as the new price details, over at the full article.

*UPDATE* A patch has been rolled out for the PC version's DLC to squish some issues.

Valve's Kerry Davis and Scott Dalton have posted a rather detailed look at the upcoming Survival Pack for Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360, PC), exploring a lot of the nuances found in the new Survival mode. The name itself triggers images of having to survive for as long as possible, but it's going to be much more than that.

Left 4 Dead has been delayed on account of zombies. Don't worry though, it will still be released this November - only pushed back two weeks. At least the release date wasn't pushed back by months like last time. Details in the full article.

We all know how Valve doesn't dig Sony's PlayStation 3. We've all heard Gabe Newell bash the console public on more than one occasion, after all. But what's this going on? Valve Corporation is having a change of heart? No less than Doug Lombardi confirms as much.

We all know that Valve's Half-Life 2: Episode 2 kicked some serious booty last year, and it's still among today's favorites because of its superior gameplay. The only downside in this scenario is that fans are asking for more, and they've started looking at E3 2008 as the possible birthplace of the next episode. Valve says "not yet", but they've got another thing for itchy trigger fingers. More after the jump.