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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford Stands Up To Sony

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has another bone to pick with Valve, and, this time, it's about Left 4 Dead. He didn't point any eye-gouging fingers towards Chet Faliszek and his kick below the belt at the PlayStation 3, but he strongly criticized the zombie-shooter's developer for its stance regarding Sony. “Doug Lombardi had to take a swipe at the PS3 again, and I thought it was foolish,”...

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Gearbox Boss: Valve is Behaving Like Fanboys [Fanboys]

While not directly addressing Chet Faliszek's slap at PlayStation 3, the Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford - no stranger to stirring s—t with Valve - has taken a poke at the Left 4 Dead developer's posture toward Sony. Pitchford, speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine, called Valve's posture toward Sony - specifically as expressed by Doug Lombardi - similar to that of fanboys'

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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford Confronts Valve

All I got to say is…”Get’em Randy!” Finally Valve is being exposed for their true colors by other devs. Its a simple investment attitude really. Valve benefits if people buy the PC and 360 version of their games because there are less people who get a part of the pie. “Doug Lombardi had [...]

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Randy Pitchford Renews Criticism Of Valve

Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has become known for his opinions, particularly about Valve. Having recently suggested that Valve's connection to Steam is a "conflict of interest," Pitchford is now calling the studio's stance on the PlayStation 3 "childish." "I noticed something on the net not too long ago. Doug Lombardi (Valve?s VP Marketing) had to take...

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Left 4 Dead 2 Where's My Thumb 2 Contest

... vehicles for helping land Left 4 Dead on 2008's top 10 seller list in the North America," said Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve. "Valve has once again partnered with Gibson Media to execute the Left 4 Dead 2 out of home campaign and extend it to more markets across the US." Coming exclusively to Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for co-operative...

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Randy Pitchford Calls Out Valve Over Playstation 3 Stance

Gearbox’s Randy Pitchfod thinks Valve are “foolish” to not support Playstation 3 development. “I noticed something on the net not too long ago. Doug Lombardi had to take a swipe at the PS3 again, and I thought it was foolish,” Pitchford told OPM. “I read it the same way I read fanboys. Like there’s a guy [...]

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Pitchford: Valve are childish fanboys that bash the PS3

Mad Randy's at it again! Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford, after implying that Valve's Steam service is a conflict of interest , has criticized Valve once more , this time because the studio doesn't work with the PlayStation 3. He really goes for the jugular this time. "I noticed something on the net not too long ago. Doug Lombardi had to take a swipe at the PS3 again, and I...

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Randy Pitchford Renews Criticism Of Valve

Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has become known for his opinions, particularly about Valve. Having recently suggested that Valve's connection to Steam is a "conflict of interest," Pitchford is now calling the studio's stance on the PlayStation 3 "childish." "I noticed something on the net not too long ago. Doug Lombardi (Valve?s VP Marketing) had to take a swipe at the PS3 again,...

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Valve spending £6 million on Left 4 Dead 2 in UK

... aside for Europe, with the lion’s share being spent on the UK release," says Valve's Doug Lombardi. Gabe Newell adds that he believes Left 4 Dead 2 will be the most successful game his company's ever made: "Based on the strength of pre-orders, Left 4 Dead 2 will be the fastest-selling product in Valve’s history." Left 4 Dead 2 is on sale November 17 in the...

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Fake Gabe Newell — Show Yourself! [Hoaxes]

... making, regarding some Taco Bell inspired gastric trouble. I ran this back to both Newell and Doug Lombardi, and the reply was instant: "I don't have a Twitter account," Newell said, and cc'd Valve's info chief on the reply, which led me to believe Twitter would be notified and action taken to either take down Fake Gabe Newell or make him change his handle.Nope. Fake Gabe struck again...

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Fake Gabe Newell — Show Yourself!

... making, regarding some Taco Bell inspired gastric trouble. I ran this back to both Newell and Doug Lombardi, and the reply was instant: “I don’t have a Twitter account,” Newell said, and cc’d Valve’s info chief on the reply, which led me to believe Twitter would be notified and action taken to either take down Fake Gabe Newell or make him change his handle.Nope. Fake Gabe struck again...

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Does Left 4 Dead 2 Feature Zombie Dogs? [Rumor]

I emailed Doug Lombardi about this to ask if he or Valve wished to comment on or confirm or deny the presence of said undead canines. Should the posting of this rumor smoke 'em out, we'll put what they have to say back in this post.

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Fake Gabe Newell — Show Yourself! [Hoaxes]

... making, regarding some Taco Bell inspired gastric trouble. I ran this back to both Newell and Doug Lombardi, and the reply was instant: “I don’t have a Twitter account,” Newell said, and cc’d Valve’s info chief on the reply, which led me to believe Twitter would be notified and action taken to either take down Fake Gabe Newell or make him change his handle. Nope. Fake Gabe struck...

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Gnome Chompski: Left 4 Dead 2 Achievements

With an upcoming release date of November 17th, the Left 4 Dead 2 achievement guide sheds some light on what we can expect from the 5 campaigns of murderous infected mayhem. The real treat for me will be “realism” mode. Valve VP of Marketing Doug Lombardi says this option is for the super hardcore player. [...] Related posts: Gnome race inside WoW Blizzard to Integrate Achievements...