Valve announced today at E3 that Left 4 Dead 2 would be released this fall. Coming to PC and Xbox 360 L4D2 will feature new weapons including melee weapons such as a chainsaw, axe, baseball bat, and frying pan, 5 new campaigns, a new game mode, 4 new Survivors and a new Special Infected, along with updates to the AI Director and more.

Meet the Spy, one of nine playable character classes in Team Fortress 2: He is a puzzle, wrapped in an enigma, shrouded in riddles, lovingly sprinkled with intrigue, express mailed to Mystery, Alaska, and LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU! but it is too late. You’re dead. For he is the Spy — globetrotting rogue, lady killer (metaphorically) and mankiller (for real).

Football Manager Live is now out on Steam for just $21.99 for a 4 month subscription. I picked it up when it was released and it has been fun so far. I haven’t played any games yet, just learning new skills so I can make my team better. The season starts up tomorrow, should be fun. You can buy it from the FM Live Steam page.

The newest “Meet the…” video for Team Fortress 2 has been leaked out – Meet the Spy. I can’t wait to watch it in HD, this is my favorite Meet the video yet. Read more to watch the video.

The first details of the TF2 Sniper update are out and it’s the replacement weapon for the Sniper Rifle, a bow and arrow called the Huntsman. It is a mid-range weapon that insta-crits on headshots.

This update might actually get me playing TF2 again. I haven’t played it in a while because it lost it’s fun after some of the updates, but I will have to try it out.

CEVO has just announced their free Left 4 Dead tournament which will start Monday May 18th. The Survival Tourney will be a 128 team, double elimination tournament with matches twice a week on Monday and Thursday.

Every competitive L4D player will be looking forward to this since CAL died. Since CAL stopped after Week 1 there has only been the Infected Cup, TWL, and GameBattles, so CEVO picking up L4D should give the game a boost, along with the upcoming update with Death Toll and Dead Air.

Read more for the full announcement from CEVO.

The latest entry in the Official Left 4 Dead blog is about how they decided on the box art and shows some examples of what they had before they decided on the current art. Read the whole story for more about the design and the some examples of what they had before they decided on the current art. Below is a snippet of the article and one of the previous designs.

Epic Games has been very busy churning out what will be a massive update to Unreal Tournament 3. There is no release date planned for the update, but the company promises that the list of changes seen below and on the full change log are only the tip of the iceberg.

Another great idea from Valve. I always hate having to update all my settings when I use a different computer, especially if I don’t have a backup config to copy over.

Valve, creators of best-selling entertainment products and advanced technologies, today announced the roll out of Steam Cloud, a set of services for Steam that stores application data online and allows user experiences to be consistent from any PC. Steam Cloud is a free extension to Steam, a leading a platform for PC games with over 15 million accounts worldwide.

Pre Order now and get 10% off. L4D will be released on 18 November. I can’t wait, I’m sure most people here are looking forward to it as well.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the PC version of its highly anticipated new survival co-op game, Left 4 Dead, is available for pre-purchase worldwide via Steam, a leading online platform for the distribution and management of PC games with over 15 million accounts worldwide.