{"id":3756,"date":"2011-05-26T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2011-05-26T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:21:09","slug":"left-4-dead-developers-sign-with-thq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/left-4-dead-developers-sign-with-thq\/","title":{"rendered":"Left 4 Dead Developers Sign With THQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/files.g4tv.com\/ImageDb3\/257993_S\/THQ-Unveils-New-Logo-Nation-Swoons.jpg\" alt=\"THQ Unveils New Logo, Nation Swoons\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turtle Rock, the developers of Valve&#8217;s amazing zombie shooter <em>Left 4 Dead<\/em>, have signed on to develop a game for publisher THQ. The as-yet-untitled game is planned for release in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur quest to sign the best artists and work with the best talent         continues,\u201d said Danny Bilson, EVP Core Games, THQ. \u201cTurtle Rock   Studios        is responsible for one of the most original, critically  acclaimed        co-operative games of this generation, and we are  incredibly  excited to        be working with them on their next  project, which looks set to  make a        similar impact in the  multiplayer space.\u201d<a name=\"readmore\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>THQ&#8217;s stable includes Assassin&#8217;s Creed head Patrice D\u00e9silets, Dead or  Alive creator Tomonobu  Itagaki, Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer and  famous movie director Guillermo Del Toro. I&#8217;d say that&#8217;s an impressive  lineup of talent, wouldn&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>Turtle Rock Studio was founded in 2002, and cut its gaming teeth with legendary shooter <em>Counter-Strike<\/em>.  It was purchased by Valve in 2008, then something&#8230;.happened, and the  company reformed as an indie studio, apart from Valve. Now, they are  working with THQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turtle Rock, the developers of Valve&#8217;s amazing zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, have signed on to develop a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3757,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions\/3757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}