Left 4 Dead, set for a worldwide simultaneous Fall release, has locked in a publisher for areas in Eastern Europe. Akella has secured the publishing rights for Russia and CIS countries.
"Akella is thrilled to be able to bring this unique game to Russian speaking territories. We are very excited by all Valve's games and pretty sure of huge success of this new cooperative shooter hit in Russia and CIS countries. " said Vladimir Koudr, VP of Publishing at Akella, "Left 4 Dead is already highly expected throughout the world, and Russian FPS players are eager to play this game.The Infected vs Surviver title is one of the more highly anticipated titles of 2008. You can check out CS-Nation's own impressions of Left 4 Dead to find out why that is.