 Hideo Kojima, creator of the "Metal Gear" series declared in an interview to 1UP.com that he was "addicted to the game", which was, in his view, one of the "core titles made with movie-industry people that explore the depths of hi-def".On October 28, 2008, Valve reported that preorders for "Left 4 Dead" had beaten those of "The Orange Box" by 95 percent after the Steam pre-order was launched.On November 21, 2008, the day of the game's release in Europe, Valve issued a press release stating that "Left 4 Dead" had exceeded the pre-order numbers of "The Orange Box" by over 160 percent.