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more about #left4dead more comments → holidays! cat: Here is hoping that this marks better DLC support for L4D2 than L4D got. I'd still be bitter about it if I had paid full price for L4D. more » D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: So I buy one and get close to nothing and 2 gets this so soon? Bullshit, I still refuse to buy this. more » Dangsterr: Free on the pc, 800 points on the 360 more » DirtyColossus: I don't really care for 4+4 coop. Because at that point would it only be for one campaign out of the 6? That would be pretty stupid. more » Xerran: Valve should make L4D2 cross platform. Xbox 360 and PC gamers playing co-op together would be awesome and expand the community. more » Andrew Wyatt: If they do make a 4+4 player campaign, they would have to throw a HELLUVA lot of Infected at you. It might have to go like this: Both sides start of... more » prowlinger: Here is an idea - Make every L4D backwards compatible if you own previous releases. Allow the 4 new characters to play through L4D1 campaign... Why ... more » Altima NEO: PEELS HERE! more » martialbullet: Aww, that was almost misleading! "Keeping players in the role of L4D2's cast as they meet up with the L4D1 characters." I sure hope they continue it ... more » cyber rat: I hate get-togethers. more » NightMystic: I wonder if we'll see this on the 360 like the TF2 updates for The Orange Box more » heavyglow: What time is that in Valve time? more » E Honda Civic: Oh Bill; how I've missed your warm embrace. more » G1bblets: I hope you can mix the characters up, my team would be Ellis (my fav. L4D character) Francis, Nick or Coach, and Zoey Rochelle has the personality of... more » Archaotic: As long as the PC version is free. more » -
#valve
First Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Brings Back Bill, Francis, Zoey & Louis
Valve has revealed the first downloadable addition to Left 4 Dead 2, a new episode named "The Passing." The campaign, set after the events of "Dead Center," features a meet up between Ellis, Coach, Rochelle, and Nick and Bill, Francis, Zoey and Louis. More » -
#clips
The Colbert Report Touts Xbox 360's "Family" Ties
Last night's episode of The Colbert Report featured a special shout-out the Xbox 360 during the Tip/Wag segment. I guess we should thank the Jonas Brothers for bringing it to Mr. Colbert's attention with their public support for the console. More » -
#tf2
Travis Touchdown Gets Lost, Ends Up In Left 4 Dead, TF2
While No More Heroes' Travis Touchdown isn't the most fitting crossover possibility for a Valve game, there's still a fair amount of joy to be had from seeing him be a credit to team. More » -
#whoa
Sixteen-Player Co-Op Lets Survivors Outnumber Infected in L4D2
Someone has figured out a way to host 16-player co-op in Left 4 Dead 2 on the PC, and as this video shows, it is pure mayhem, with survivors outnumbering infected during some parts of the game. More » -
#hacks
Left 4 Dead Campaigns Now (Unofficially) Work In Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 fans longing not for Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis but for Dead Air, No Mercy, Death Toll and Blood Harvest have one more reason to go for the PC version of the zombie apocalypse shooter. More » -
#retro
8-Bit Left 4 Dead De-Make Arrives in January
Here I thought all the flashing corpses meant we were watching the Australian version of Left 4 Dead. I kid, Luke! I kid!!! No, this is a bona fide playable 8-bit "demake" of L4D, available soon for PC. More » -
#seasonsgreetings
If You Don't Have a Holiday Card List, Make One
Valve's back, following its hilarious Team Fortress 2 Valentines from last year,with four sets of gift cards featuring characters from TF2, Left 4 Dead, and L4D2 that are simply a holiday must. More » -
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#timekeeping
Your Comprehensive Guide to Just When the Hell L4D2 Will Unlock
We deal with "midnight" a lot as an embargo time, and you know, it's always confusing. Valve knows, and has laid out specifically when Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) will unlock in all the major time zones of the world. More » -
#left4dead
Left 4 Dead Adds 4v4 Competitive Matchmaking (And L4D2 Demo Expands)
Earlier today, Valve announced support for 4v4 competitive matchmaking to Left 4 Dead. More » -
#valve
Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders 4 Times The 1st
Despite the boycotts, despite the un-Valve-like speedy turn around time, despite complaints that Left 4 Dead 2's cast of Survivors can't possibly live up to the first, pre-orders are four times that of the original, says Valve. More » -
#left4dead
Play Versus Mode In The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now out there for public consumption, but users will have found that the game's signature versus mode has been locked. No problem. Just hack your way around it! More » -
#bonus
Preorder Bonus Puts L4D Headwear in Team Fortress 2
"For the first time in history," writes the TF2 Team, "two separate Valve universes collide!" If you pre-order Left 4 Dead 2, you get Bill's beret from Left 4 Dead to trick out your Team Fortress 2 guys. More » -
#censorship
Aussie L4D2 Gets a Deep-Clean Sanitizing
Hey look! Disappearing bodies! No, this isn't some homage mod to the days of 8-bit fatalities, it's one of the features put into the Australian Left 4 Dead 2 so it could be approved for sale. More » -
#halloween
Who's Got Halloween Costumes To Share?
A few of you sent in choice pictures of video game-themed Halloween costumes you were brave enough to wear. Lucky for you, we're brave enough to post them. More » -
#rumor
[Update] Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Doesn't Name Upcoming DLC
PC gamers dissecting the Left 4 Dead 2 demo found files that might reference the names of future DLC packs, CVG reports. [Update] Valve's Chet Faliszek shot down this rumor. They were spaceholder test file names. More » -
#left4dead
UK Viral Vid Teaches Us How to Cope with L4D2
Bad enough that this sucker's set in Louisiana and still features a cricket bat - I've truly never heard of anyone playing that game south of the Mason-Dixon, outside of university graduate students from India. More » -
#pumpkins
Dragon Age: Origins, Rock Band: Beatles and More Left 4 Dead In Today's Pumpkins
Halloween is so close I can almost taste the zombie makeup and candy corn. Here's a few more pumpkins to go in the patch. More » -
#mods
Left 4 Dead Map Lets You 'Dismember The Alamo' Right Now
Remember the fan-created Alamo Draft House Left 4 Dead map built for that theater's zombie filmfest, previously featured on Kotaku? If not, here's the elevator pitch: zombie film festival begets Left 4 Dead map, modeled with impressive detail. More » -
#screengrab
And Now For A Left 4 Dead Jack-o-Lantern
Sent our way by Justin Perkins. Oh, and check out these from Russ Renshaw.
