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E3 09: Left 4 Dead 2 announced!

4 new survivors and 5 new campaigns. Get all the details in the August issue of PC Gamer

Words: Norman Chan, Maximum PC
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Holy smokes! Who saw this coming? Valve has just announced the sequel to last year's multiplayer zombie-killing smash hit (and Maximum PC's Game of the Year). Left 4 Dead 2 will be released on November 17th, and will feature five new campaigns that follow the story of four new survivors. PC Gamer has the full scoop in an exclusive 8-page feature in their August issue, which hits newsstands this month. Check out the cover below, which features two of the new survivors: Rochelle and Coach (Rochelle is an aspiring cable network news anchor, and Coach is a high school PE coach).


Above: You’ll find tons of juicy details on Left 4 Dead 2 in the August issue of PC Gamer, which will start hitting newsstands on June 23 

 


Above: Check out the teaser for Left 4 Dead 2

Article provided by our friends at Maximum PC.

Jun 1, 2009 


 
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AssBurgersFTW  - 5 months 24 days ago 
left for dead 2 looks amazing
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TesticularCancerFromStrawberryCr...  - 5 months 24 days ago 
Quite so, as long as there is plenty of Pills here.
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may.be.vital  - 5 months 24 days ago 
How did they finish it so quickly? :S
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Corsair89  - 5 months 24 days ago 
I really liked the original characters, I hope the news ones can live up to them.



reCaptcha: became gonad
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TheRedAtlasProject  - 5 months 24 days ago 
@croasair89
While i love Left 4 dead i feel like the reason they finished it so fast is because they just added new skins to what seems like all the charicters (like the tank), landscapes, and maybe updated the visuals (key word: Maybe).

But im pumped for some melee weapons, i think id have a good time using the axe or something. It would also be nice to see some variety to the weapons arsenal, maybe a few "joke" weapons would be nice. i would very much enjoy using something like the laser swords in Dead Rising.
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magicwalnuts0  - 5 months 24 days ago 
WOW THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!


@TheRedAtlasProject

Yeah your right, they're using the same engine over again, all they need to do is reskin and balance out the melee weapons. That's why we're seeing so much so early.


But where's HL2 EP3?
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Dexsus  - 5 months 24 days ago 
rofl at the PE coach. I dont know where they came up with him, Louis was cool but that guys.....fat O.o
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KillDrone  - 5 months 24 days ago 
Did anyone else catch the Scout bat sound effect at the end of the teaser trailer?
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fionnoh  - 5 months 24 days ago 
what? no bill?! NO BILL??

on a lighter note, i'm happy to see some daylight. playing in the dark ALL the time was no fun.
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chucknorris69  - 5 months 24 days ago 
it seems to have taken a more realistic touch this time now
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magicwalnuts0  - 5 months 24 days ago 
Yeah, playing in the daytime is going to be much more fun, more opportunities for cool set pieces.
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Hurricrane  - 5 months 24 days ago 
I <3 L4D... but this is probably going to be a full priced expansion pack :/
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TheTrooper424  - 5 months 24 days ago 
Im so looking forward to this!! lol
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game_over  - 5 months 24 days ago 
L4D2 is a sucker punch aimed at your wallet and this teaser an embarassment to the insightful talent that was Turtle Rock. L4D should never have Dead Rising mechanics. And, it looks like RE5 and Dead Rising 2 were broken up and shoved down into a mixer. Why would Valve create this monstrosity (franchizing); will there be time limit challenges (oh please no), did they mess up the controller schematics(what do you think)? Where is the asian character (in math class)? Is it as bad as the 'Land of the Dead' movie? (?) ? A mall level by itself would not redeem this game; and, it's sad to think that the 'zombie apocalypse' has just been nuked back to hell. Where is Duke Nukem?
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vitoruss  - 5 months 24 days ago 
The character on the far right side of the image looks like the scout from TF2

Oh, and how appropriate:
Recaptcha: Louisiana Bigamist
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StupidTownColonStupidStateColon  - 5 months 24 days ago 
What the? This really isn't the best game to have a follow-up. They better increace the size of the game, and make a minigame called zombie tennis where you hit a zombie back and forth with a frying pan.
and have a marcus from gears of war cameo.
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DontEatRawHagis  - 5 months 24 days ago 
Looking at the laundry list of Technical upgrades it does merit a new game.

Melee weapons, AI Director 2.0(Which controls weather), ect...

I wish it was an update instead of a new game, but there seems to be no choice I have to buy it.

Wish they were making Half Life 3 or HL:E3 instead of this though.
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chris00138  - 5 months 24 days ago 
Idk about the game.
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Fizzmonkey  - 5 months 24 days ago 
HOLY CRAP thts awsome they have a fat guy, the funniest thing is when ther was just the first left 4 dead, i told my friends it needed a fat guy AND BAM! they made a fat guy.
Every game needs a fat guy.
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EvilEmpire  - 5 months 24 days ago 
It looks amazing in just the short amount of time they did it in..and also I live in Louisiana so the setting sucks for me..he he..
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