When Valve announced Left 4 Dead 2 before mentioning that it would also be releasing Left 4 Dead 1 DLC, it caused many fans expecting an update before a full-priced sequel to cry foul.
Valve has lowered the price of Left 4 Dead, giving the zombie survival shooter a permanent price cut to $29.99.
NowGamer: L4D writer Chet Faliszek has discussed the game's new content
Joystiq writes.... Valve raised quite a stink after announcing a new downloadable campaign for the original Left 4 Dead with only a few months remaining until the release of Left 4 Dead 2. What everyone still wants to know is whether this content will be compatible with the sequel -- and we do mean everyone. In an interview with Edge Online, Valve's Chet Faliszek explained that even the game's creators are unsure whether the new campaign will be playable in the second edition of the zombocalypse sim.
Gamingshogun.com writes: "It looks like Valve is still working on showing the original Left 4 Dead crowd as much love as possible with the announcement of yet another DLC pack for the game. 'Crash Course' will be released in September for the PC and Xbox 360 and feature new content for single player, mutli player, and co-op gameplay modes..."
Valve has released an update for their survival zombie FPS Left 4 Dead, now available on Steam.
In hilarious news today, one of the co-founders of the Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott group on Steam had his account jacked by someone who appeared to be having a good time with it by posting a slew of rather inane, if not hilarious announcements on the group's Steam page. This resulted in thousands of replies posted within seconds of the announcements and almost brought the entire movement to a halt.
Some Left 4 Dead players have experienced crash errors since the release of today's update which added a lobby browser. This error causes a "left4dead.exe has stopped working" or "left4dead.exe has encountered an error and must close" message to appear and then the game closes. In most cases, deleting and reinstalling the game will fix the error. However, there is a much easier method which won't require you to re-download the game.
Valve has released an update for it's survival shooter Left 4 Dead, now available for download. Of note is the addition of the Lobby Browser which gives players a customizable list of best available games, offering up both official and add-on campaigns to choose from.
BeefJack writes: "A Shaun Of The Dead inspired Mod for zombie game Left 4 Dead is still in the works, says its makers.
The Shaun of the Dead-inspired Left 4 Dead mod known as Left 4 Winchester has apparently not been cancelled. The last update on the project website seems to hint at the project closing down as it cites copyright concerns and one mapper's lack of dedication as being the reason there have been so few updates as of late.
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Destructoid: Etsy user sindeegee had the bright idea to create, from scratch, one of Left 4 Dead's health packs. The final product nails the iconic look of the in-game item, and is sized at "8" x 10" l x 3" d." In short, it's totally big enough to carry all of your meds during the forthcoming zombie invasion.
Doug Lombardi speaks to IncGamers about whether or not there's a possibility of Left 4 Dead 2 crossing over with the original game, in order to keep the community together.
Online criticism of Left 4 Dead 2 may have been unavoidable, according to Valve's Chet Faliszek.
Speaking to IncGamers, Doug Lombardi confirmed that there will be more content coming for Left 4 Dead 1 following Valve's ongoing "plan," and that there will be a lot more to Left 4 Dead 2 than has currently been shown.
As a tribute to the King of Pop, who tragically passed away last week, an enterprising Left 4 Dead modder has created a mod that replaces the game's music with some of Michael Jackson's most popular songs.