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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

To celebrate today's release of Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing, Valve's employees are taking to the servers for a day to play the add-on campaign with their fans. If you want in, though, you'd better hurry; they'll only be playing on PC until 5 p.m. PDT, after which they'll take a two-hour break and resume on the 360 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. PDT. Hit the jump for details on how and where to find them.

Good news everyone, new Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 DLC is on the way (and they said Valve was going to abandon L4D1)! The Sacrifice takes place just before the events of the previous DLC chapter, The Passing, and stars the original cast of Francis, Zoey, Bill and Louis. And, as you know if you played The Passing, one of them dies. Probably horrifically...

Above: Valve wants to know your pulse, how much you're sweating, and where your eyes are focused in the name of making better games

What’s Gabe Newell thinking about these days? The co-founder of Valve Corporation has a lot on his mind. Newell is exploring new ways to measure how a player feels. We’ve seen how Left 4 Dead’s AI director, adjusts the pace of gameplay depending on how players are reacting in-game. But with biometric data measurements, Valve is examining exactly where you’re looking while playing with gaze tracking. They’re even looking at your pulse to measure stress levels and how much you’re sweating…

Above: Find out how Zoey survived the early days of the zombie apocalypse in the latest chapter of The Sacrifice

In case you missed it, Valve has just released part two of The Sacrifice, a running comic series that reveals what happened to the four original survivors between the end of the Left 4 Dead and the beginning of The Sacrifice, the recently released DLC chapter for Left 4 Dead 2. The first chapter of the comic sheds some light on what Louis was up to during the early days of the zombie apocalypse, while the second chapter reveals a little more about Zoey’s back story...

Above: You can see the rest of the promotional movie poster for 'The Sacrifice' inside

Valve has just announced the release date for ‘The Sacrifice,’ new DLC that’s coming out for both Left 4 Dead 1 and Left 4 Dead 2. ‘The Sacrifice’ will be a prequel to ‘The Passing,’ and will follow the original four survivors as they make their way South. The DLC will also introduce what Valve is calling ‘Sacrificial Gameplay,’ which has players decide who will die in order for the group to move on…

Above: Check out the teaser for The Sacrifice

Someone’s going to die. Valve has just released a teaser for The Sacrifice, a DLC pack for Left 4 Dead 1 and Left 4 Dead 2. The DLC pack will introduce what Valve is calling ‘Sacrificial Gameplay,’ which will require players to decide who will end their life so the rest of the group can live.

The teaser is the most dark and somber cinematic released so far and foreshadows the unavoidable death of one of the four survivors. It’s pretty intense…

Australia is well-known for its unforgiving censorship of violent games. The country's government-controlled rating system lacks an 18+ category for videogames, meaning that every game must fit the criteria of the legally-restricted MA15+ category. But those days may soon be over...

We’ve seen some stupidly cute zombies in the past (mainly killing the hell out of plants on our Apple-endorsed phones). But Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 cuddly toys really take the undead cake…