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.