Steam is offering community members Global gameplay stats for all games that have Steam Achievements, showing what percentage of players have unlocked each achievement within a game.
The bump in exposure Left 4 Dead received from its new downloadable content has translated into improved sales. The NPD Group's US PC sales numbers for April 19th to 25th show the zombie co-op shooter's doing well at retail stores.
The Left 4 Dead blog writes:
Firstly, Left 4 Dead is the subject of this weekends deal, being offered at a 40% discount, bringing it down to $24. If you want to try before you buy, don't forget Left 4 Dead is free for 24 hours today.
The free 24-hour trial of Left 4 Dead offered by Steam has been extended. Originally planned to end this evening, users can now take part in the game for free through tonight and into the morning.
Valve has taken 40% off Left 4 Dead in celebration of tonight's free 24 hour trial of the game on Steam.
Valve has released another Left 4 Dead update, now available on Steam. The patch removes an exploit and corrects some issues in Survival Mode along with some server and matchmaking fixes.
Starting this Friday at 12:01 am GMT, Steam will be opening up the PC version of Left 4 Dead with a free 24-hour trial for all to try. The trial includes access to the recently released Survival Pack DLC.
Valve has released an update for Left 4 Dead that addresses a survival mode exploit as well as fixing some minor issues.
Chris Remo from Gamasutra writes: