Left 4 Dead 2 News
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Left 4 Dead 2 Nearly Saw The Cabin In The Woods DLC
In an alternate universe, gamers everywhere get to enjoy a full-on Left 4 Dead 2 DLC campaign modeled after director Drew Goddard's genre-bending horror flick, The Cabin in the Woods. Here in the real world, however, we only get to pine for what could have been, as Goddard revealed the almost-release of a Cabin-themed DLC pack for Valve's co-op...
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Left 4 Dead 2 "Cold Stream" DLC Review
Cold Stream is the third DLC pack for Left 4 Dead 2, which was released in October 2009. It was announced two years later in February of 2011. It was released for the PC a year later in March 2012. The Xbox version was set to be released on the Xbox 360 on July 24th. The 24th came, but the DLC didn't. A few days later Valve announced Cold...
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Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Cold Stream" Release Date Confirmed For The Xbox 360
The Left 4 Dead 2 "Cold Stream" DLC has been given a release date for the Xbox 360. Cold Stream is the third DLC for L4D2 and will be available on August 3 for 560 MSP. The DLC is already out on Steam and PC gamers have been loving it so far. Cold Stream itself is a community-made campaign from the same creator of the 2 Evil Eyes...
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Left 4 Dead Found Footage Fan Film Is Perfect
Valve's Left 4 Dead games are relatively straightforward "survive the zombie apocalypse as you move from A to B" shooters, but there are many subtle layers within the basic framework that this new fan film manages to nail (via Joystiq). Seriously Left 4 Dead is a short film built entirely out of fictional found footage, following...
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Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Cold Stream" Delayed On The Xbox 360
Long-awaited Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Cold Stream" has become even more long-awaited. The DLC was to launch on the Xbox 360 and Steam today, but the console version has yet to be seen. NEWS: Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Cold Stream" Release Date Announced In a response on Twitter, Valve confirmed they were working with Microsoft to...
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Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Cold Stream" Release Date Announced
Valve has announced they're releasing Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Cold Stream" this month. Gamers will finally get the DLC they've been waiting for on July 24, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PC and Mac. NEWS: Left 4 Dead 2's Next DLC Will Come From The Community If you're wondering why it took a year of playtesting to release the Left 4 Dead 2...
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Payday: The Heist Dev Teams With Valve On Co-op Game
Overkill Software, the studio behind the PlayStation 3 exclusive downloadable co-op shooter, Payday: The Heist, is now working with Valve on a shooter that blends ideas from Overkill's popular game with Left 4 Dead. The news comes by way of a brief update on Overkill's website (via Gamasutra). Game director Ulf Andersson writes, "As...
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Valve And Dark Horse Partner To Create Comic Collection Titled Valve Presents: The Sacrifice And Other Steam-Powered Stories
Valve and Dark Horse Comics are partnering up to create a hardcover collection of comic books from the worlds of Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Portal. The collection, called Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories will contain over two hundred pages of story from the different Valve series. The collection will be...
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Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Dead Air" Release Date Revealed
Left 4 Dead 2 DLC "Dead Air" will be released early thanks to the gamers who answered Valve's call. Valve asked 20,000 gamers to earn the Stream Crossed achievement by this past Sunday night. They made this request on Wednesday, in just over four hours, 20,000 gamers already got the achievement. By Valve's deadline, that number has...
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Left 4 Dead 2's Next DLC Will Come From The Community
The next Left 4 Dead 2 DLC pack will be created by the community. The creator of the popular L4D map "2 Evil Eyes," Matthew Lourdelet, has been working on a community campaign called Cold Stream. Valve was impressed with his progress on Cold Stream and approached him about including it in the an upcoming DLC pack. Instead of helping...
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The Verdict: Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 "The Sacrifice" DLC Review
Zombie slayers, rejoice! Then find a damn good hiding place or a gun with a spare bullet for yourself because the “The Sacrifice” DLC for Left 4 Dead AND Left 4 Dead 2 is pretty brutal. This campaign shows the fateful events leading up to the crossover DLC “The Passing” (Read our Left 4 Dead "The Passing Review)...
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Valve Reveals New Left 4 Dead DLC The Sacrifice
Today, Valve announced new DLC for owners of either Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2. As a follow-up to The Passing DLC that was released last March, a new downloadable chapter called The Sacrifice will be released this October for PC, Mac and Xbox 360. It'll be playable with either the L4D or L4D2. Remember when the original cast from L4D suddenly...
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George Romero On Left 4 Dead 2, Zombies And Survival Of The Dead
George A. Romero is the father of modern zombies, creating the genre of zombie-movies nearly single-handedly with 1968's low-budget masterpiece Night of the Living Dead. Since then, he's directed five other Dead films (including both Day and Dawn of the Dead). But what does Romero think of the monsters he gave birth to? G4 and our sister site...
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The Verdict: Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing
With “The Passing,” Left 4 Dead 2’s first downloadable chapter, the bridge between the two Left 4 Dead games gets a firm foundation. The chapter, which chronologically takes place between “Dead Center” and “Dark Carnival” opens with an exchange between a Left 4 Dead character and the group of Southern...
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Dead Rising's Frank West Leaves His Mark In Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing
For those currently playing, or those who plan to play, Valve’s newly released downloadable content The Passing for Left 4 Dead 2, you’re in for a lot of treats (at least, that’s what our resident zombie hater Jeff Kanjanapangka tells me). One such treat is that you’ll finally discover the unfortunate fate of one of your...
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X-Play Recommends - Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream
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