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[zZDarkLegacyZz]

Left For Dead DLC
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Left 4 Dead will be geting a new multiplayer mode and two Versus campaigns as part of the "Survival Pack" DLC due for PC and Xbox 360 this spring, Valve announced today.

The Survival Pack introduces a new multiplayer mode appropriately named "Survival" as well as two complete campaigns for the Versus mode. The DLC will be released simultaneously for both PC and 360, which hasn't been the case for Valve's Team Fortress 2, which has seen multiple significant (and free) updates on the PC but little attention on the 360 (and none on the PS3). No pricing for the Survival Pack was announced, but given that the main reason Valve has been hesitant to put TF2 DLC on the 360 is that they'd be forced to charge for it, I think it's safe to assume it'll cost something, which may irk PC gamers who are used to getting free content updates from Valve.

In any case, if you really want to pay for it, Valve's also releasing a Left 4 Dead: Critic's Choice edition (I'd call it Left 4.5 Dead but that's just me) to retail stores in the spring as well, which will include the original game content packed with the DLC as well.

The PC will be getting one freebie, though: the first Left 4 Dead release for the Source SDK, which will let user develop their own campaigns and then set them into the wilds of L4D's matchmaking system. "Since Half-Life launched in 1998, Valve has made continuous efforts to expand the offering of its products beyond what's included on the day of launch," Gabe Newell remarked. "With Half-Life and Counter-Strike, and more recently Team Fortress 2, we've learned that we're no longer making stand-alone games but creating entertainment services. With Left 4 Dead we're extending that tradition by creating additional gameplay and releasing our internal tools to aspiring developers so they may also create and distribute new Left 4 Dead experiences."

[Reaper222]

I can't wait Left 4 Dead is the best FPS Zombie Game ever. The day the downloadable content comes out and I have to pay I'm still going to get it no matter what. Lol

[Korupt Data]

Thats awesome there releasing the tools they use for

developers and i hope the new maps are awesome.

Edited by Korupt Data, 10 February 2009 - 10:36 PM.

[DarkRuler]

I am definitely getting this

[fastmouth808]

I am definitely getting this

yep me 2, hope its not that much mp!!

[xXSgt MaRsXx]

i heard its free dont remember where, maybe it was in bungies flood forum somewhere?

[Repoman 108]

yeah, i remember reading that it was completely free. because they didnt want to charge PC users money for it, and they thought it would be unfair to charge xbox 360 users for it but not PC users. oh, and the new maps arent really new maps, they just added death toll and dead air to the versus list so you can play versus on death toll and dead air, thats all they mean by "two Versus campaigns" so its hardly a DLC at all, im sure they had to patch the death toll and dead air maps to make them playable for versus, but there arent actually any specifically new maps in this. im looking forward to the gametype though, and to see what playing as a hunter on dead air would be like.

[fastmouth808]

yeah, i remember reading that it was completely free. because they didnt want to charge PC users money for it, and they thought it would be unfair to charge xbox 360 users for it but not PC users. oh, and the new maps arent really new maps, they just added death toll and dead air to the versus list so you can play versus on death toll and dead air, thats all they mean by "two Versus campaigns" so its hardly a DLC at all, im sure they had to patch the death toll and dead air maps to make them playable for versus, but there arent actually any specifically new maps in this. im looking forward to the gametype though, and to see what playing as a hunter on dead air would be like.

Sounds good, i hope its free. wait scratch that it better be free

[gruntmods]

im going to buy the pc version for the sdk.

[Korupt Data]

im going to buy the pc version for the sdk.

Dont buy it lol download it, no reason to spend more money on a game that you already own...