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Nagash
05-02-2009, 20:19
got this from steam and has not long since been up, so when you ned check the store on steam, you should see it as an update/press release. Anyway, here's the content of what it says...


Left 4 Dead Critic's Choice Edition, DLC and SDK Details Revealed
February 5, 2009, 10:47 am - Alden Kroll - Press Release
Valve's Zombie Thriller Expanding In 2009

February 5, 2008 — Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced a series of content and development releases for its latest title, 2008's best-selling new game property for the PC and Xbox 360, Left 4 Dead (L4D).

The first L4D DLC — dubbed the L4D Survival Pack -- is due for release this spring and introduces a new multiplayer game mode entitled, Survival, plus two complete campaigns for Versus Mode . A Critic's Choice Edition of the game will be heading to retail stores this spring, and will include access to all the content introduced in the L4D: Survival Pack.

In addition, for PC gamers and aspiring developers, the first Left 4 Dead release for the Source Software Development Kit (Source SDK) will allow the creation of custom Left 4 Dead campaigns that will be discoverable via L4D's matchmaking system. The SDK update is also due for release this spring, and is free of charge to all owners of L4D on the PC.

"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," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "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."

Left 4 Dead is a survival action game from Valve that blends the social entertainment experience of multiplayer games such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress with the dramatic, narrative experience made popular in single player action game classics such as the Half-Life series of games. Released in November of 2008, L4D has earned over 25 industry awards from outlets around the world.

For more information, please visit www.l4d.com


yay to more free (l4d related) stuff

JamesBPK
05-02-2009, 20:47
Huzzah

Wannabeuk
06-02-2009, 01:24
afaik the DLC isnt free btw

JamesBPK
06-02-2009, 10:19
Meh who cares. I'll happily hemmorrage cash for 2 new campaigns.

Wannabeuk
06-02-2009, 13:27
As would i, however i would be somewhat annoyed if the rumours of them only being dead air and death toll made into vs is true, however the wording of "complete" suggest they may be totally new ( but then again the vs part suggests there vs only, which is annoying in its own right :P )

basically im just greedy and want moar!

Wannabeuk
06-02-2009, 13:27
As would i, however i would be somewhat annoyed if the rumours of them only being dead air and death toll made into vs is true, however the wording of "complete" suggest they may be totally new ( but then again the vs part suggests there vs only, which is annoying in its own right :P )

basically im just greedy and want moar!

Nagash
08-02-2009, 14:11
tbh, i'd expect them to be free and would be highly annoyed if they weren't (to PC owners anyway) because thats what valve games have always been about, free additions. This will just be updates to the original game mainly, and extending what they originally planned, so would be a kick in the balls if you had to pay for it. It's the same as weapon upgrades and new maps in TF2. You don't have to pay for them. A new campaign is the same as a new map, not 5 new maps, because it's like 1 gameplay experience... you rarely (if at all) will play 1 map from a campaign and then finish once thats done.

L4D is a very small game atm anyway, so i'd be extremely surprised if they charged us for an even smaller amount of content.

Wannabeuk
08-02-2009, 14:48
that does seem to be the general consensus; that it will be free for pc users, however we will have to wait and see.

Shirley_Crabtree
14-02-2009, 11:38
Despite early rumours that xbox 360 owners will be charged for the DLC it's been confirmed that the DLC will be free for all l4d owners :-

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2234/

Werti0
14-02-2009, 13:45
\o/