New Left 4 Dead DLC released today

By Ellie Gibson Published 21 April, 2009

Complete with extra multiplayer mode.

Valve has announced the next batch of downloadable content for Left 4 Dead will be released today.

The Xbox 360 version of the Survival Pack is due to launch at around 2am PST, which is 10am GMT in the old money. The PC version will follow at some point later in the day.

The pack is free to download, hooray. It will introduce a new multiplayer mode titled Survival plus two Versus mode campaigns.

You can find our review of the game plus a whole load of screenshots, videos and other stuff over on the gamepage.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Colin8703 #1 3 years ago

    How annoying that I'm at work.

  • bad09 #2 3 years ago

    Damn, I was gonna play some RE: remake or AC tonight. Guess that's out the window, thanks Valve ya bastards. Still The Mrs likes L4D to so she'll probably have a go.

  • Colin8703 #3 3 years ago

    My Mrs loves it too.

    How strange. I think she's more excited than me as well.

  • thenastypasty #4 3 years ago

    Well im off home at dinner time to get this downloaded,roll on tonight:-)

  • Buztafen #5 3 years ago

    360 updated first? Are Valve feeling alright?.....Sayin that its prolly been delayed for months by microsoft anyway.

    Bring on tonight.... The 4 Horsemen will ride again!!!

  • cathalzx #6 3 years ago

    hey bad09, you seem to reference "the Mrs" quite a lot. Come on, own up - she's imaginary right? (I jest of course!)

  • Dizzy #7 3 years ago

    Yeah!

    What a game.

  • onyx_elite #8 3 years ago

    Completely underwhelming. This might have been worth a look if they released it shortly after the game was released. Frankly by now we want new environments and this half-arsed functionality add-on just isn't good enough.

  • chicknstu #9 3 years ago

    I love when gamers complain about things that are free.

  • deadmonkeyuk #10 3 years ago

    Looks like I will be dusting off my copy of L4D again.

    Valve really should be releasing more content for this game on the xbox. A new map every 2/3 months would have kept things fresh. They could charge 400points and I would have bought them all.

  • Eraysor #11 3 years ago

    Onyx, go away. Any more content for L4D is wonderful.

  • Ryuken #12 3 years ago

    Fact is those two versus campaigns should have been in the retail game in the first place or released much sooner. Didn't make any sense at all really, except for Micro$oft's insistence to heavily stall the new content to promote the Xbox360 version.

    Anyway, Survival mode sounds new enough though.

  • Skandalle #13 3 years ago

    Looking forward to this! more so because its free, which i didnt expect!

    Played it last night funnily enough, 3 hours worth of a session and i never made it out of a scenario alive......and yet it still had me in fits.

  • AaronTurner #14 3 years ago

    Ohh just saw this... and it's 10am! Bonza!

  • AaronTurner #15 3 years ago

    Aw wait, does that mean 11am BST?

  • kinky_mong #16 3 years ago

    It never ceases to amaze me how miserable and demanding gamers are. Complaining about free content that no doubt took a lot of man hours to create and tweak so it's just right. Get a fucking life and some perspective.

  • AbracadaverAK #17 3 years ago

    Agreed, kinky_mong. It never ceases to amaze me how ungrateful some people are.

    Anyone know how big the DLC is for Xbox yet?

  • BlitzwingHaz #18 3 years ago

    It makes you add an update when you stick the game on, then you go into the main menu of L4D and "get survival pack" which is 101.18mb. I'm gonna have a go of it tonight, still loving this game. I'd like it if they added a new weapon, but I'm more than happy with what we're getting.

  • DAN.E.B #19 3 years ago

    thank god the vs maps are here at last
    i play this game daily so 2 vs maps are getting a little dry
    now valve get working on the new campains!
    best game this gen by a mile.

  • mcbain23 #20 3 years ago

    goody good, I've hammered RE5 to death so this is perfect timing for a switch back to 8p L4D.

  • Sunyavadin #21 3 years ago

    About bloody time we got these two.

  • skillian #22 3 years ago

    Left 4 Dead is awesome, but there's no denying it was a little light on content. I bought this game in the knowledge that this is Valve and what's on the disc won't be the whole game a few months down the line.

    I certainly won't complain about the update, but I would have complained had it not come.

  • Ignatius_Cheese #23 3 years ago

    Damn it! A couple of people are already on my friends list playing the new Versus maps!!!

    Still, queued it up to download when I get in. I may just wet myself before then though... ^____^

  • roz123 #24 3 years ago

    People complaining should fuck off. Sure the game is light on content but because its so well balanced and the director mixes things up im still not bored (and i only really play the 2 vs maps). 2 new maps and a whole new game mode sounds like it will keep me going for another few months. And dont worry there will be more free content to come later on.

    there is a good description of whats on the patch here [link url=http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/left-4-dead/pre view/left-4-dead-survival-pack-hands-on/a-200903059444561203 5/g-20061120155139282079
    ]http://ww w.gamesradar.com/pc/left-4-dead...[/link]
    Edited by 1 at 21/04/09 @ 12:12

  • Spekingur #25 3 years ago

    Haha, ok, so MS delayed the content? Right. Continue to fool yourself.

    This is going to be an awesome day, evening, night! Here's hoping that they were working on new "movies" (campaigns) alongside this.

  • bad09 #26 3 years ago

    @ cathalzx

    Yeah, funny I thought the same thing the other day! I guess because she is a keen gamer herself I use her experiences in my posts a lot. Also she always does nice little gaming related things for me, like the other day I posted on a AC2 story I was looking for AC the night before and couldn't find one, she read it and got a copy that night AND she put money towards my new PS2 this weekend. Top woman!

    I'm a lucky guy TBH, she deserves a mention now and again purely for putting up with my Trek addiction! :)
    Edited by 1 at 21/04/09 @ 13:37

  • ph101 #27 3 years ago

    Good news bible.

  • k0natus #28 3 years ago

    I completely agree about those people complaining and their option to fuck off. PC gamers have got their knickers in a twist because the DLC is being released a few hours later than the 360 users. The mind boggles. Too many people around in need of a good swift one. Anyway, can't wait for new melee fatigue system, that should be...fun?
    Edited by 1 at 21/04/09 @ 14:00

  • roz123 #29 3 years ago

    Im not complaining but i think the reason the PC is being delayed is to is so they dont encounter the same problems they had the last time they updated where all the servers went down and it was impossible to find a game for a day.

  • skillian #30 3 years ago

    like the other day I posted on a AC2 story I was looking for AC the night before and couldn't find one, she read it and got a copy that night AND she put money towards my new PS2 this weekend. Top woman!

    Now you're just trying to make the rest of us feel bad :/

  • bad09 #31 3 years ago

    "Now you're just trying to make the rest of us feel bad :/ "

    LOL, nah plenty of good gaming women out there for you guys. :)

    I home now which means....free L4D DLC is downloading! YAY! I F**KING love this game! \o/
    Edited by 1 at 21/04/09 @ 19:54

  • bad09 #32 3 years ago

    Awesome stuff Valve, tell you what make some more content, sell it and I'll buy it.

    / hugs L4D and Valve