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Valve talks Left 4 Dead demo plans News

PC Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese

1 October, 2008

Valve plans to offer a demo of Left 4 Dead "shortly before release", which is 18th November on Steam and 21st November in shops.

The sampler will "most likely be the first two maps of the hospital campaign", according to comments made by Valve's Chet Falisek to De-Frag.

These missions begin outside in a series of streets, before descending into a subway station that takes players to their next safehouse.

Left 4 Dead is the co-op shooter for PC and Xbox 360 that has friends fight hordes of infected baddies. You might know them as zombies.

The twist is that opposing players can dress up as the Infected in frantic online multiplayer fights, lending baddies all the unpredictability and menace of the tummy squits.

Rush over to our Left 4 Dead gamepage for a silly amount of content probably written by Tom who likes that sort of thing.

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Xerx3s
01/10/08 @ 08:26
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Heh, they should. The 360 will be releasing more than 5 good games in an equal amount of on following weeks. It's going to be a slaughterhouse.
Katsumoto
01/10/08 @ 08:31
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I played this over the weekend at Valve's little exhibition at the pc gamer event, and mein gott it was incredible. Can't wait.
Ignatius_Cheese
01/10/08 @ 08:42
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YEY!!! Can. Not. Wait!

One of the most anticipated games of the "Holiday" period.

Glad to hear your hands-on experience was positive, Katsumoto :o)
keyboardmonkey
01/10/08 @ 08:47
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all the unpredictability and menace of the tummy squits

/We've all been there. Looks around nervously to see if anyone is nodding their head in agreement
T4RG4
01/10/08 @ 09:15
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Have high hopes for this - content/theme looks good (survive, with mates, against Zombies)

But the videos I've seen so far make it appear somewhat underwhelming. Katsumoto - fingers crossed!
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01/10/08 @ 09:21
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Good stuff. I just hope it doesn't turn into a friendly-fire-fest as in every video I see they're shooting each other as much as the zombies.
Tweakmonkey
01/10/08 @ 10:58
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Demo now pls
Yossarian
01/10/08 @ 11:41
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Far Cry 2/GoW 2/Left 4 Dead will see me shooting things through Christmas and beyond.
gtmacc
01/10/08 @ 11:47
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Glad to hear it, would like to know if my machine can handle the game before I buy it!
Optyk
01/10/08 @ 12:45
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Thats nice. But what about Episode 3, any news on that?
M83J01P97
01/10/08 @ 13:28
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Have they confirmed yet if this is co-op only? Or will there be a single player mode?

The game looks great but it's coming at a time when most of my xbox friends list will be off playing/doing other things...
Lebowski
01/10/08 @ 13:33
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Yeah I think you'll need good players / mates to play this properly. Halo Kid running off on his own and / or screaming for the shotgun will be a nightmare with this.
daz_john_smith
01/10/08 @ 13:37
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I hope there's a 360 demo and it's not just PC since this is something I'd really like to get my friends interested in.
Vandrius
02/10/08 @ 00:42
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Yet another game that will be far superior on PC *grin*

/fireblanket
muscleblade
02/10/08 @ 11:01
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@Vandrius

Bullshit! This time theres no lackluster PS3 version you know like with The Orange Box.
ChthonicEcho
02/10/08 @ 11:34
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Have they confirmed yet if this is co-op only? Or will there be a single player mode?
There will be a single-player mode.

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