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Valve Confirms Left 4 Dead Demo Date, Early Access for Pre-orders

by Blake Ellison, Oct 28, 2008 12:45pm PDT

Related Topics – Left 4 Dead, Mario Kart Wii, , MotorStorm Apocalypse, xbox 360, PC

Valve has responded to reports yesterday that the demo for its zombie-escaping shooter Left 4 Dead (PC, 360) will arrive on November 6 for pre-order customers and November 11 for the public.

"This pre-order promotion applies to all Steam PC pre-orders and all Xbox 360 and PC pre-orders from participating retailers in North America," reads a press release from the developer. The release did not mention which retailers are participating, but it is known that GameStop is taking part.

Valve added that the demo will feature both single-player and cooperative play for up to four players, and that it will arrive on the same dates for the Xbox 360 version as the PC edition.

"The demo concludes on November 18," according to the press release, when the full game will get its retail and digitally-distributed release.

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i wonder if this is in fact a "demo", or they are just essentially releasing the game early a week on steam, and calling it a pre-order demo. how shrewd are you valve? genius's perhaps, this way your brick and mortar distributors can't complain

Oct 28, 2008 11:07pm PDT

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i wonder if this is in fact a "demo", or they are just essentially releasing the game early a week on ste... : gibbo
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- It's a demo. : Chris Faylor

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That's cool, but then Gears 2 comes out the next day and I'll have TOO MUCH to play! =O

What is a gamer to do?

Oct 28, 2008 1:03pm PDT

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That's cool, but then Gears 2 comes out the next day and I'll have TOO MUCH to play! =O What is a g... : Begawkiness
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  Don't play the mediocre game series called Gears of War. : coolbreezr
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    I'd like your pass to play games to be revoked : SlingBlaze
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      I guess you can revoke mine as well, because I have zero desire to play burly space marine corridor shoot... : carbontree
      
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      That's a pretty poor description of the game right there. But that's fine if you don't want to play it, ... : Begawkiness
      
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      I enjoyed GoW 1 for what it was, though it didn't light my world on fire. Having the choice between more ... : carbontree
      
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      Although I do dislike CliffyB, there is enough new there to draw me, especially the mode Horde. L4D is... : SlingBlaze
      
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      Why do you dislike CliffyB? : dilutedq
      
      Hes too pretty : SlingBlaze
      
      I can't speak for SlingBlaze, but to me CliffyB gives off a very strong self-important douchebag vibe. Do... : carbontree
      
      I also will be playing all the games you said you woudl be, and skipping the ones you said you would be a... : SlingBlaze
      
      Wait, you don't want to play burly space marine corridor shooter, so you're going to play Dead Space? : Rooster Cockburn

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That suits me. I bought it the day it showed up on Steam. Of course, I've already played it at Quakecon 2007 and it not only rocks the Caz-bah, it is the Caz-bah.

Oct 28, 2008 1:54pm PDT

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That suits me. I bought it the day it showed up on Steam. Of course, I've already played it at Quakecon 2... : Dynotaku
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- Played it at Leipzig Games Convention, bought it on Steam. Have the hand as XP account icon. Sold. : Lukiopimp

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Why sure, I'm perfectly willing to buy a game so I can demo it. That sounds completely logical.

Anyway, on a real note, its going to take a free preview weekend to sell me on this one. I'm really not convinced the gameplay is sustaining, and the engine well, quite frankly, looks a little too dated.

Oct 28, 2008 1:52pm PDT

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Why sure, I'm perfectly willing to buy a game so I can demo it. That sounds completely logical. Anyway... : CoreContingency
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  Read the fucking article. : lechuck59
  - I have to agree. Also I like your name : OmegaRed59
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    I want to like it, I really do! I know people have been playing the game for months, and most have very p... : CoreContingency
    - The engine looks dated.. in comparison to what? CoD4? Unreal III ? id Tech 5? : Lukiopimp
- Agreed. Waiting for reviews on this. Looks like Valve been scrapping the texture bin from 2004. : boulder94

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That as got to be the most f*£king stupiedist thing ever heard give DEMOS to those that have already bought the game, what dumbf*£kpig of a PR came up with that one need shooting

thought DEMOS was made to promote a sell!!!!!!!!!!!!

VALVE you realy need to sack your sales dept

Oct 28, 2008 3:00pm PDT

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This is pretty shrewd of Valve. Not only do they "reward" customers with early access to the demo, they also know that its these customers that are gonna be the ones to tell their undecided friends how f'ing cool the game is. Also, the 7 day headstart also creates incentive for those on the fence to buy early so they can get the game early.

Oct 28, 2008 7:52pm PDT

This is pretty shrewd of Valve. Not only do they "reward" customers with early access to the demo, they ... : ezanga

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I don't get it. Isn't the point of a demo to advertise a product? Why advertise a product to the people who already bought it?
I'm not trying to create flamebait here, but it seems in this case, releasing it at the same time for all would have made more sense. Maybe adding some perks for the pre-ordering folks, too, as thanks.

Oct 28, 2008 1:05pm PDT

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I don't get it. Isn't the point of a demo to advertise a product? Why advertise a product to the people w... : FirstPersonCooter
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By: Cashh x Show Full Post

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Time to preorder this sucker

Oct 28, 2008 6:17pm PDT

Time to preorder this sucker : Cashh

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Does anyone else have problems viewing screenshots, cause i am having problems for sometime now.

Oct 28, 2008 1:06pm PDT

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Does anyone else have problems viewing screenshots, cause i am having problems for sometime now. : devilz_89
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I just read this on the L4D forum; Yeah :D Now I get to play it a week earlier ^^
Now I only have to make the difficult decision; play L4D or go to a huge birthday party (and the day after that a party organized by my university). :P

Oct 28, 2008 12:58pm PDT

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I just read this on the L4D forum; Yeah :D Now I get to play it a week earlier ^^ Now I only have to mak... : Smoochy666
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- go to party. L4D will be there when party is over. : OmegaRed59

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I'm waiting for the demo on this. Not sure I'm going to get $50 of gameplay out of shooting some zombies. I always figured this was going to be a bonus game with episode 3 making a yellow box or whatever.

Oct 28, 2008 1:49pm PDT

I'm waiting for the demo on this. Not sure I'm going to get $50 of gameplay out of shooting some zombies... : Freon

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So the pre-load phase has NOT begun yet, correct?

Oct 28, 2008 1:46pm PDT

So the pre-load phase has NOT begun yet, correct? : kpxkrnjc

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Hm, I might have to pre-order then... But that defeats the purpose of a demo >_>... But I want to play... :[

Oct 28, 2008 12:50pm PDT

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- thats my thought as well. i want l4d to be awesome... i want it to be the best thing since sliced bread..... : radio_babylon

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Thank you Valve! I can't wait to play this!

Oct 28, 2008 12:54pm PDT

Thank you Valve! I can't wait to play this! : AltZero

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