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Left 4 Dead DLC Coming Before April 21

by Chris Faylor, Mar 05, 2009 9:02am PST

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

The forthcoming Survival mode downloadable content for Left 4 Dead will arrive no later than April 20, developer Valve informed IGN. Specifically, the DLC will debut sometime before the Left 4 Dead: Critics Choice Edition re-release hits retail on April 21.

The free PC and Xbox 360 download adds the Dead Air and Death Toll campaigns to the game's competitive Versus mode, and also adds a new fast-paced Survival mode.

The site also provided a few new details on Survival mode, revealing that 11 of the 12 Survival maps are culled from existing materials, with the new map called Lighthouse.

Upon starting a Survival match, players can explore and gather equipment for as long as they want before activating the zombie horde. However, the game will spare no time in unleashing multiple special zombies--a tank, boomer, smokers and a hunter assaulted IGN simultaneously, and it's apparently possible for two tanks to spawn at once.

Valve added that none of its testers have lasted over nine minutes in a Survival match.

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"Valve added that none of its testers have lasted over nine minutes in a Survival match. "

See, now you've issued a challenge. I bet someone out here will beat that time, eventually. I thought that they were going to be providing new Campaigns though. :( :( :( At least based on an earlier report here. :(

Mar 05, 2009 10:11am PST

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"Valve added that none of its testers have lasted over nine minutes in a Survival match. " See, now yo... : wytefang
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Haven't played Left 4 Melee in ages.

Mar 05, 2009 2:50pm PST

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Haven't played Left 4 Melee in ages. : usedillusion
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  Your loss. : etherealrhythm
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    I haven't as well, don't feel like I'm losing out on anything either. It was a good game, but it's now... : Mystery0000
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      Cool, to each their own I guess. I used to love playing TF2 until Left 4 Dead released, and now I haven't... : etherealrhythm
      
      ^^^ yep, a good community is the heart of l4d. nothing like a match between skilled players working as a... : FuzzyOnion
    - Ok. i have to say something to say. L4D not replayable? how in the world did you come up with that ... th... : Wanahakalugi 87

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Has this just put anyone else off? I was obviously wrong to expect something akin to WaW's zombie mode in a L4D environment, but.... I wanted more than just what it appears to be - Collect shit that you need... run and gun, last as long as you can :(

Mar 05, 2009 9:53am PST

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Has this just put anyone else off? I was obviously wrong to expect something akin to WaW's zombie mode in... : Durajim
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Am I the only one seriously excited about that last line? I cant wait to get a solid group together to see how long we can last...

Mar 05, 2009 9:10am PST

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Am I the only one seriously excited about that last line? I cant wait to get a solid group together to se... : first2di3
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I would like more characters, hopefully in a future update.

Mar 05, 2009 2:18pm PST

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I would like more characters, hopefully in a future update. : JackAxe
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  - zombie 8 my brain (i think i jacked that from another shacker somewhere) : senor135
- Alternative costumes. : fade2black244

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Is there a time during the week when there's more likely to be shackers on the shack group servers? I joined looking to play with you guys but the servers seem to always be empty.

Mar 05, 2009 11:06pm PST

Is there a time during the week when there's more likely to be shackers on the shack group servers? I jo... : ntrefz

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I love this game and I play it every day, but if valve doesn't hurry up and get some stuff out the door for this, I fear it will lose a lot of it's dedicated player base. Atrophy in an online community can be bad. I feel like they are dangerously close to finding out what happens when you release a kick ass multi-only game without enough content.

Mar 05, 2009 9:59am PST

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I love this game and I play it every day, but if valve doesn't hurry up and get some stuff out the door f... : Tauru
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  I really doubt that. The players who bought Left 4 Dead weren't expecting extra content when they bought ... : Vincenator
  - i love the game, but my number one concern before purchasing was replayability considering there was only... : senor135
- Oh yeah, I forgot how fast games die on consoles. I was revving up a "wtf are you talking about?" respons... : Smurfy12

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This update better be amazing or else this game is dead. I can only spend 300+ hours on two maps for so long....

Mar 05, 2009 9:43am PST

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This update better be amazing or else this game is dead. I can only spend 300+ hours on two maps for so l... : Cobalt81
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Needs more VS maps, not a survivor mode. What made Horde fun in Gears2 was the great weapons you could use, but you don't get those in L4D, so I don't see this survivor mode being very fun.

Mar 05, 2009 9:47am PST

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Needs more VS maps, not a survivor mode. What made Horde fun in Gears2 was the great weapons you could us... : synapse19
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  ...and by more VS maps I mean ones on top of Dead Air and Death Toll. Everyone's already playing those as... : synapse19
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Are they also going to be releasing the SDK so I can finally play some user-created campaigns? There is so much potential here that it's ridiculous.

Mar 05, 2009 11:58am PST

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Are they also going to be releasing the SDK so I can finally play some user-created campaigns? There is s... : psamathos
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- Yeah, the SDK is coming as well. Not sure if that'll hit before April 21, though. : Chris Faylor

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Can't wait. Survivor Mode sounds awesome.

Mar 05, 2009 11:37am PST

Can't wait. Survivor Mode sounds awesome. : Godhatesfatpeople

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It's too bad they patched the game already. I only need to get the "kill 5x,xxx zombies" achievement and this would have been a great excuse to do it.

The lighthouse sounds like fun.
Now I'm hoping you'll be able to use it for vs. mode.

Mar 05, 2009 9:26am PST

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- How do you reset your stats? I'd like to start all over with them. : rms

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anyone know of a way to host a l4d versus server that's open to the public without having to run a dedicated server? when you switch from friends only to public in the server setup within the game, it takes you to finding an existing server, but most of the existing servers are really horrible. i drop out of them all the time. i'd like to set up a server where my friends can all play against other people, with a server that we have control of...

Mar 05, 2009 9:52am PST

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anyone know of a way to host a l4d versus server that's open to the public without having to run a dedica... : killerdeathman
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- You mean "host local"? : Tauru
- Assuming you've got all the right ports forwarded, set up a lobby like normal, click start game, then can... : Durajim

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