New L4D DLC Announced

**Calneon** · 5th August 2009, 05:07 PM

Crash Course Campaign Due in September

August 4, 2009 - 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 the next major downloadable content (DLC) update for its co-operative zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead (L4D), the #1 new game title on Xbox 360 and PC in 2008

Entitled "Crash Course," the latest DLC delivers new single-player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay to both platforms. Targeted for release in September, "Crash Course" bridges the gap between the end of the "No Mercy" campaign and the beginning of "Death Toll" in the original game, expanding the game universe with new locations, new dialogue from the original cast, and an explosive finale

While containing both Survival maps and a Co-operative Campaign, the primary goal of "Crash" is to deliver a complete Versus mode experience in just 30 minutes, resulting in a streamlined version of the game's existing Versus campaigns. A recharge timer for infected teammates has also been added, and item spawn behavior has changed for more balanced gameplay.

"Since the release of Left 4 Dead last November, the design team has been excited about creating new experiences for this world and allowing players to do the same, by releasing much of our internal toolset, like the Survival Pack and Authoring Tools," said Gabe Newell. "We're working with the fans toward the ongoing entertainment value of the product."

Left 4 Dead is an action horror 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 50 industry awards from outlets around the world and sold almost 3 million copies worldwide.

Left 4 Dead: Crash Course is targeted for release in September and will be available free of charge on the PC and for 560 Gamer points on Xbox Live.

For more information, please visit www.l4d.com

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Nice to know they're keeping their word on not abandoning L4D since they announced L4D 2. I like the idea of a shorter 30 minute versus mode, I love versus but it's always hard to find 2 hours when all 4 people can play together without somebody leaving and spoiling it for the rest.

**Calneon** · 5th August 2009, 05:15 PM

A bit more information:

It seems this is a new short campaign between the end of No Mercy (escaping in the chopper) and the start of Death Toll (end of a road, equipment in the boot of a car). Apparently the chopper crashes (hence the name) because Zoey shoots the pilot because he is infected. It will contain 2 full maps, so probably half as big as the other campaigns which each have 4 maps.

**Trigger** · 5th August 2009, 05:42 PM

Dont ask why but the rotor blades reminded me of a strider

The old ones where getting a bit stale its nice that there showing the same kind of attention as they do to TF2

**Target** · 5th August 2009, 06:09 PM

Should be good, versus is awesome if you have either 8ppl on ts playing or randomly find a pub game where both teams are evenly matched (which is very rare :P) It will be good with a 30min map means you can have a quick game every now and again as some levels do drag a lot :P