Left 4 Dead 2 “The Passing” DLC Announced, Features L4D 1 Characters
Left 4 Dead 2 “The Passing” DLC Announced, Features L4D 1 Characters
Posted 12/14/2009 at 10:41pm
| by Nathan Grayson
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Four humans versus thousands upon thousands of zombies. Left 4 Dead 2 doesn’t seem very fair, does it? Well, in early 2010, four familiar faces are looking to even the odds, which – by our math – makes the zombie apocalypse 0.000000001% more evenly matched. That’s right: Francis, Bill, Zoey, and Louis are back, and Coach, Rochelle, Ellis, and Nick are… still here! So they’re teaming up, in case that wasn’t the most obvious thing in the entire world.
“The Passing will become the most important campaign in the Left 4 Dead story, as all the Survivors are being called together in one campaign,” said Doug Lombardi, VP of marketing at Valve. “It will also be a huge offering of new gameplay content, with something new for every game mode plus a new uncommon common and weaponry.”
Taking place in a small town in rural Georgia, the DLC will also include a new co-op challenge mode. As for pricing, Valve’s not saying at the moment, but we’d be shocked if PC gamers were forced to drop a nickel or a dime on The Passing, as Valve’s PC content hasn’t traditionally carried a price tag.
The DLC’s out in early 2010. Which is nice, since we’ll need a relaxing Left 4 Dead 2 break in between our rigorous Mass Effect 2/BioShock 2 sessions.
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Vausch
December 16, 2009 at 10:38pm
It may be a little late but this must be Valve's Christmas gift to us all!
Caboose
December 15, 2009 at 9:28am
It's be a crime if Valve didn't make 8 player Co-Op play with the new content.
And why stop there, why not make 16 player versus...
Can you just imagine how insanely insane that would be?
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
mothrpe
December 15, 2009 at 8:34am
I never played Left 4 Dead 1 again after getting 2, it simply ain't as good.
Maybe we'll get 8 player coop with all the survivors as the new mode! That would be jokesssssss guyyyy.
squarebab
December 15, 2009 at 5:42am
Awesome. On a related note, Valve should consider having celebrity zombies. I laughed my ass off when I saw faux-celebrity Jimmy Gibbs running around the Dead Center mall. Zombie celebrities would add more fun to the gameplay.
nekollx
December 15, 2009 at 9:48am
TECHNICALLY this is L4D1 DLC (their teaming with the L4D2 crew) AND a L4D2 DLC....
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I Jedi
December 15, 2009 at 4:42am
Nathan, you're my new favorite MxPC guy here. I say this because you actually admited to going to play ME 2, which is something I CANNOT wait to get within a month, and a few days from now.
bikerbub
December 15, 2009 at 5:16am
pretty much everybody i know that owns an xbox/pc and likes rpg games is going to play ME2. i might actually preorder it, so long as they don't charge extra for less.
I Jedi
December 15, 2009 at 5:23am
If you haven't played ME 1 then I recommend that you do. Its $20 on Steam right, and you can probably find a used copy at Gamestop for less. Anyways, if you like ME 1, you should get ME 2 CE for ten extra dollars...
Yusonice
December 15, 2009 at 3:11am
Why annouce something which we have to wait for? every1 will di waiting
Caboose
December 15, 2009 at 9:26am
OH MY GOD... Are you serious? You couldn't even be bothered to spell correctly? That sentence would have taken you 30 seconds to type out correctly!
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
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