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Left 4 Dead EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Think L4D2 is an expansion? You're a f*cking idiot 151 Left 4 Dead 2 released this past week and while most people are having fun with it, there is a dedicated clan of people who are determined to convince the world that Left 4 Dead 2 is not a real g... Crazy enough to work: Left 4 Dead campaigns in L4D2 15 In this episode of "Adventures in Batsh*t Insane PC Gamer Trickery," we get to see how a conversion of Left 4 Dead to the Left 4 Dead 2 standard is done. Someone was crazy enough to bring the fir... Left 4 Dead 2's Midnight Riders have a blog and stuff 27 Following on from our discovery of a Midnight Riders teaser site, we've just been tipped offLeft 4 Dead 2's resident rock band now has a blog, as well as a Youtube channel. Check it out because i... Lag 4 Dead 2? 120 Left 4 Dead 2 released yesterday and, while its Versus Mode is terrific fun, you'd be hard pressed to find many people able to enjoy it. The game has been hit with massive lag on Xbox Live, despi... Midnight Riders teaser site found: Left 4 Dead 2 DLC? 59 Those who have played Left 4 Dead 2's "Dark Carnival" campaign will likely know of The Midnight Riders. They are a fictional rock band that Ellis seems to be rather fond of, and the campaign's fi... Left 4 Dead gets an NES de-make 36 What you are no doubt watching right now, as you're reading this, is in fact a playable game. PixelForce, which mainly consists of a single person named Eric Ruth, brought it upon themselves to ... Review: Left 4 Dead 2 139 New friends, more zombies, better apocalypse. That's what Valve has promised, and that's what fans will come to expect when they finally pick up the sequel to one of the best zombie games ever m... Valve reflects on the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott 34 With Left 4 Dead 2 out this week (review coming soon!), the notorious boycott of Valve's zombie apocalypse sequel is all but forgotten. Even so, Valve has been reflecting on the incident with Vid... New Jersey breaks street date for AC II and L4D2 45 Man, this holiday might start to be known for broken street dates from GameStop as two more high profile games received the corporate go ahead to get released before their release dates. Three st... Valve is obsessed with your thumb 29 Live near New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, Phoenix, Dallas, Minneapolis, or the San Francisco Bay Area? Good. Now go seek out Left 4 Dead 2-related outdoor advertisement and snap a... Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Ellis 53 Last year, when Destructoid's staff laid dibs on the survivors in Left 4 Dead, I saw things in Francis that nobody else did. They were so quick to write him off as the least desirable survivor an... Left 4 Dead 2 shirts are kinda cool... wait, OMG WTF? 19 Make no mistake about it -- we're excited about Left 4 Dead 2 here at Destructoid. Personally, it's probably one of my most anticipated games of the holiday. I "think" the game is "probably" goin... Left 4 Dead 2 Xbox LIVE Silver demo GET! 10 Similar to the happy ending found in Trading Places, so too will the lowly Xbox LIVE Silver members wanting to play the Left 4 Dead 2 demo get their happy ending today. A week delay is a kick in ... Valve explains why L4D2 mods on Xbox 360 'can't' work 48 If there's one thing that PC versions of (non-Infinity Ward) games have over console versions, it's the excellent modding community. PC gamers have been able to extend the longevity of their favo... Pre-loading Left 4 Dead 2 is now something you can do 8 So you pre-loaded the Left 4 Dead 2 demo early in order to play the game as soon as possible. Then you played the Left 4 Dead 2 demo to death. People started calling dibs on characters. Things ar... Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Coach 71 Left 4 Dead 2 is really bloody good, and if you don't agree with me then you're an IDIOT who deserves to be split in twain from testicles to cranium and then fed to your own imprisoned family. My... Valve: Xbox 360 community 'head and shoulders above PS3' 137 On the same day that Randy Pitchford says that Valve are childish fanboys that bash the PS3, here comes Valve's Chet Faliszek ... kind of bashing the PS3. The game writer has stated that Xbox Liv... Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders 'four times' that of original 36 I think it's very clear now why Valve took the decision to develop Left 4 Dead 2 so soon after the original game's release. The company has in its hands the hottest franchise it's ever had, and a... Valve says Brits don't talk enough online 97 I'm British by birth, and I must admit that screaming obscenities into a headset while trying to play videogames doesn't appeal to me. Apparently this is something not exclusive to your humble wr... Play as Special Infected in the L4D2 demo because you can 22 Run through "The Parish" one too many times in the Left 4 Dead 2 demo and need something new to do? Over on L4DMods.com, they have got an interesting solution to your conundrum, mysterious Intern... Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Nick 93 Just in case you haven't tried out the Left 4 Dead 2 demo yet, know this: it's good. After I finished writing a three-page diatribe on how the 24 hour delay for the PC demo incontrovertibly prove... Left 4 Dead 2 gets another sexy TV spot 24 Would you like more Left 4 Dead 2 video hotness? Of course you would! Valve's undead-pummeling co-op shooter is out this month and the studio is putting that $25 million advertising budget to go... Why the Left 4 Dead survivors may secretly be infected 91 As the Left 4 Dead 2 demo recently illuminated, some survivors in Valve's zombie-filled world are actually "carriers," people who can transmit the supposed zombie virus but are immune to the infe... Left 4 Dead 2 demo on Xbox Live for all Gold members 40 Previously available for pre-orders only, Left 4 Dead 2's demo is now on Xbox Live for all Gold subscribers, because taking demos away from Silver members is a great way to make Gold appear more ... Pre-order L4D2, wear Bill's hat in Team Fortress 2 25 Pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 for PC on Steam or through participating retailers and you'll be able to wear Bill's hat from Left 4 Dead in Team Fortress 2. The hat is available right now for all to wea... Left 4 Dead 2: Censored edition 60 As we all know by now, Valve has had to edit Left 4 Dead 2 because Australia's rating system is demented and won't allow any game deemed unfit for fifteen-year-olds. Unfortunately, this means th... Valve spending £6 million on Left 4 Dead 2 in UK 14 Valve wants us all to know that Left 4 Dead 2 is out this month, and it shall spare no expense in getting that message across. We already know that the upcoming zombie shooter has a worldwide mar... Left 4 Dead 2 DLC not named by PC demo code 10 Left 4 Dead 2 demo code diggers did indeed unearth the names of two bits of DLC for Valve’s upcoming ZFPS. Just don’t get too excited by the news -- they were fake names, created as a... Left 4 Bed 2: The raunchy sequel to Left 4 Bed 47 NSFW AUDIO! Hey everyone! Been a long time since I first made Left 4 Bed. I had no idea how big that video was going to get! So with the release of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo on PC, I was finally ab... Rumor: Two L4D2 expansions named via PC demo 7 Some Left 4 Dead 2 demo code diggers may have stumbled upon the name of two downloadable expansions for Valve’s upcoming ZFPS. Tucked in the demo code are a couple of illuminating messages ... Here are your Left 4 Dead 2 Avatar Awards 25 As we shamble ever nearer to Left 4 Dead 2's release date, the information is flying thick and fast. Yesterday, it was discovered that Avatar Awards would be a part of the Xbox 360 version, allow... The survivors in the South seem to be a lot more serious 18 Well, mostly. As we usually do when something Left 4 Dead-related releases, we've all the writing on the walls in the just-released Left 4 Dead 2 demo for you to look at/read. Unlike the previous... So would you call this a Left 4 Deadstop? 15 With the release of Left 4 Dead 2 right around the corner, maybe you're feeling like getting into the spirit. How about this custom Windows desktop, designed to look like the HUD for Valve's firs... Go, go, go: Left 4 Dead 2 PC demo hits 35 The Left 4 Dead 2 PC demo is now available via Steam after a short delay that almost caused the Internet to explode … or catch on fire. We’re not sure which one -- mainly because we ... G4 goes apesh*t with its Left 4 Dead 2 coverage 32 All morning long, I've been fighting with my video editing software just to bring you guys an unfiltered look at the Left 4 Dead 2 demo that just hit Xbox 360 for pre-order folks. But you know wh... Left 4 Dead 2 supporting Avatar rewards (Update) 26 According to some detective work on the part of the Steam community, it would appear that Left 4 Dead 2 will be one of a handful of games supporting Xbox Live's "Avatar Awards" scheme, ... First Left 4 Dead 2 spot stars zombies and a baseball bat 22 If more zombie-related media hits retail shelves or movie theatres within the next few months, it might become safe to say that America’s new favorite pastime involves the undead instead of... Gentlemen, start your Left 4 Dead 2 demo pre-loads 18 Did you pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 through Steam and simply cannot wait to get those files on your computer? Even if you can't play them until Tuesday, just having the files there on your computer w... Three-minute Left 4 Dead 2 trailer is just... wow 153 Holy. Crap. I hope you're sitting down, because the three minutes of Left 4 Dead 2 footage above is more incredible than I had thought it would be before I pressed play. And believe me, I ha... Valve loses appeal against Left 4 Dead 2 Aussie ban 62 Valve has been appealing a decision by the Australian rating board to refuse an MA15+ classification for Left 4 Dead 2, effectively banning the zombie sequel in the country. Valve has a heavily c... Left 4 Dead fans attack real-life Mercy Hospital 42 Left 4 Dead's "No Mercy" campaign revolves around the survivors attempting to reach and then fight through Mercy Hospital, a supposedly fictional establishment in Pennsylvania. The only... Left 4 Dead 2 demo plans detailed 22 Valve has announced their full plans for the Left 4 Dead 2 demo today. The demo will be set in “The Parish” campaign and up to four players can play it either online or through local ... Left 4 Dead mobile is the best baby's room decor ever 12 I always hope that if the day ever comes where I think having a child is a good idea (God forbid), I would end up being a rad parent. You know, whipping out our Rhythm Tengoku to teach hand/eye c... Left 4 Dead 2 boycott officially over! 64 Valve can now breathe a sigh of relief, because the profit-rending, company-crushing behemoth that was the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott has officially been killed. That's right, Gabe Newell can have the... Left 4 Dead 2 Achievements confirm all campaigns 31 The Achievement list for Valve's zombie-braining sequel Left 4 Dead 2 has been revealed, bringing with it verification of the yet-to-be-official campaigns, Hard Rain and Dead Center. The Achievem... Two new Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns confirmed 39 [ Update:  We have the Left 4 Dead 2 achievements and have confirmed these campaigns.  +1 karma for the rumors we choose to run! ]It appears that two more Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns have b... Think you're good? Left 4 Dead 2 to have 'Realism' mode 48 Hey, I hear you're pretty good at killing zombies in Left 4 Dead. Getting on the rescue chopper? Too easy. And that boat? That Tank may as well take his lunch break, because he's wasting his time... Left 4 Dead 2 confirmed for Australia, heavily edited 40 So, as we all know by know, Australia banned Left 4 Dead 2 because the OFLC rating board is tied to archaic and outdated regulations. Australian fans will be pleased to know that L4D2 has now bee... Preview: Left 4 Dead 2's new Scavenge mode 24 As you found out late last night, Valve unveiled the new Scavenge mode for Left 4 Dead 2. It's a interesting new game mode aimed at players looking for a quick fix of zombie killing. In fact, a r... Valve submits edited L4D2 to Aussie Classification Board 41 Valve won’t quit on Left 4 Dead 2 in Australia, despite the title having been rejected by the Australian Classification Board. According to Valve head honcho Gabe Newell, the studio has sub... This shirt is TOTALLY not Left 4 Dead related 22 Looking at the header image, you might think this shirt has something to do with a certain extremely popular Valve game. Let's be clear -- the girl in this ad is obviously not Zoey, and this medk... GTA IV, Street Fighter IV, more are now 360 Platinum Hits 20 Microsoft has announced today that a bunch of titles have been dubbed "Platinum Hits" based on their top-ratings by critics and sales. The games Microsoft have deemed are both good and ... Valve spending $25 million on Left 4 Dead 2 advertising 49 That's not a typo in that headline -- Valve have announced that they're spending $25 million dollars to advertise Left 4 Dead 2. The Destructoid Mathletes team tells us that's $15 million do... ESRB Left 4 Dead 2 description reads like a blog post 26 I have to say, whoever is writing these ESRB rating summaries lately is getting saucy. Following the absurd (and long... and awesome) descriptions of Gearbox's Borderlands and Double Fine's ... Left 4 Dead 2 'early access' demo confirmed 24 Valve made the Left 4 Dead 2 pre-order thing official. This afternoon, the studio has confirmed that starting now, any who pre-order the game from participating retailers or Steam, will receive &... 'Scavenge' multiplayer mode in Left 4 Dead 2 revealed 30 At a hands-on event in San Francisco tonight, Valve pulled the covers off of a new competitive multiplayer mode that will appear in Left 4 Dead 2 -- "Scavenge." This new mode (desi... Left 4 Dead's survivors evidently visit 4chan a lot 62 You should admire "Crash Course," the new versus-focused bit of Left 4 Dead DLC, for several reasons. A few of those are obvious -- it's free, it's well-paced, etcetera -- but I was awf... Get Left 4 Dead PC for $14.99 through October 2 29 The new Left 4 Dead campaign, "Crash Course," is available now for both the Xbox 360 and PC. Xbox 360 owners have to fork over a few MS Points, but PC owners can get the content fo... L4D2 pre-orderers to get early access to demo (Update) 22 Huge fundamental update: Electronic Arts neglected to mention a tiny detail in regards to the October-bound Left 4 Dead 2 demo: it will be, initially, a pre-order “early-access” thing... EA responds to Left 4 Dead 2 Australia ban with ownage 37 Australia failed to shock the world recently by refusing to classify Left 4 Dead 2, making it the latest game to be banned by the country's pathetic rating system. Publisher Electronic Arts has r... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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