It's not just raging Steam boycotters that Valve has upset with the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2. According to the studio, the ESRB has also shown concern, causing Valve to edit the original cover art for the game which showed a hand with a thumb and two fingers chewed off. In order to satiate the demands of the censors, the famous Left 4 Dead hand will now be holding down two fingers, rather than having them torn from the palm.
Strangley, the ESRB has never had a problem with the chewed-off thumb, allowing it both for the original game's cover and for Left 4 Dead 2. It seems that anything more than a thumb is too extreme, leading to the new image found in our gallery. Fortunately, this is as far as the edits go, with the rest of the game deemed perfectly acceptable for human consumption worldwide.
This is great news for the five people who are yet to boycot the game.
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12:20 PM on 06.17.2009
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Fuck humanity.
This is fucking ridiculous.
Fuck the system lol
The Germany Left 4 Dead box art is hilarious though. It's...just a hand. A normal hand, holding up 4 fingers. Wow.
( http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/10/left4deadgermany.jpg )
On the other hand I like the newer cover more. 2 fingers made no sense to me as it broke a lot of what the original cover stood for. The new one actually has more 'meaning' to it as it keeps the idea of 4 fingers -> 4 players L4D while still showing off the 2.
I remember that! That was awesome. He was a very cool guy. And also very good at L4D2
Regarding the cover. I've seen move covers trillions times more distrubing than a hand with some missing fingers. What gives?
Sorry dude, but zombies don't come in peace. Guess he learned that the hard way though, huh? Fucking hippies.
@Trevor It's only the peace sign if the palm is facing the person you are giving it to. The other way around it has a different meaning in parts of the world.
Oops, forgot who I was talking to, MY BAD.
Wouldn't this make it more offensive in the UK? It's pulling the fingers now.