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 finale involves the Survivors fighting on a stage set up for a Riders concert. It's an incredible moment, and we've just discovered a brand new Web site all about the band!
All that's been revealed so far is a picture of the band with the word "Coming Soon" written underneath. We have no idea yet what it could be about. It may just be a viral site, but who knows? Perhaps it could be a whole new campaign with the players taking on the role of the Riders themselves! How awesome would that be?
We're going to contact Valve to try and get a comment. We know the site is officially registered to Valve, so it's a genuine thing. We just need to know what it means!
[Thanks, James!]
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2:05 PM on 11.18.2009
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Shit, I don't even have the game yet and now I'm also hyped to get my hands on it's possible, maybe DLC. Again I say, shit.
This is why Valve is my favorite dev. They not only put shameless advertising in their games (L4F hats in TF2), but also on the Midnight Riders's Poster they gave a shoutout to my hometown Gulfport, MS.
Fun Fact: Gulfport, MS does have a colosseum.
Still, I can't help but feel like they're missing an opportunity for a Francis cameo. (As we all know, Francis is the king of all survivors. Fact.)
The site is registered to Valve itself.
I just was in Gulfport not too long ago. It's a nice little city.
And the third one looks like crecente!
Domain Name: MIDNIGHT-RIDERS.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.VALVESOFTWARE.COM
Name Server: NS2.VALVESOFTWARE.COM
Name Server: NS3.VALVESOFTWARE.COM
oops, sorry. i should have read all the posts first. Jim already pointed out the site registered to Valve. my bad! ;)
I agree wholeheartedly with Francis being the king of all survivors.
If you can play as these guys... Valve just won over a reluctant purchase.
I did.
Too bad Midnight Rider is already in Rock Band.
And Coach. The first time I played through Dark Carnival it was always Coach talking about them. "I bought all their albums, even the crappy ones later on.", "Oh it's been so long since I've got to see them in concert", he starts singing their song when he goes near the microphone, "If they're anything like I remember them, their fireworks show will signal the chopper pilot." and after the pilot arrived Rochelle comments "Whaddya know, Coach's crazy idea actually worked."
I don't know about having even more new characters as DLC now. I'm just starting to warm up to the new survivors.
YES. FUCK YES.
Also, I agree with Sharpless. Francais is the greatest survivor so far. Followed closely by Uncle Phil.
Oh, and there are actually five members of the band, according to the posters in the stadium. Not sure which one's missing from the group on the site, but something tells me he's the one that's not immune.
Fuckin' ODST. I hate Bungie too.
"We all know Valve. It won't be DLC. It'll be either Left 4 Dead 3 or L4D2: Midnight Riders Expansion. Which will cost 60 bucks at stores when you could tack it on for 20-30."
We're not talking Microsoft here. Valve's been plenty fucking generous with free DLC for many of their games.
LMFAO
This would be amazing!! Imagine if they knew Francis somehow? And what if they met up with him somehow?
*head explodes*
Then it must be an extra special DLC in that case. Zombified audience, perhaps?