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The first details have come in on the Left 4 Dead playable demo, which Valve claims will be available "shortly before release."

Speaking with De-Frag, Valve's Chet Falisek says that the demo will likely contain the game's first two maps. Part of the hospital campaign, the game will take players from zombie-infested streets to a zombie-infested subway ... either way, you're screwed. From what it sounds like, this area sounds similar to what Valve has shown press in the past (and was playable at PAX).

Left 4 Dead is scheduled to hit Xbox 360 and PC on November 18. 

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Ali D's Avatar
Ali D at 09/30/2008 09:11
Hah hah, I just did a cblog posting about this. Oh well.... just too slow.
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BlindsideDork at 09/30/2008 09:11
PAX play was AMAZING! There is no other 360 game you need.

But yeah..probably just play to a checkpoint. That demo will be played an ungodly amount, here's hoping the demo is co-op as well!
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TUoAnonymous at 09/30/2008 09:37
Can't wait for the demo. Stupid question - is the demo multi-player?
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BlindsideDork at 09/30/2008 09:40
I'd hope it is co-op...I mean PAX was and the whole thing was multiplayer oriented, but many other gamers were multiplayer oriented in demo form.
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OrangeGoblin at 09/30/2008 10:10
Is this demo going to be PC-only, or does the 360 get some brains to feed on as well?
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mistic at 09/30/2008 11:05
great I'll be sure to play that!
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Rockvillian at 09/30/2008 11:45
That'd be a really bad move on Valve's part... to release a beta/demo of an FPS focused heavily (actually primarily) on co-op... without co-op.
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Muon at 09/30/2008 12:04
Can't wait.
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MechaMonkey at 09/30/2008 12:15
"...the game will take players from zombie-infested awesome to a zombie-infested awesome."

There, fixed.
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Cube at 09/30/2008 12:22
Pc demos are standard practice siince the days of freaking shareware doom if you have nay hope of people taking any notice of your game you have to have a demo.
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Sharpless at 09/30/2008 13:28
@OrangeGoblin
I'm sure they mean both PC and 360, since they don't specify one or the other. 360 games almost always get demos anyway.
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VashTS at 09/30/2008 14:03
PC and 360 demo were confirmed, as was online co-op for the demo....
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topcow at 09/30/2008 14:47
@Cube - You think Valve has to release a demo of this for people to take notice? Get real.

Valve could release "Happy Funland Romp" with no demo, and people would still eat that shit up.
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Velt at 09/30/2008 18:41
i hate the fact that is coming on november 18... i have to study like crazy... they could give me the game now and i would play it gladly...
I dont understand why they have to release all the games at the same fucking time.
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