That's the first Left 4 Dead, folks. New DLC for the older game, to kind of go alongside the new Left 4 Dead 2 DLC.
Confused? There's two DLC packs coming, one for each game. They kind of tie together.
First off, the L4D2 DLC, The Passing, has the first game's survivors meeting up with the L4D2 cast. Aside from the new story elements, this will also add single, multi, and co-op to the game. Coming this spring (March), it will include new arenas for Survival, Versus and Scavenge modes, and introduce a new co-op challenge mode. Hot. We're working on some hands-on of this now.
This new DLC for the first game relates to The Passing in that it explains how the L4D1 survivors got there. You play as the old crew, heading south to meet the new one. It is said to be coming a month later. They have no title for it yet, and are still working on it. More details are to come from Valve soon.
There's a comic coming that ties the stories of the two games together. A reader will be released on Xbox Live for this sometime in March or early April.
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4:21 PM on 02.11.2010
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Too bad it doesn't seem like they will be together simultaneousl, but AWWW YEAHHHHHH
Well saying that "it explains how they got there" sounds like they will be there before the guys from the South are. But i really welcome the simultaneity if there is some.
Wait, what?
I never got around to buying the first Left 4 Dead (because my friend let me borrow it for like six months), so I JUST purchased it from GameFly--literally less than 10 minutes ago!--for $12 (and using my $5 coupon made it $7). And now it looks like my good idea has been rewarded!
Sweeeeeeeeeet...
@carg0
How is L4D2 broken other than a few weird difficulty jumps?
I agree about the old cast. Except for Ellis. Ellis is my boy.
thought Id trade it in as I thought it was done with and got a hefty £25 for it....
Buy it again.
@Monodi: It will be simultaneous in the second.