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Left 4 Dead 2 Announced For November

Posted by Soulskill on from the we-need-a-zombie-topic-icon dept.

hansamurai writes "Left 4 Dead 2 has been announced at E3, and a trailer for the game has surfaced. It will be released November 17, 2009, just a year after the first game. Gameplay changes include a new focus on melee weapons, especially the iconic anti-zombie weapon, the chainsaw. The cast of characters is brand new, but the plot appears to take place during the same zombie outbreak." The game is being developed for the PC and Xbox 360, and Valve says it will make use of a new version of their AI engine, which has the ability to "procedurally change weather effects, world objects, and pathways in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match the players' performance." Rock, Paper, Shotgun got the chance to do a hands-on preview, providing details about the gameplay and confirming that "it's a coherent new imagining of the game, this time bigger, smarter, and far more elaborate. Oh, and gloriously more gory."

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  1. What about HL2 Episode 3? by letsief · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing Left 4 Dead, but I was really hoping we'd finally get an update on Half Life 2: Episode 3. Left 4 Dead gets a sequel after one year, but we have to wait three years (presumably) for Episode 3?

  2. Re:Sigh... by jandrese · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, this is Valve, it will be delayed until 2012.

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    I read the internet for the articles.
  3. Title by yoyhed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Left 4 Dead 2? What about Left 8 Dead?

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    WHO NEEDS SHIFT WHEN YOU HAVE CAPSLOCK/ DAMN1
  4. Dynamic Lighting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real question is will I be able to to see the light from the other player's flashlights.

  5. Re:This sucks by $1uck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I cannot disagree with you more. Seriously, for how much time I've played the game and how much enjoyment I've received from the game I have gotten my money's worth multiple times. The article I read specifically states that this does not mean that support for l4d is going away. It also stated that it is a possibility that l4d would be included with l4d2. Something else I'm completely fine with, I would simply give my copy of l4d away to someone who was unsure if they wanted to buy the game.

    Looks to be plenty of new content, 5 campaigns, new infected, new behaviors from old special infected, melee weapons, expanded alteration game play driven by the ai (maps will vary from play to play).

    If you think it sucks don't buy the game. I will gladly shell out the money when the game is released (fully expecting it to sell for half the price 6 months later).

  6. And the scores are... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Left - 4
    Dead - 2
    Chelsea - 2
    Everton - 1