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Left 4 Dead Survival Update Is Free

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Free download will add new options to Valve's zombie-laced shooter.

OK, fine, one more time.
OK, fine, one more time. "PILLS HERE!"
When Valve first announced that it was going to put out some downloadable add-ons for Left 4 Dead, it sounded like kind of a scam to me. The main addition will be the ability to play the Death Toll and Dead Air scenarios in the game's online versus mode. It seemed insane back at the game's release that you couldn't play online on every level, and this feels more like "finishing" the game, rather than adding content.

But whatever. Valve has announced that the content will be free on both 360 and PC. So hey, that's cool, right? The update will hit sometime this Spring and will also add a new multiplayer game mode called Survival.
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Spencer said:
"Don't forget about the SDK; that's the only important part of this update for me personally because I own the PC version.  I'm ready for some user-created campaigns."
I agree with you. I have the PC version, and we should already have the patch anyways. It's because they want to wait for the certification for the console version of the patch before they release the PC one.

But yeah, the SDK should already be out...
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Edited By Jared

Excellent! Thank you Valve!

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LOL @ positive responses.

The game wasn't a "full game" back before even realizing not all levels were playable online. L4D is nothing more than a $25 downloadable game mis-marketed into a $60 dollar shelf title.

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Edited By Sushbag

Hey MrKlorox, suck a bag of dicks. Valve always supports their games w/ assloads of free content, and anyone familiar with the developer knew when L4D came out that it, like their other multiplayer games, would live or die by the post-release content added. Now the first siginificant piece of that content is unveiled and you're talking "overpriced"? I hope you get finger cancer you cunt.

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MrKlorox is just too poor to afford the $60 for L4D guys. Don't be so hard on him.

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This is the way that it SHOULD be.  Shouldn't have to pay for what should've been in the game at launch.  = D

It's things like this that make Valve awesomesauce!
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What we need on the 360 is the patch that bolts down those damn dumpsters and welding machines and anything that blocks. They did it on PC, SO COME on!!!! Free DLC. Do you feel that they owe it to you? Heh, come on, they don't have to do anything for free, especially in this economy. So mad props to them. Oh, and I've played the game since the day it came out, and I'm still playing the hell outta it. Thought that once I got Zombie Genocidist and almost all the achievements, I'd get bored, but I still love a GOOD Vs. match. BTW, some of those @ssh0les playing just plain suck. You know who you are.............

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The best part is the SDK. Now we don't have to complain about not enough campaigns as people are able to make there own.

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Edited By rollercoaster4k

just finished playing survival
frickin awesome
all the things ive read says even the developers cant last longer then 9 minutes
me, i'm just under 4 without my regular clan
visit l4d411.com for spawn rates

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I'll still be waiting for some exciting DLC.