More DLC Info

[Bronze Fox]

"Valve is showing the first downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead 2, "The Passing," at today's X10 event. The new campaign is now aiming for a March release, the start of new content for the zombie apocalypse shooter.

In "The Passing," players will meet up with the original Left 4 Dead's survivors, Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis, who will appear as non-playable characters. Valve's Chet Faliszek told Kotaku that Left 4 Dead 2's survivors will rendezvous with the original quartet later on in the campaign, and that they will aid Coach, Nick, Ellis and Rochelle in finishing the third map in the campaign.

That new add-on will offer an opportunity to see more of the original cast's character traits, Faliszek said, storylines that will likely be explored in the Left 4 Dead comic book that will arrive after "The Passing." That comic will be illustrated by Powers artist Michael Avon Oeming.

Then, about a "month or so" after that, Valve plans to release an add-on for the first Left 4 Dead, an episode that will tell the story of the original survivors' journey to "The Passing." That unnamed Left 4 Dead add-on will only be playable on the original game, not in the sequel.

Valve says it plans to release "The Passing" on Xbox 360 and PC in "late March" with more details on the Left 4 Dead downloadable content coming soon."

-Kotaku

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[!B a T m A n!]

yaaaay i get to see bill again!

[Cpt. Winky]

"I hate sequels"

[Fano]

non-playable characters??

weren't they supposed to be part of a huge 8 player campaign?

I am disappoint D=

regardless, you can't really argue against free content, so I'm looking forward to it.

[Bronze Fox]

Looks like I'll have to install L4D sometime.

[Aez]

I love the meetup idea, though I wouldn't mind if you could select any of the 8 for a 4-man mission. Being able to mix and match the characters would be awesome.

[bullet4o1]

They should make it 8 player!


More ZOMBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!

[Bronze Fox]

"Valve released new details on the first downloadable add-on for Left 4 Dead 2 today at Microsoft's X10 event, explaining how "The Passing" will handle the meet up with the original Left 4 Dead survivors. Now, let's have some media.

These ten new screens of the new episode, coming to the PC and Xbox 360 in "late March," show off the new "Savannah-esque" coastal town setting and the new Fallen Survivor infected. He's the unlucky undead wearing the bucket hat, bandolier and Molotov cocktail in some of these shots.

You'll also get a peek at what appears to be a new machine gun and the new Black Tie common zombie."

-Kotaku (Link to Article and Pictures)

"Valve recently detailed the new downloadable Left 4 Dead 2 campaign, The Passing. It will reunite the heroes of the first game and the sequel. There's an official poster for it. But without the expected witty tagline"

-Kotaku

[Ironwolf]

But I wanted to play to be Francis again and rightfully hate everything....and what about the revenge of the Zoe bot...

[Flobee]

Wow, that campaign poster is kind of...ugly.

[Bronze Fox]

[quote="Flobee";p="225661"]Wow, that campaign poster is kind of...ugly.[/quote]

Just wait until they add a funny quirky line.

[Fox_Blaze]

I wish the l4d character could be playable. i'd love to play as Louis again. xD I saw in the interview video, that he has grown a wicked mass of hair on his face. xD

[TheCarpe]

Nick looks like Jack from Lost in that poster.

[Masakari]

http://kotaku.com/5498032/one-left-4-de ... he-passing

Looks like they're going to kill of one of the original characters. This should...certainly cause rage among people.

[TheCarpe]

My guess would be Bill. He's the oldest and, of them, probably the most likely to make a heroic sacrifice.