Left 4 Dead going on world tour

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Aug 13th 2008 at 1:00AM }

Not unlike the unfortunate victims and eventual accomplices in a zombie apocalypse, Valve's Left 4 Dead will soon be spreading across the world, exposing itself to clamoring crowds of pale-skinned, physically sluggish moaners. The cooperative shooter will be hosted in playable form at several upcoming gaming events, giving folks like you the chance to experience what we've been raving about. Here's where you can give the game a good go:

Leipzig Games Convention (Germany, 20-24 August)
Penny Arcade Expo (Seattle, USA, August 29-31) -- Xbox 360 version debut
Festival Du Jeu Video (France, 26-28 September)
PC Gamer Showdown (UK, 27-28 September)

As if mowing down hordes of zombies on your way to the Left 4 Dead booth wasn't incentive enough to go play, Valve has promised that its people will be nearby to dispense information and game "memorabilia." Very nice! All we got at E3 were some mints.

[Via press release]

Tags: Braaaaainns, Left-4-Dead, Leipzig, PAX, Valve, Zombies

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

natetk @ Aug 13th 2008 1:01AM

I can't wait:)

Double J @ Aug 13th 2008 1:08AM

Hell yes PAX. I'm totally gonna wait in line and get angry at other people for doing nothing more than wait in line as well, but because of my ego, think they're out to punish me.

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Aug 13th 2008 1:12AM

http://www.newsandentertainment.com/zFzombiequiz.html

Test your Zombie Survival skills.

Anticrawl @ Aug 13th 2008 2:25AM

These aren't zombies. They are the infected. You can tell because they RUN. And zombies don't run.

http://www.zombiesdontrun.com/

Anticrawl @ Aug 13th 2008 2:27AM

http://www.cafepress.com/zombiesdontrun

Anticrawl @ Aug 13th 2008 2:27AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7280793.stm

Obie @ Aug 13th 2008 8:14AM

@Aniticrawl: Some zombies run (DotD remake), but you are correct, these are infected people, not reanimated corpses.

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Aug 13th 2008 9:44AM

@ Anti-Crawl

Thanks for hijacking my post dude. That had absolutely NOTHING to do with the link I posted.

I hate when people reply with useless nonsense just to get themselves to the top of the comments. Next time troll at the bottom where no one cares.

Anticrawl @ Aug 14th 2008 3:54PM

It certainly does have something to do with your post buddy. You were the one that suggested they could in fact run not long ago. And to Obie, Romero is not happy with the Dawn of the Dead remake and how the zombies ran, so obviously it doesn't count since the man himself said so.

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Aug 14th 2008 10:41PM

Anticrawl

Bottom line is you're an asshole. All I did was link to an interesting site. While you're at it check out this site: http://mingle2.com/zombieharmony/free-dating-sites

And, Dawn of the Dead 2004 is one highest grossing zombie flicks yet, reaching $100,000,000 so yes, Zombies do run.

But, my original post had nothing to do with running zombies. So go troll elsewhere.

Pico Suarez @ Aug 13th 2008 1:27AM

"Valve's Left 4 Dead will soon be spreading across the world, exposing itself to clamoring crowds of pale-skinned, physically sluggish moaners."

Yep. That's the internet audience, alright.

GreyFox @ Aug 13th 2008 2:53AM

Yep and I can't wait to be one of those pale faced, slack jawed moaners playing that.

NvM @ Aug 13th 2008 1:25AM

I still want my beard back...

kojo87 @ Aug 13th 2008 1:34AM

so many awesome games coming out this fall! i need more monies...

WRE @ Aug 13th 2008 1:36AM

When is TGS? Also, Left 4 Dead looks good.

Flakundenga @ Aug 13th 2008 1:39AM

no going to any :( but dont matter i'll still get this game

Lard @ Aug 13th 2008 2:02AM

Oh look! It's the same "world tour" that MGS4 went on.

Europe and America.

How worldly.

eldee @ Aug 13th 2008 2:16AM

great, now fucking release it already! I feel like I've been waiting for this game for an eternity.. every video I see looks like a 100% finished game, what's the holdup?

caramelzappa @ Aug 13th 2008 3:28AM

Quality. Plenty of games that are 100% done and released look good in videos, but then end up full of glitches and bugs. But Valve games have never had half the problems plenty of other games have had. Valve games have always had great quality, and that doesn't come without a price. That price is time.

eldee @ Aug 13th 2008 4:49AM

meh, so long as it's not a 2 hour snoozefest like HL2 Ep2 was. I mean, I know they polish their games before release.. but on top of that I have a feeling they're just slow. I've worked in environments like what I picture valve to be.. extremely high quality finished product, but very laid back and unconcerned development cycle.

syrik zero @ Aug 13th 2008 5:01PM

HL2:EP2 was awesome! I can't wait for EP3! Could be because I'm a huge HL fan though... Either way I'm always willing to wait for a Game. Generally they're better that way.

Arturo @ Aug 13th 2008 4:49AM

is joystiq going? any chance for joyswag? either way, i'll end up getting what the valve store hopefully offers =p

syrik zero @ Aug 13th 2008 4:59PM

They are going to PAX but I would imagine they're going more to gather news and relay that news to us.

Arturo @ Aug 13th 2008 5:41PM

"but I would imagine they're going more to gather news and relay that news to us."

Well durr, I would expect no less from joystiq but some goodies couldn't hurt. Or would you prefer nothing?

DiscoGhost @ Aug 13th 2008 8:11AM

Did the devs ever include a mode I heard rumors of in the very beginning? There's the 4 player coop but then there's also room for another person to control the herds of zombies rts style...anyone? Does this exist? I haven't heard anything about it in a while.

MikeO. @ Aug 13th 2008 11:12AM

I read on more than one occassion that there will be other players controlling the "stronger" enemies of the game.

This was a long time ago and may have been cut out since, but it sounded like YOU had the option of being an enemy boss or particularly difficult enemy.

But I read way too many previews and reviews to know where I've read it. I never heard it was going to be RTS style though. Interesting if true.