Left 4 Dead DLC announcement by end of summer

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 2nd 2009 at 1:20PM }

Following up on earlier reports that Valve won't leave Left 4 Dead to die an early death, the company stated today that there should be an L4D DLC announcement before the end of summer. A company spokesperson also told CVG that about eight or nine months from now, when L4D2 has released and people see the continued support for L4D, they may finally understand the method to the madness.

We're all eagerly awaiting the epiphany.

Tags: ea, electronic-arts, left-4-dead, left-4-dead-2, valve

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Chin-Paaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:22PM

Why is there a Playstation tag????

And you guys should make a PC tag, we are people too!

The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:41PM

No you are alien cyborgs here to kill us all and Arnold Schwarzenegger is your leader.

Captain Planet @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:05PM

Because EA 'might' (HEAVY emphasis on might) port it to the PS3 with one of their in-house dev teams.

Chin-Paaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:16PM

Must eliminate human console peasants.....

ZaxCG2 @ Jul 2nd 2009 3:43PM

ALL HAIL PC!
We've been plotting this plan from BigDownload.com ever since-
oh wait... no we haven't... no one comments there.

Bradwart @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:24PM

Wasn't this announced already? I thought it was called Left4Dead 2?

Neuromancer @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:38PM

The announcement is there will be no L4D DLC.

Mo @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:25PM

why do you guys suck so bad at tagging things... is it REALLY that hard?

The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:31PM

Maybe this is EA announcing their porting it to PS3!!

I can dream.

N8 @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:26PM

I don't like this all it will do split the base. Just make the new game too good to refuse.

Nathan-DTS @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:28PM

Why are there EA tags? Why is there a PlayStation tag?
Has something wondeful just been announced?

Nathan-DTS @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:33PM

I have a feeling this is Joystiq's 'thing' for today. Evil lies on the posts.

xtremeholymuffin @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:27PM

Wait, what? If this includes a mall level then Valve is officially awesome again.

oh wait, I mean....

BLAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damian @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:37PM

This is starting to get annoying.
THE MALL LEVEL WAS A MOD, NOT MADE BY VALVE AT ALL!!!!!!

Saria the Cat @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:42PM

@Damian: I think that's why he said "A" mall level, not "THE" mall level. As in, a mall level designed by Valve and ported straight into our eyeholes.

Damian @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:44PM

Ah ok, my apolagies xtremeholymuffin, i just got annoyed by many others asking before why the mall level isnt out yet.

The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:45PM

@saria

kitty got claws

Saria the Cat @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:57PM

Didn't mean to sound catty. Maybe I've had too much caffeine this morning. :P

xtremeholymuffin @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:44PM

HEY, JOYSTIQ, YOUR SITE KEEPS CHANGING MY AVATAR TO RANDOM PICTURES IN MY PICTURE FOLDER!

If your website infiltrates my /b/ folder I'm getting insta-banned for sure.

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:28PM

Madness?

SecretAgentHam @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:32PM

THIS IS SPARTA!

nighttime__ @ Jul 3rd 2009 12:50AM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

barc0de @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:28PM

I just love the need to make an announcement that you are going to have an announcement sometime in the future. The last time they said they had an announcement to make, it turned out that there really was no announcement to announce. If there is something they are obviously planning to announce, why not just announce it now and give us a little bit longer of a wait for whatever it is they're announcing?

WINterfang @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:31PM

Stop announcing things, you dirty announcer.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:41PM

It's the Bungie playbook.

FACE EXTRACTION @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:43PM

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS IS ALMOST AS LAME AS COUNTDOWNS FOR COUNTDOWNS OF COUNTDOWNS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:28PM

Well, as usual, all the whiny video gamer crying/rage was for naught. When a company like Valve can't even get the benefit of the doubt, things are in bad shape.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:30PM

Now get on that Ep. 3 announcement Valve, dammit!

miguel @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:30PM

come on!!!!! i was so excited when i saw left 4 dead on the ps3 section.. plz dont do that again..

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:31PM

Umm, so they're going to release the DLC just before L4D2 is released?

What's the fucking point in that? Yeah, let me continue to pump money into a game that I don't play anymore because I'm playing the sequel already.

whylekat @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:54PM

Yo exactly. I love L4D. But why would I put anymore money into it when the sequel comes out 2-3 months later. What a waste. They should release that DLC now if anything!!

Joshua @ Jul 2nd 2009 4:15PM

Where does it say it's going to cost? I can't think of a single time I paid for valve dlc

Latin_Trident @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:31PM

either way i plan to sell L4D soon so I can recoup all $40 i spent on it to put towards L4D 2. I still have too many games too play that are begging me for attention such as Mass Effect, the Orange Box, Burnout Paradise, and Mirror's Edge. If only there were 36 hours or 48 hours each day...

Mo @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:33PM

maybe joystiq loves throwing fuel on bullshit rumor fires

Vegnagun bwf @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:33PM

I understand the method to their madness perfectly fine. They told the world about L4D2, didn't expect that reaction, and now to mitigate it they're releasing new content on L4D to appear as if they're still supporting it.

And being someone who doesn't particularly care about the whole L4D2 controversy (any more L4D sounds great to me), I'm totally fine with this.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:43PM

Yep

We're getting the DLC we wanted in the first place, so now everybody can calm the fuck down.

Vegnagun bwf @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:21PM

I agree with the sentiment that most people have about it: Valve treats its customers like champions which spoiled them and they expected 50 updates by now and all of those updates to be free. I admit that L4D was kind of expensive considering the amount of content in it, but I played through every scenario a great deal and I totally enjoyed it.

Professor Lario @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:35PM

Possibly the DLC will effectively upgrade L4D1 to L4D2?

GameHero @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:36PM

This use to be an awesome website when it was call ps3 fanboy, now its an abortion!

Damian @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:39PM

You are an Abortion!

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:46PM

God. Look at his name. "GameHero".

Hey. GameHero! We got enough of you "Heroes" around here! We don't need anymore.

Why don't you abort yourself off this page? ......yeah!

Old Professor Zertoss @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:03PM

When you do abort yourself, could you do so in a way that leaves your liver intact?

Khaled @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:38PM

Under PS Section...???

alienterrorist @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:39PM

They could have easily put the dead space girl here.
I hope that the DLC will also work for L4D2.

FACE EXTRACTION @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:44PM

IT'S TOO SOON FOR MORE DLC! VALVE JUST RELEASED THE SURVIVAL PACK AND NOW MORE DLC IS COMING? THIS WILL SPLIT THE L4D COMMUNITY!!!

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:49PM

Sir, if you don't get your caps under control, I can promise you opaqueness of your posts will receive maximum damage.

Doctor Doom @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:47PM

Doom demands that this DLC be free like the first. If Valve charges for it, they can expect a robotic horde on their doorstep courtesy of Doctor Doom!

uncle jesse @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:58PM

You should have loads of money to spend, Doom.

I would pay for some new campaign levels. That would be most excellent. I wouldn't have paid for the survival mode, but I was happy to have it free to download and now I find myself playing it all the time. If the new DLC has to be purchased to be played, I trust Valve enough to know that it would be worth it.