Left 4 (Shaun of the) Dead mod in the works

by JC Fletcher { Jul 14th 2009 at 9:00PM }

Grab a Cornetto in celebration of this truly heroic, and overdue, mod effort: a group of amateur designers is working on Left 4 Winchester for PC, a Left 4 Dead campaign based on the classic zombie comedy (or zomedy, if you will) Shaun of the Dead. Each of the game's five chapters will take place in one of the movie's locations, including the Winchester Tavern, where the movie's zombie-filled final showdown happened.

Unfortunately, according to the website, one of the mappers is concerned with the legal issues of basing the mod on a movie, and this hesitation may result in the project's loss of some of its work. We'll translate: don't expect this to be available immediately.

[Via GameSetWatch]

Tags: L4D, left-4-dead, left-4-winchester, mods, shaun-of-the-dead, valve

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

poop @ Jul 14th 2009 9:08PM

CAN I GET, ANY OF YOU CUNNTS, A DRINK?

MystileArmor @ Jul 14th 2009 9:33PM

I'll take a Cornetto instead!

MystileArmor @ Jul 14th 2009 9:48PM

... BECAUZE OF ZEE CHOCOLATE INZIDE AND OUTZIDE ZEE CORNETTO!!

MystileArmor @ Jul 14th 2009 9:48PM

I meant to say CHOKOLAT!

WINterfang @ Jul 14th 2009 10:43PM

I like Calippo better.

A la' Calippo!!

MystileArmor @ Jul 14th 2009 10:49PM

I haven't had a Calippo or Cornetto in years... or good mayonaisse with my fries.
I'm not joking.

Rhamsey @ Jul 15th 2009 12:04AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CJih1iYC0

deaftly @ Jul 15th 2009 8:55AM

Mayo and fries? Bleh

simblor @ Jul 14th 2009 9:10PM

Someone is going to get red on them.

Demon G Sides @ Jul 15th 2009 12:36AM

I don't think so. If it were a game, yeah, probably, or a newer movie, definitely. Shaun's been out for some time, no game's been made, and the directors seem like good guys.

MLS @ Jul 14th 2009 9:10PM

I've been there. :D It was my most important tourist stop when studying in London!

UhMilhouse @ Jul 14th 2009 9:10PM

Very cool idea. If they could skin the survivors with likenesses of the Shaun of the Dead characters, all the better.

NukeAssault @ Jul 14th 2009 9:35PM

Off topic but the Red Panda is my favorite animal evar!

On topic... this is awesome!

j.howlett @ Jul 14th 2009 9:13PM

i have to watch this again. me and my brother were arguing about the dogs looking up part.

Papa Midnight @ Jul 14th 2009 9:18PM

Safest place on the planet, The Winchester.

Gibbeynater @ Jul 14th 2009 9:21PM

If they're not doing it for profit, they might be able to strike a deal with the makers of the movie.

MystileArmor @ Jul 14th 2009 9:32PM

You can't make mods for profit, unless Valve picks it up ala Team Fortress 2.

u83rmensch @ Jul 14th 2009 9:38PM

you can make mods for profit.. u just have to get all the licensing out of the way.. I've seen source mods go full retail before.

MystileArmor @ Jul 14th 2009 9:46PM

From what I know (and I might be wrong), the original owner of whatever your modding has to give approval if you want to make money out of it.

Otherwise I could mod Left 4 Dead, add a bunch of different maps/skins and sell it.

sicsided @ Jul 14th 2009 10:03PM

Mods go Full Retail. Damnation, Killing Floor to name a few. Basically, they have to buy the license to the software they are modding. Usually after the mod has gotten to a certain point with some interest, either the modders or outside investors pay to make it go full retail.

Einhanderkiller @ Jul 14th 2009 10:04PM

Yep, that's true, MystileArmor. The SDK end user license agreement says that you may not make a profit off of your mods using the engine. The mods that went retail had to obtain a Source license from Valve.

Nap @ Jul 14th 2009 9:22PM

left-4-winchester hahaha

Chibi Chaingun - blackhivemedia.com @ Jul 15th 2009 12:20AM

Nice! XD

Dan Bugglin @ Jul 14th 2009 9:31PM

Is this really news? This smells of a guy who wants to make a mod but doesn't actually want to do any work (or, to be fair, maybe he sucks at it) so he hires other people to do it for him, so of course if they leave the entire mod falls apart, no surprise there.