
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]
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.
Jordan Biffle @ Jul 14th 2009 9:36PM
You guys are missing the point, dogs can't look up.
MowDownJoe @ Jul 14th 2009 9:42PM
IT'S NOT A REAL GUN! *gun fires*
Zack11190 @ Jul 15th 2009 2:05AM
Ok. But dogs CAN look up!
Shmil @ Jul 14th 2009 9:47PM
I can picture it now. 4 characters: Shaun, Ed, Liz, and Diane. No David of course. Because no one wants to play as David.
BPMOmega [GT,Steam] @ Jul 15th 2009 1:47AM
David was a douche.
Zack11190 @ Jul 15th 2009 2:06AM
Get fucked, Four-Eyes!
Brucie_K @ Jul 14th 2009 9:49PM
The mod would not be complete if it didn't have ''Don't Stop Me Now'' by Queen.
1UP @ Jul 14th 2009 10:11PM
We're not supposed to say the Zed word!
Das Boot @ Jul 14th 2009 10:25PM
Would anyone of you, want.... a peanut?
Cody @ Jul 14th 2009 10:28PM
Since this has been "in development" since L4D came out, I have a feeling it's gonna be a long while before any of us can play it.
tcc3 @ Jul 14th 2009 10:37PM
Is there a part where you pretend to be a zombie?
F1: Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu @ Jul 14th 2009 10:56PM
Ya but then someone gets a call on their cell and all hell breaks loose!
F1: Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu @ Jul 14th 2009 11:02PM
Has she been bitten?!
No Philip has.
Oh, okay.
Rhamsey @ Jul 15th 2009 12:02AM
I'm sorry, no.. I'm sorry.
Neuromancer @ Jul 15th 2009 12:46AM
This cannot work. In the bonus content of the DVD, Shaun specifically says that zombies are slow, stupid things and do not run.
/mod
Riley @ Jul 15th 2009 1:23AM
yeah, i can't see them having any license problems, otherwise the media companies would have to shut down like 50% of CS:S maps
Seraphixla @ Jul 15th 2009 2:35AM
I bet Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright would get a kick out of this. Rogue Pictures might not though. That's what you want to worry about.
Zack11190 @ Jul 15th 2009 2:08AM
This mod must include Don't Stop Me Now by Queen in the Winchester map.
ChiTownRuler23 @ Jul 15th 2009 3:54AM
hmmm how about a Counter Strike mod for Hot Fuzz?
DinnyHoon @ Jul 15th 2009 5:01AM
(Insert hilarious Shaun of the Dead quote here)
*awaits glorious vote-ups*
yokel @ Jul 15th 2009 7:19AM
sorry buddy it ain't gonna happen :)
DinnyHoon @ Jul 15th 2009 7:56AM
Blast, thought I'd cracked the formula.
Spartan @ Jul 15th 2009 5:05AM
He's not my dad!
Heimbachae @ Jul 15th 2009 7:31AM
what up niggas!!!???
Gemini Ace @ Jul 15th 2009 9:25AM
Why worry about legal issues? It's a mod. Don't be a pussy.
quakeguts @ Jul 15th 2009 10:22AM
Stuff like this makes me wish I still used my PC for gaming...