X10: Left 4 Dead 2 'The Passing' DLC in March, L4D1 tie-in DLC to follow

by James Ransom-Wiley on Feb 11th 2010 7:32PM

So what's the appropriate greeting for when you pass another survivor in the zombie apocalypse? We'll find out next month, when Valve plans to release the first Left 4 Dead 2 DLC campaign, "The Passing," on Xbox 360 and PC. The Passing will feature non-playable appearances by the original Left 4 Dead cast (those shadowy figures in the background there), who will aid L4D2's four survivors during the third act of the new campaign, which is set in rural Georgia.

Not one to leave holes in a good story, Valve will explain the original survivors' frantic journey to Georgia by way of -- yes, it's really happening -- a new DLC add-on for Left 4 Dead 1 (not compatible with L4D2). No additional details were provided about the upcoming L4D1 DLC by Valve at X10 today, but it will follow the release of The Passing campaign and a digital comic (illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming) that will tie together the two DLC stories.

Additionally, Valve confirmed that The Passing will also include new arenas for Survival, Versus and Scavenge modes, and a new co-op challenge mode. Players will also encounter a new "uncommon common" infected, dubbed the Fallen Survivor, which can drop random items when killed. The Passing is currently on track for a "late March" release.

Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing

Tags: digital-comic, dlc, l4d, l4d1, l4d2, left-4-dead, left-4-dead-2, Microsoft, release-date, the-passing, valve, x10, Xbox-360

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They probably won't charge for the PC and then some 360 owners will come in and bitch but then they are hypocrites for bitching whenever PC gamers bitch about something like dedicated servers. : )

That Left me spechless.

I wouldn't have expected anyone to continue releasing content for the 1st game after the 2nd game came out. But Valve does it. Bravo!

i'm so confused! aahhh! DLC for both L4D 1 & 2?

Excellent, Excellent News!....

Now what about Half Life 2 Episode 3!?!?!?

Screw HL3. (downrankedville, here I come!)

The poster has no cheesy one-liner!! wtf...

After this night, they'll be dead on their feet.

"It's like a kidney stone..."

"Not one to leave holes in a good story, Valve..."

No they just never finish it..........

Zing!

Will they finally kill off Roachelle?

so you have to pay for extra dlc to get the entire story?

No. You have to pay extra to get more of the story. Speaking of which, is that really why you bought Left 4 Dead 2, or are you just whining like a bitch?

You don't pay for Valve DLC. The only time they charged for DLC for the XBox was because Microsoft forced them.

None of the DLC for any of their other games has ever cost money for the pc.

A new L4D1 DLC sounds cool, but there's no way I'll get it until they fix the glitch in Crash Course.

False! Any L4D content is convertable to L4D2 with the right amount of tinkering.

Yeah, but Joystiq didn't want to get the hopes up for the 360 owners of the game.
: P

Looks like a lot of flashlight usage. Augh. The flashlight is terrible, its like looking through a tube instead of it being an actual light source. They need an engine capable of dynamic ambient light before doing that.

Why is it that both games star a 3:1 ratio of guys to gals? IMO, L4D3 would do well to mix up that particular formula.

because everyone knows woman cant outrun zombies.

Am I the only one who think that looks like the worst poster ever? It looks like the photoshopped the faces onto different bodies, and they just ripped the old survivors, they didn't create new drawing sat all...

ohgodwhat happened to coach's face

*sheer terror*

I hate when there's a comic to tie a story as to what happened previously or inbetween and/or what not. It's because I have no interest in reading it. I know there was one for Halo 2, but like i said, had no interest in reading it.

non playable characters?!?! o_0 FFFFFFFFFFF-

seriously though thats a major turn off..was hopin to play as bill or someone from the old l4d..not just some random cutscenes with them..eh..kinda dashed my hopes for buying this dlc now

I can't really sympathize with paying for the DLC, since I have it on PC, but I am really disappointed with not getting to play the original 4. And didn't Valve say that 8-player co-op was coming with The Passing? Either way, very sad that I don't get to play Francis in Georgia.

Oh, I'm sure it'll be free on the PC and around 800MSP on the Xbox. Neither Valve nor Microsoft will admit to setting the price; both will claim it's what the other wants.

Francis and Nick get into a fight. Bill busts a cap in both of them to break it up.
Then spends the next hour healing themm with medikits.
Louis and Coach get drunk and make moves on Rochelle and Zoe;
who consider them to be the last men on earth and go with the flow.
Ellis reminises about old times with his friends ignoring all the action.

For some reason I don't think they will give new DLC to "Left 4 Dead". They Ignored Team Fortress 2 for the Xbox 360 with the whole DLC thing, I have a feeling they are gonna do the same with this situation. Forgive me for being pessimestic.

Considering this was announced at a Microsoft event, I'm sure that the new L4D1 DLC will come to 360.

Hell. Yes.

I lost interest once I found out the L4D1 cast was non-playable.

They didn't ignore TF2 for the XBox360.

They have said exactly why there isn't much DLC for the XBox360 version.

They want to complete all the updates before adding them.

They were already at the system's RAM limit for additions. They had to optimize it to fit into the system RAM.

Fail reply. Meant for a comment above.

Is it just me or in one of the pics Ellis is holding a MG

They need to offer an option to legitimately import the L4D1 characters and maps in to L4D2's engine. Using the new infected, weapons etc. in the old settings with past characters would be awesome.

That is something I would almost pay for if we had to instead of these half-@ssed hacks that semi do the job.

Dunno why I was downvoted. Everytime PC gamers complain they are being treated unfairly, the console gamers here will slag on them for being whiny, elitist little bitches. And then they complain if the PC gets a free update and they are charged for it. I dislike hypocrisy.

I'm so relieved to hear we'll be aiding each other. I don't think I would have been able to kill bill, i would have just dropped my controller and let him kill me

Uh what?
Seriously? Random item drops?!
First TF2, now this?! WTF VALVE!

Seriously, what is it with Valve's sudden OBSESSION with item drops?

The CEDA zombies already kind of do that... as do the riot police zombies.

two or three different dropping items is hardly an obsession. I cant think of anything besides the bile jars in L4D2

I call it an obsession because just about a year ago or so, they added random drops in TF2. Now it's popping up in the L4D series.
So soon.

Thanks, Valve.

I still don't see the point in it.
Unless it's a reference to older shooters where the enemies ALWAYS dropped ammo...

-sigh-
curse you, stiq

I don't believe that whole ordeal with Valve or Microsoft for a second. If Valve really wanted to bi-pass the greed of Microsoft, couldn't they just release the DLC as a patch, like Criterion did with Burnout Paradise?

*prays that the console DLC is free this time*

Somehow "I told you so" just doesn't quite cut it .

:D

It will be interesting to see the relationships with the old/new characters!
But it had better not be soo predictable.. Like Rochelle & Zoey get along, Louis & Ellis, Coach & Francis (?) If we don't get to PLAY the characters the scenes should atleast be descent & lengthly since we have to pay..

Im confused though, is it being released for L4D1 like Crash Course? If it is does that means it'll probably only be the old weapons and probably worse graphics.. Wouldnt it be more successful L4D2 in that case?! (LOL just thought of Bill with a grenade launcher)

But I guess I should just be grateful they are releasing new content at all..

I lost interest in this after I found out one of the original survivors dies.

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X10: Left 4 Dead 2 'The Passing' DLC in March, L4D1 tie-in DLC to follow

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