Game Modes CampaignĮach scenario, or 'movie,' is divided into five sub-scenarios, showcasing a desperate push from one safe house to another, fighting off hordes of ferocious Infected. After the game's release the demo was taken off the Xbox Live Marketplace.Īccording to Shacknews, Left 4 Dead's preorders surpassed those of The Orange Box by around 95%. There has however been some controversy regarding the pre-orders for the game from GameStop where pre-order codes were not issued in time for the early release of the demo, as well as the fact people could sign up to the GameStop website and receive a pre-order code for the demo even if they did not actually pre-order the game itself.įor those who did not pre-order the game the demo was made available on November 11th, 2008 for both the PC and Xbox 360. This applied to the version of Left 4 Dead being release through Steam for PC players or retail outlets such as GameStop and EB Games for Xbox 360 players. The demo features both online co-op and a single-player experience of two levels within one of the game's chapters.Īs well as early access to the demo the game had a 10% reduction in price for people who wished to pre-order the game. The console version of the demo was released a few hours earlier than the PC version. On Thursday November 6th, 2008 early access was granted to the Left 4 Dead demo for people who pre-ordered the game for the Xbox 360 console and Windows PC.

The team wanted to make a full experience out of this mod, and the zombie apocalypse was a perfect fit.

This gameplay featured a small group of counter terrorists armed with weapons fighting off hordes of knife wielding terrorists.

The original concept for Left 4 Dead was based on a Counter-Strike mod called Terror Strike. The game pits four human survivors of a zombie apocalypse against hordes of the undead as they attempt to reach safety or evacuation in Campaign mode, and in Versus another four players as the undead. Left 4 Dead was released on November 18th, 2008 in North America and worldwide through Steam on both the PC and Xbox 360. Running on the Source Engine, Left 4 Dead is a multiplayer cooperative first-person shooter developed by Turtle Rock Studios, Certain Affinity and Valve Corporation.

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