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Last Man On Earth
You will become legend to the infected as the last human left.

You are the only Survivor left in the world. No split screen help. No Survivor bots. But don't worry you aren't entirely alone. While there are no common Infected, Special Infected will hunt you down and become close, close friends with you.

Loners?
While the first part of this blog post should make the results of our last poll obvious, the second place finisher is just as interesting. Between Lone Gunman and "scared to play alone," seems about 30% of you are "scared to play alone" – putting that choice in second place. With that being true, today is a great day to overcome that fear and play Left 4 Dead 2 alone with Last Man On Earth.

After all, it is Friday the 13th, what could happen?

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Versus Survival
The first Survivor team sets the time. The second team tries to beat it. Then the first team tries to beat the second team's time. Then the second team tries to beat the first team's time. And then the... you get the idea. Rounds keep switching until someone fails to beat the previous time.

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Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse
Four Swords against plenty of apocalypse!

Armed with only swords the survivors face near continuous streams of Special Infected ready to be sliced and diced.

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Hard Eight!!
Double the specials, quadruple the fun!

Face eight Special Infected at one time, this is double the standard number! And if that wasn’t trouble enough, we also increase the spawning frequency so it is raining Specials.

Why aren’t you going to give it a try? Scared?

More Cold Stream
Today we are releasing some bug and exploit fixes on the PC for Blood Harvest...

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Gib Fest
Blast the infected to shreds with M60s.

Swords can slice up some fun. Chainsaws can tear apart the infected. But you need to get close for both and well… chainsaws are really loud! Time to go with the ultimate gun, you and three friends armed with M60s and unlimited ammo. This is going to get messy.

Cold Stream
As we recently posted on our blog, we are busy working on the full Cold Stream DLC which will include Cold Stream, Blood Harvest, Crash Course, Dead Air, Death Toll, and No Mercy. We will be updating Campaigns on Steam with bug fixes as we get ready to ship the DLC.

Check the release notes as the list of fixes is extensive. The Xbox 360 will get Campaigns with the bug fixes at a future date.

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If you have been playing Left 4 Dead 2 for a bit, you probably have your own lists of who is naughty and who is nice. We already make it easy for you to track who is being nice – we have the Steam Friends list. But we know people can rage, players can grief, and some people… well some people you just don’t want to play another game with.

For those special people, we have the blocked list. Think of it as your own personal naughty list. Not only will those people not be getting gifts from you this holiday season, they also won’t be joining you in any games, reindeer or otherwise.

Once you add someone to your blocked list, they will not be able to join your game. This means they are blocked through the lobby interface, the server browser, the recently played list, and even direct connecting. They are gone from your life.

]]> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=7025 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=7025 Looking around at holiday decorations and sales, we noticed an alarming lack of zombies.

We need to fix that.
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Confogl
Competitive Versus Mutation

Confogl is a set of rules for competitive L4D2 Versus that standardizes many of the elements and changes item and weapon distribution. In general it tips the balance a bit more towards the Infected.

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Iron Man
No respawns, no restarts, no ammo, all tension!

Do you think the game is too easy? Looking for a challenge? Try this one on Expert. Realism rules are in effect. There are no respawns in the map. There is no ammo. If your team wipes, you need to restart the whole campaign.

]]> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6580 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:28:00 +0000 http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6580 Gib Fest, Mobile, L4D2 in L4D1, Community Help

]]> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6456 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6456 Healthpackalypse, Glitches, Game on your phone?


]]> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6347 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:16:00 +0000 http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6347 We are releasing the beta version of Death Toll today. We have made a few changes based on issues we saw during internal testing. It will be interesting to see what people think of those changes. No hints on what the changes are, we want you to play with fresh eyes.

]]> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6292 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6292 Hunting Party, Guns How Many?, Can you help yourself?


]]> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6233 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6233 Versus Survival, Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse, Guns! How many?


Versus Survival
The first Survivor team sets the time. The second team tries to beat it. Then the first team tries to beat the second team's time. Then the second team tries to beat the first team's time. And then the... you get the idea. Rounds keep switching until someone fails to beat the previous time.

This is a great way to try Versus. Rounds are only as long as you can keep beating each other’s times. There are no rushing Survivors. Infected spawns get quicker as the time increases. It is mayhem filled with all the weapon perks and items. What’s not to like? Give it a try.

]]> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6152 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=6152 Healing Gnome, Mutations, Cold Stream, First Reaction


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