Sept 9th Update

September 9, 2011 - L4D Team

Hunting Party, Guns How Many?


Hunting Party
Nothing but Hunters on the prowl.

In this Coop Mutation we pit you against non-stop hunters. No booms, no spit, no tongues, no charges, no being ridden… Great practice on dead stopping a hunter pounce.

Guns How Many?
We asked last poll - How do you like your guns in the wild? Do you like to see single instance guns or enough for everyone? PC players voted 40% want single instance weapons and 60% want enough for everyone. On the 360 the split was wider with only 25% wanting single instances and 75% going with enough for everyone.

August 26th Update

August 26, 2011 - L4D Team

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 others' 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.

Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse
What’s your first reaction when the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse hits your town? 25% of you would hole up where you were, 61% would go look for friends and 13% of you told the truth and admitted you would cry in the corner.

Guns! How many?
Do you prefer the guns outside of Saferooms to be single items that disappear after the first person picks them up? Or do you prefer that there are enough for everyone?

August 12th Update

August 12, 2011 - L4D Team

Healing Gnome, Mutations, Cold Stream, First Reaction


Healing Gnome
There is only one way to heal, holding the Gnome!
This Coop game is all about the Gnome and his magical healing properties. There is only one way to heal and that is by holding the Gnome. Better share him with your teammates!

Mutations
We asked, would you like the next set of Mutations to be the top 4 by player minutes? 4-1 you said yes. So what are the top 4? Starting next Mutation you are going to find out.

Cold Stream
When is Cold Stream coming out? It depends. We have asked the PC community to help us test the DLC before it is released. Just today they start testing on Blood Harvest. Based on their feedback we are making adjustments to the campaigns and removing any exploitable areas. We will continue testing the campaigns and then assembling them for official release later this Summer.

First Reaction
The inevitable Zombie Apocalypse hits your town. What’s your first reaction? Do you hole up where you are or risk it and go look for friends?

Connecting Fights

August 5, 2011 - L4D Team

Today’s Left 4 Dead 2 update contains a new version of the Terminal Map For Dead Air. With this change, we are getting pretty close to being complete on this campaign. We have a few more known bugs to fix – but it is close. At this stage what we really need is more testing.

To encourage testing, we created a new achievement: Connecting Fights. You earn it by playing a complete game of Versus in Dead Air. Do that and we have another prize. When 60,000 people earn this achievement, we will unlock the beta version of Blood Harvest on Steam the next weekday.

60,000 is going to be hard. You can’t rage quit and you need to work together. Once you get the achievement, help others get it as well. As always, please post feedback and bugs for the campaign on the Steam Forums and Facebook.

Watch for twitter updates with stats on your progression to the goal.

July 29th Update

July 29, 2011 - L4D Team

Taannkk!, Spawn Distances, Next Mutations


Taannkk!
Everything is coming up Taannkk!!

Scared to play Versus? Think there is too much strategy? Don’t want to embarrass yourself? Give Taannkk!! a try. We simplify everything. What does everyone spawn as? Tanks. What is trying to kill you? Tanks. Why should you keep running? Tanks. You’re welcome.

Spawn Distances
4 to 1 you prefer the smaller spawn distances in the finale. That ratio is the same on PC as 360, so it looks like experience and desire lined up. We also looked at the poll during the time it was up to see if longer play time changed the ratio – nope. If you miss the old spawns, let us know why on Twitter, Facebook, or in the Steam Forums.

Mutations
Would you like us to cycle through the top 4 Mutations next or continue through all of them one by one? The top 4 does include Taannkk! So this could be the start of the cycle or we can continue going down through the rest of the Mutations in order. So the question is – Would you like the next set of Mutations to be the top 4 by player minutes?