Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

October 25, 2008 - L4D Team

Hot off of solving the global credit crisis, world leaders have turned to more important matters. They have declared this Sunday October 26th, World Zombie Day. What better way to celebrate World Zombie Day than dress up like a zombie and shamble around?

And if you are going to dress up and shamble around, you might as well snap a picture of yourself. Our favorite horror magazine, Fangoria, has a new contest running through November 2nd. All you need to do is submit your best zombie picture to them and you can win 4 copies of Left 4 Dead! For the camera shy zombies, they have other options of what counts as a valid entry. So check out their website for the contest rules and celebrate World Zombie Day this Sunday.

A Contest so Easy, Even a Zombie Could Win.

October 18, 2008 - L4D Team

The guys over at Left4Dead411.com just launched a new contest today with the grand prize being four copies of Left 4 Dead. The contest is all about getting your picture taken in front of a horde of zombies.

Where can you find a horde before November 18th? Left4Dead411 has plenty of tips. Just please remember to respect the native zombies, they get hungry for brains if you anger them.

The Left 4 Dead Pre-Purchase Infection is Now On!

October 15, 2008 - L4D Team

Left 4 Dead is now available for pre-purchase worldwide via Steam! As with our pre-purchase promotions for retail PC and Xbox 360, customers who pre-purchase Left 4 Dead via Steam will save 10% off the regular price. Left 4 Dead will be released at retail on PC and Xbox 360 on November 18 in North America and November 21 in Europe. The worldwide Steam release will be November 18.

Left 4 Dead Spreads Around the World

October 10, 2008 - ?

In Germany, lucky members of the press were able to play co-op with Gabe Newell at the Leipzig Games Convention, while Torsten Zabka manned the L4D tour bus outside.





Back home in Seattle, we debuted the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead at the Penny-Arcade Expo (PAX).



Antoine Bourdon and Kim Swift took Left 4 Dead to the Festival Du Jeu Video in France where fans crammed into the hot L4D booth.





In England Matt Scott and Chet Faliszek went to the PC Gamer Showdown and gamers lined up to play Left 4 Dead between tournaments of TF2, Counter-Strike and other games.





Left 4 Dead finished infecting gamers around the world in Moscow with our Russian partners Akella.

Legoland of the Dead

October 3, 2008 - Erik Wolpaw

This weekend, expert Lego Builders from all over the world will convene in the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall for BrickCon 2008. The exhibition floor features a massive group project called the Zombie Apocafest, a giant, bloody urban zombie apocalypse rendered entirely in Lego. We got a sneak preview of it today, and it's awesome. Even more awesome, there's a Left 4 Dead billboard right in the middle of the action!



Defending the billboard, Lego Bill, Louis, Francis, and Zoey.



The billboard overlooks a mall.



The Survivors dig in as the zombie horde breaches the mall entrance.



The survivors pose beneath a surprisingly graphic Lego chest wound.



Francis, Bill, and Louis guard the flank while Zoey helps a cowboy deliver some, again, amazingly gory all-Lego head shots.



The L4D billboard also overlooks the Holly Star Lanes from The Big Lebowski.



Continuing our dream Big Lebowski / Left 4 Dead crossover theme, here's (from right to left) Zoey, Louis, Francis, Bill, and Walter Sobchak.