Left 4 Dead release date is November 18, 2008

Pre-order Left 4 Dead for PCThe goal of Left 4 Dead is for the four survivors (played by you with three friends and/or bots) to help each other make it through a level to safety, while fighting off the infected, which are humans who have been infected with a mutated form of rabies. Alternatively infected players can cooperate to stop them. The 4-player co-op gameplay definitely looks promising in this zombie shooter that takes you through 20 levels — like a hospital, cornfield, airport and countryside — spread out over four scenarios that each last between 45 and 75 minutes.

In this video interview with Left 4 Dead project lead Mike Booth, the PC and Xbox 360 release date is confirmed as November 4th, however it’s later been delayed to November 18th, 2008, which coincides with the 10th anniversary of Half-Life’s release. You’ll also find out more on the new procedural enemy placement that offers “endless” replayability and the dynamic post processing (color contrasting) that brings the scares to Left 4 Dead.


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