Left 4 Dead Available 4 Pre-Order

posted by The Dark Prince

This past Takeover episode, we brought up the 15 most highly anticipated games of the holiday season, and Valve’s Left 4 Dead was one of them. Download the episode to hear ZeaLouS1 drool on-air over the possibility of joining up with people across the Internets and laying waste to thousands of the undead, or to even turning on those same people and becoming one of the walked dead himself. Here’s the official write-up:

From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

Set in the immediate aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, L4D’s survival co-op mode lets you blast a path through the infected in four unique “movies,” guiding your survivors across the rooftops of an abandoned metropolis, through rural ghost towns and pitch-black forests in your quest to escape a devastated Ground Zero crawling with infected enemies. Each “movie” is comprised of five large maps, and can be played by one to four human players, with an emphasis on team-based strategy and objectives.

New technology dubbed “the AI Director” is used to generate a unique gameplay experience every time you play. The Director tailors the frequency and ferocity of the zombie attacks to your performance, putting you in the middle of a fast-paced, but not overwhelming, Hollywood horror movie.

The game looks right up the Takeover’s alley, the dark and fun-filled zombie fest that it is, so I’m sure we’ll be playing it when it’s released November 18. Head over to the Steam website to pre-order it for the PC, or your favorite console gaming outlet if you’d like it for the Xbox 360.

Check out some excellent gameplay footage after the jump!

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October 18th, 2008
Tags: video, video game, youtube, zombies