Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing Is Coming Next Week

[BobYoMeowMeow]

Celebrating the pending release of "The Passing" and the Left 4 Dead 1 and Left 4 Dead 2 teams colliding, we have a few other world colliding events to announce.

First up, the Midnight Riders collide with Rock Band. The gang over at Harmonix have released two Midnight Riders's songs for Rock Band! You can check them out here and download them in game to play in the comfort of your own home. "The Passing" will feature a brand new slow power ballad; "Save Me Some Sugar".

What happens when a 1939 film classic collides with Left 4 Dead? Check out Agnostes' awesome Left 4 Dead campaign poster he made for a Wizard of Oz concept art contest to find out.

What happens when Half-Life 2: Episode one collides with Left 4 Dead 2? Mixmedia's City 17. Alyx would be proud.

What about TF2 and L4D2 colliding? That would be Jsparakov's Badwater Basin map. And for worlds colliding into worlds colliding, check-out TF2's and Sam & Max's collision currently going on.

So enough worlds colliding, when is "The Passing" coming out? Well... if it was coming out next week we would say right here - Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing is coming out next week and we will be updating the blog next week with more news on the release. There you go.


Left 4 Dead Blog (http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3715)


DLC Content?!
4 Exciting New Survivors!
5 New Expansive Campaigns!
The Maddeningly Mad Mustachio!
10 Rocking New Melee Weapons!
3 New Super Special Infected!
5 Crazy New Uncommon Common!
10 Deadly New Weapons!
1 Gnarly New Gnome!
The Diabolical Director 2.0!
Explosive Fireworks!
Gross Boomer Bile!
110% More Midnight Riders!
Addictive New Achievements!
All new Game Mode; Scavenge!
All your old favorites and MORE!

But hold on, 'cause we ain't done! Coming out this Spring for Left 4 Dead 2 is the brand new DLC "The Passing", which contains:

A Wicked Witch Bride!
A Gargantuan M60!
A Slashing Golf Club!
And Introducing The Fallen Survivor!
Meet 3 Left 4 Dead 1 Survivors!
New Game Modes!

Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Left 4 Dead 2 (http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/announcements/detail/54216003941089283)

[Lyrveil]

Omgomgomgomg so excited for this. Yes I really am...even if I have yet to finish all the original campaign. Thanks for the news.

[Lie]

And Introducing The Fallen Survivor!
Meet 3 Left 4 Dead 1 Survivors!

WHAAAT?! D=

[Liraiyu]

>M60
Oh god it's BC2 all over again.

I need to re-download L4D2 for this ;-;

[Lolicon]

:
Omgomgomgomg so excited for this. Yes I really am...even if I have yet to finish all the original campaign. Thanks for the news.

FRENCHIE, YOU HAVE TO SEND ME A COPY NAO
:no!::no!::no!::no!::no!::no!::no!::no!::no!::no!: :no!::no!:


WHAAAT?! D= Okay, what did they do to Zoey.

[Sleeperdial]

The Diabolical Director 2.0........ we're ****ing screwed.

[BobYoMeowMeow]

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/04/500x_chainsaw.jpg


While confirming a Thursday release date for Left 4 Dead 2's "The Passing" downloadable content, Valve also reveals "Mutations," featuring more than 20 new game modes rotated on a weekly basis, from "Realism Versus" to "Chainsaw Massacre."

It's official: Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing will be out on Thursday, April 22 for the Xbox 360 and PC, and it's much more than a new episode, new infected, and a couple of new weapons. According to Valve, The Passing will also include a brand new way to play the game that'll keep players coming back every week for more.

"Mutations," are a series of new game types that Valve will be cycling in and out of the game on a weekly basis. There are more than 20 different "Mutations" planned, including the aforementioned "Chainsaw Massacre," which arms players with chainsaws and an unlimited supply of gasoline.

Now that's my kind of zombie slaughter right there.

All new game modes will be playable on any of Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns, and will be exclusive to players that have purchased The Passing downloadable content.

Purchased being a relative term, of course. Xbox 360 players can expect to pay 560 Microsoft points ($7) for The Passing, while PC players can purchase it for completely free, which I suppose doesn't count as purchasing it at all.

Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing Introduces Weekly Game "Mutations" - Left 4 Dead 2 - Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5520780/left-4-dead-2s-the-passing-introduces-weekly-game-mutations)

$7 for new game modes AND content AND this?
AND IT'S FREE FOR THE PC VERSION
*rolls on floor in joy*

[Lolicon]

OMG. FRENCHIE, BUY ME THE GAME. I'LL PAY YOU LATER D:

[Cucurbita]

I'll enjoy the l4d1 dlc.

Don't have l4d2 ;_;

[Liraiyu]

Silly xbox gamers, paying for everything, even things that aren't good.
COUGH-MW2MAPPACK-COUGH.

[BobYoMeowMeow]

Silly xbox gamers, paying for everything, even things that aren't good.
COUGH-MW2MAPPACK-COUGH.

$15 for 3 maps is ridiculous
and 2 of them came from call of duty 4

[Arsik]

Merged the two threads that are about The Passing, since you really don't need to have a thread about the same game with only one new thing about it. So if you can, in the future, please try to keep it to one thread per game?

[BobYoMeowMeow]

lol
The Passing promo video is hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSZTI4W8xts

Those two were enjoying a conversation until "I hate your vest"

[Hitaki]

lol
The Passing promo video is hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSZTI4W8xts

Those two were enjoying a conversation until "I hate your vest"

I actually don't think Rochelle is that bad now.

[Cucurbita]

You hate things too?!

[BobYoMeowMeow]

Francis got pwned
but he could've said something back

[BobYoMeowMeow]

List of Weekly Mutations found by dataminers in the DLC scripts

Chainsaws
First Man Out
Four Swords Men
Hardcore
Head Shots Only
Last Man One Earth
Linear Scavenge
M60s
Max Specials
Mutations 1
Mutations 2
Mutations 3
Mutations 4
Mutations 5
Mutations 6
Mutations 7
Mutations 8
Mutations 9
No Health Versus
Realism Versus
Temporary Health
Ultra Realism
Versus Survival
Vip Target

REalism Versus and Ultra Realism sounds VERY BULL****
but m60s mode and chainsaw would change everything
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa215/Thegreen16/mutations.png

List of all Mutations (Found in the VScripts) - Steam Users' Forums (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1235966)

[Chockeh]

Silly xbox gamers, paying for everything, even things that aren't good.
COUGH-MW2MAPPACK-COUGH.
I didn't pay for everything owo...

[Lan]

I knew he was going to die T_T why oh why did you die...it should have been Francis.

[BobYoMeowMeow]

Observant zombie fans may have noticed some zombie-related Easter Eggs in the latest DLC for Left 4 Dead 2, "The Passing"

"The Passing," released yesterday, gives players the thrill of seeing the Left 4 Dead 2 cast interact with the classic team from the first Left 4 Dead. In the second level of "The Passing," you find yourself in a room with a pool table. Zombie fanatics probably won't help but notice that the graffiti on the wall is full of references to other zombie films and video games.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1050/dscf5842.jpg

Otis,
Out of film, no helicopter. Zombies are too fast. Not going to make it.
Frank West

Frank West is the hero character of Capcom's Dead Rising game. West spends the whole game fending off zombies in a mall while waiting for Otis to come back in his helicopter and rescue him

Went to save my dog. If I'm not back in fifteen minutes everyone drop everything and come save me
Nicole

A reference to the character of Nicole in Zack Snyder's remake of Dawn of the Dead and the completely ridiculous scenario that sees Nicole crash a delivery truck into the gun store while trying to save her dog, Chips.

Ed is King of the Zombies

I'm pretty sure this is a reference to Shaun of the Dead in which Ed asks Shaun, "Who died and made you ****ing king of the zombies?"

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4007/dscf5844j.jpg

REPENT. THE END IS EXTREMELY ****ING NIGH

Reference to wall graffiti seen in 28 Days Later

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/9945/dscf5846.jpg

Roger
Went to mall
Francine

Roger and Francine are both characters in Romero's original Dawn of the Dead

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/04/6fe1208497fb64cbd7053b03edc78ac8/340x.jpg

Looking for an M60? Come see me.
Crazy Dave

Crazy Dave is a character in PopCap Games' highly popular Plants vs. Zombies . In the game, Crazy Dave sells you items to help keep the zombies off your lawn.

The Zed Word: Zombie Blog: L4D2 - "The Passing" Graffiti Easter Eggs (http://zedwordblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/l4d2-passing-graffiti-easter-eggs.html)

Is this convincing enough for yall to buy left 4 dead 2?

[Liraiyu]

Saw those when I played through the passing, had a laugh.
The crazy Dave one annoyed me. I knew I had meet a character called that somewhere
Thanks for reminding me Cat.

[BobYoMeowMeow]

Saw those when I played through the passing, had a laugh.
The crazy Dave one annoyed me. I knew I had meet a character called that somewhere
Thanks for reminding me Cat.
Plants vs. Zombies? owo

[ＣＩＲＮＯ]

Alright, alright.

I'll own up.










I killed Bill.

[Liraiyu]

Nooooooooooooooo ;-;
Why Bill? He was one of the best surivors...
Wait, all the original survivors are good...
Why did you make such q likeable characters Valve if you were only going to kill him off? ;_;

[ＣＩＲＮＯ]

Because Rochelle is awesome.


No.