Grab your friends and tackle the zombie horde in over twenty new survival arenas, four new scavenge arenas, and a campaign based on The Lighthouse survival map. New achievements, melee weapons, animations, dialog, competitive balance adjustments, and other surprises round out this official update for Left 4 Dead 2 created by the community, for the community.\u003c/p>\u003cbr>\n\n\u003cp>Take a look at the new trailer \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnhx8Ip2Y8\">here\u003c/a>.","versions":3,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:2035017.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:6","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost"},"$NewsPost:2035017.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/l4d_blog/3819572206268170239","author":null,"__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsPost:1847545":{"id":"1847545","gid":"4249665521692727491","postedAt":"2020-09-14T07:07:35.000Z","checkedAt":"2021-02-16T23:27:43.363Z","fetchedAt":"2020-09-14T07:12:45.200Z","deletedAt":null,"title":"Why Left 4 Dead is still the best co-op game around","contents":"\u003cimg width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https://www.pcgamesn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/left-4-dead-art-900x506.jpg\"/>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sep 14, 2020\u003c/strong> This feature was originally published in 2018, and has been lightly re-edited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamesn.com/10-best-co-op-pc-games\">co-op games\u003c/a> on PC are, it's fair to say, spoilt for choice. But even in this heady space, occupied as it is by innumerable classics of the working together bent, there are two games with stand head and shoulders above them all. For my money, at least, Valve perfected co-op nearly 12 years ago with \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamesn.com/left-4-dead\">Left 4 Dead\u003c/a>. Don't @ me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shooting zombies was a tired proposition even way back in the misty annals of November 2008 when the first Left 4 Dead launched. But Valve imbued the project with its familiar brand of magic, and today there are \u003ca href=\"https://steamcharts.com/app/500\">still thousands of people\u003c/a> regularly logging in with friends to chop back those same hungry, undead hordes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason for that is not our devout love for popping scabby heads off of rotting shoulders (though that surely plays a small part); nor is it a manifestation of our communal, unquenchable thirst for Valve games - it's thanks to a certain idea hidden deep in the game's bowels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamesn.com/left-4-dead/co-op\">Read the rest of the story...\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RELATED LINKS:\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamesn.com/left-4-dead/left-4-dead-redefine-co-op-storytelling\">How Left 4 Dead writer Chet Faliszek hopes to redefine co-op storytelling again\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamesn.com/turtle-rock-next-game\">Left 4 Dead creators hiring for \"globally known game franchise\"\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamesn.com/left-4-dead/jim-french\">Jim French, actor behind Father Grigori and Left 4 Dead's Bill, has passed away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:1847545.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:12","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost"},"$NewsPost:1847545.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/PCGamesN/4249665521692727491","author":"editor@pcgamesn.com","__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsFeed:12":{"id":"12","display":"PCGamesN","__typename":"NewsFeed"},"NewsPost:2035016":{"id":"2035016","gid":"3788045105521827674","postedAt":"2020-08-26T23:09:00.000Z","checkedAt":"2020-12-18T18:36:20.922Z","fetchedAt":"2020-11-24T23:35:03.169Z","deletedAt":null,"title":"Coming Soon: The Last Stand","contents":"It has been many years since the infection first hit. Radio silence, no sign of life, nothing but lingering hopes... CEDA is not going to save us. But there is hope! A few brave souls have continued the fight against all odds, and soon we can all benefit from their resilience.\u003cbr>\n\n\u003cp>\"The Last Stand\" is an update for Left 4 Dead 2, created by the community, for the community. Additional details will be coming soon.\u003cbr>\n\n\u003cp>Until then, check out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDymu9xC25o\">teaser trailer\u003c/a> and prepare to make \u003ci>your\u003c/i> Last Stand.\u003cbr>","versions":4,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:2035016.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:6","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost"},"$NewsPost:2035016.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/l4d_blog/3788045105521827674","author":null,"__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsPost:1634513":{"id":"1634513","gid":"3516698970143707180","postedAt":"2020-07-13T20:01:00.000Z","checkedAt":"2020-12-08T17:35:54.343Z","fetchedAt":"2020-07-13T20:20:55.567Z","deletedAt":null,"title":"Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools - Update","contents":"An update has been released for the Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools.\n\n- Fixed the Workshop Manager failing to display any workshop item with an ID too large to fit into 32 bits.","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:1634513.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:6","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost"},"$NewsPost:1634513.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/l4d_blog/3516698970143707180","author":null,"__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"$App:500.news({\"cursor\":\"prev;9;2019-07-24T17:56:00.000Z,321\",\"limit\":5})":{"news":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:1885780","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2035017","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:1847545","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2035016","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:1634513","typename":"NewsPost"}],"pagination":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$App:500.news({\"cursor\":\"prev;9;2019-07-24T17:56:00.000Z,321\",\"limit\":5}).pagination","typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"NewsList"},"$App:500.news({\"cursor\":\"prev;9;2019-07-24T17:56:00.000Z,321\",\"limit\":5}).pagination":{"next":"next;10;2020-07-13T20:01:00.000Z,1634513","previous":"prev;8;2020-09-24T16:29:00.000Z,1885780","__typename":"PageInfo"}};window.csrfToken="e9i6wsVS-jVnYaG8xT-LchF2I56a4QHXiDZk";