Left 4 Dead goes gold; pre-loading begins on Steam

Posted Nov 13th 2008 9:30PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer, Left 4 Dead

It's perhaps the biggest FPS being sold this fall and now Valve has announced that their zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead is finally code and feature complete. In other words it has "gone gold" , meaning that the core game is finished and ready to head to retail stores.

For folks who use Valve's Steam download service, going gold means something different. Since there's no disk involved the folks who pre-ordered the game via Steam can now go ahead and pre-load the game onto their hard disks. On Nov. 18 they will be able to unlock the game and begin playing with no disk install at all. Meanwhile the free demo of the game will still be available for anyone to play via Steam until Nov. 17.

Gallery: Left 4 Dead

Tags: ea, electronic-arts, left-4-dead, steam, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Huzzah!Posted at 11:59PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Einhanderkiller

Yep... already laid the money down for this one... can't wait.Posted at 11:22AM on Nov 14th 2008 by ZaxCG2

Does this mean I can't buy this game unless I install Steam?Posted at 12:58PM on Nov 14th 2008 by Spallit

@Spallit

You can buy retail copy too, but yes, you will need steam in order to play it. Unless you play on private servers hacked up by pirates.Posted at 1:34PM on Nov 14th 2008 by sicsided

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