Left 4 Dead 2 demo to be offered with pre-orders

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Left 4 Dead 2 demo to be offered with pre-orders

Posted Jul 5th 2009 5:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Demos, FPS, Multiplayer, Left 4 Dead Series

Last year Valve allowed people who pre-ordered Left 4 Dead to download and play a demo of the zombie co-op shooter before the general public. The demo itself was playable for only a couple of weeks before the full game was released. Now it looks like Valve will have the same pattern for the demo for Left 4 Dead 2.

Our sister site Joystiq reports that while speaking to Valve's Doug Lombardi, pre-orders for Left 4 Dead 2 via either retail stores or Valve's download service Steam will get "advanced access to the demo" before the rest of the world gets to play it. There's no word if the demo will shut down before the full game goes live on Nov. 17 but we suspect that will indeed be the case again.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Looks like they forgot to add the 'prone' ability; Left-4-Dead 3, next year, fund it.Posted at 6:17PM on Jul 5th 2009 by BebopFox

Ha ha ha no.Posted at 6:20PM on Jul 5th 2009 by SF Legend

You're just a whiny whinerson who doesn't have enough dedication to the series. YOU KNOW THAT? I frown upon thee.Posted at 9:26PM on Jul 5th 2009 by ZaxCG2

I love how the demo got taken down, I can't wait for that to happen again, that makes it so easy to get my friends who don't live near me to try the game out.Posted at 9:56PM on Jul 5th 2009 by Clyde Cash

LAMEPosted at 10:02PM on Jul 5th 2009 by bryanxface

left 4 dead is a great game. i think left 4 dead 2 will be even greater. i think you will turn the valve up on this one. let the steam fly boys. i wish you would make a button 4 preorders. ill be on the top of the list. have a great day. death to all zombies. long live bill francis zoey and louis. oww and dont disturb the witch. shes one bad bitch on expertPosted at 9:18PM on Jul 10th 2009 by kaw2strokeh21