left-4-dead-crash-course posts

Zombies invade Gametrailers TV (GTTV), a regular internet show featured on Gametrailers.com. In the latest episode, the crew visits Valve at its Seattle studio and talks to Gabe Newell about upcoming projects, including whether or not fans should still be holding their breath for Half-Life 2 Episode 3. The show also gets an in-depth run down of Left 4 Dead 2, its characters and gameplay. Additionally, the show has an exclusive first-look at the upcoming Left 4 Dead Crash Course DLC due out in September. The level is so new Valve doesn't even have a name for it yet. If all that wasn't enough, Gabe is asked to choose between two babies - whether to develop a new Counter-Strike or Portal 2. Gabe asks viewers to write in a ranked list of the sequels they'd like to see developed first, so get to emailing and share your thoughts! The GTTV episode can be seen after the jump.

Remember all those folks complaining about Valve announcing Left 4 Dead 2 at E3 blasting Valve for not releasing more free DLC for the original game in the zombie co-op shooter series? Well it looks like they can open their mouth and insert their boot. Valve has just announced their plans for Crash Course, a new and free downloadable expansion for Left 4 Dead 1 that will be released sometime in September via Steam.

Crash Course is set sometime in between the end of Left 4 Dead's No Mercy campaign and the beginning of the Death Toll campaign. It will support both regular co-op and Survival modes but it's being made specifically so players can have "a complete Versus mode experience in just 30 minutes". In addition Crash Course will have "a recharge timer for infected teammates" along with changes to item spawns " for more balanced gameplay."