Archive: november 8, 2008

Left 4 Dead Demo "Hacked" To Allow Extra Fun Times [Left 4 Dead]

I've been playing the Left 4 Dead demo most of this week. Been having a blast with it, too. But the demo's fairly limited in scope; only two maps, then you're done. Fortunately, PC gamers are nothing if not industrious, and already have come up with a few ways to squeeze a little more variety from the demo. And they're not even "hacks", really, just workarounds. One lets you play splitscreen co-op on the same PC. Another lets you play as the zombies. And perhaps the best one is from the clip above, showing that the demo has bare-bones support for custom maps.
[via Shacknews]

View full article at "Kotaku"

Tags: Clips, Left 4 Dead, Media, PC, Valve, news

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Jul 21 Left 4 Dead finalized box art is just box art, but still gets us excited

Aug 5 Valve says no Left 4 Dead on PS3: Quashes rumor of EA port

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Nov 20 Attention everyone who is buying Left 4 Dead: I have dibs on Zoey

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