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Left 4 Dead 2

Platforms

Mac
PC
Xbox 360

Initial release Nov. 17, 2009

Developers

Turtle Rock Studios
Valve
Valve Corporation
Valve Software

Genres

Shooter

Publishers

Valve
Valve Corporation
Valve Software

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The 25 best co-op games on PC in 2024

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March 11, 2024 Alice Bell

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The Keeper from Evil Within, the cat from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, and an old woman with zero secrets from Resident Evil: Village

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The 25 best horror games on PC

Up-to-date with the latest scary releases

Jan. 3, 2023 Alice Bell

A group of armed anime girls pose in a modded Left 4 Dead 2 screenshot.

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Randomly installing Left 4 Dead 2 anime girl mods sure livens up hangouts

Refills a familiar game with surprises, mmmost of them good

Oct. 21, 2022 Alice O'Connor

Artwork from Left 4 Dead 2, The Secret Of Monkey Island Special Edtion and Batman Arkham Asylum for the RPS Time Capsule 2009

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RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2009

We list our favourite games from 2009, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else

May 13, 2022 Katharine Castle

The Steam Deck on a white background at an angle

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Valve are updating Half-Life and more for Steam Deck

Play Portal portable

Dec. 20, 2021 Georgina Young

A horrible four-armed zombie in a Back 4 Blood screenshot.

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Everyone please keep making new versions of Left 4 Dead, thank you

Games 4 Alice

July 16, 2021 Alice Bell

Back 4 Blood screenshot showing survivors fighting a giant zombie in a sewer.

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Back 4 Blood’s card system crafts classes and chaos

The zombie shooter's customisation options change the levels and let you build your own classes

May 5, 2021 Craig Pearson

Gabe Newell has blasted Gnome Chompski into space

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Gabe Newell has blasted Gnome Chompski into space

Where gnome man has gone before

Nov. 20, 2020 Imogen Beckhelling

AGDQ 2021 lineup includes Hades and Sekiro

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AGDQ 2021 lineup includes Hades and Sekiro

Honourable mention for the Celeste speedun, because those runs are always amazing

Nov. 3, 2020 Imogen Beckhelling

Left 4 Dead 2 has added a new official campaign, made by fans

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Left 4 Dead 2 has added a new official campaign, made by fans

It's not huge, but it is new!

Sept. 25, 2020 Alice O'Connor

Left 4 Dead 2's huge The Last Stand update lands next week

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Left 4 Dead 2's huge The Last Stand update lands next week

A campaign, new Survival maps, and more

Sept. 18, 2020 Imogen Beckhelling

Left 4 Dead 2's first content update in eight years is made by fans

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Left 4 Dead 2's first content update in eight years is made by fans

The Last Stand returns

Aug. 27, 2020 Imogen Beckhelling

No, Valve still aren't working on Left 4 Dead 3

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No, Valve still aren't working on Left 4 Dead 3

Dead (not) Rising

Jan. 18, 2020 Natalie Clayton

Steam dusts off some free weekends for the Spring Cleaning Event

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Steam dusts off some free weekends for the Spring Cleaning Event

The backlog cannot be escaped.

May 24, 2019 Dominic Tarason

Chet Faliszek and Kim Voll open Stray Bombay Company for new co-op game

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Chet Faliszek and Kim Voll open Stray Bombay Company for new co-op game

Mysterious!

March 18, 2019 Alice O'Connor

Left 4 Dead creators announce Back 4 Blood

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Left 4 Dead creators announce Back 4 Blood

And no, it's not battle royale

March 14, 2019 Alice O'Connor

Steam's Spring Cleaning Event wants you to clear your backlog... Or just try a bunch of new games instead

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Steam's Spring Cleaning Event wants you to clear your backlog... Or just try a bunch of new games instead

Valve says: Stop buying, start playing

May 24, 2018 Dominic Tarason

Vermintide: taking the torch of Left 4 Dead from its cold, undead hands

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Vermintide: taking the torch of Left 4 Dead from its cold, undead hands

Skaven and the dead

March 27, 2018 Natalie Clayton

Podcast: What are the best monsters?

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Podcast: What are the best monsters?

Listen now or be monstered

Feb. 8, 2018 RPS

These are the top 100 Steam games of 2017

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These are the top 100 Steam games of 2017

The biggest hits of the past 12 months

Jan. 2, 2018 Alec Meer

Steam summer sale: our giant recommendations list

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Steam summer sale: our giant recommendations list

The best bargains

June 23, 2017 Brendan Caldwell

Steam Charts: Slam dunk (da funk)

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Steam Charts: Slam dunk (da funk)

Fivelands

March 14, 2017 Alec Meer

Left 4 Dead Invades Zombie Army Trilogy

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Left 4 Dead Invades Zombie Army Trilogy

I've missed you, Nick

Aug. 21, 2015 Alice O'Connor

Have You Played... Left 4 Dead 2?

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Have You Played... Left 4 Dead 2?

Jan. 12, 2015 Adam Smith

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