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Left 4 Dead 2 Free To Play For The Weekend

Valve said today Left 4 Dead 2 is going free to play starting this Thursday through the rest of the weekend. New players can start pre-loading now on Steam.

"For current players, we created a new achievement. Good Guy Nick - – 'Plays games with free weekend players and helps them survive a campaign.' Who is a free weekend player? You’re going to have to talk to each other to find out or you could always let your friends know Left 4 Dead 2 is going to be free this weekend and have them join you," Valve says.

The free to play version ends on Monday, October 29, at 10 AM PDT.

[Source: Valve Software]

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  • L4D2? Meh... I liked the first one better. Good for the people that dont have this game though but how much does it cost on Steam? Like 10 bucks? Arent games cheaper there or something?
  • Why have an achievement like that? I don't understand the point. Are they just testing to see how many people will play the game again just to get it? Plus, I suck at the game so I wouldn't be helping anyone survive.
  • Love L4D2.
  • YAY! I've been wanting L4D for a while now. This is a genius move on Valve's part!
  • So it's only for the weekend?
  • Awesome! I have it on 360, but a free PC version would be awesome, even for a few days.
  • Left 4 Dead 2 improves on the 1st one in every aspect. I love that game and it is really hard to find a game that does Co-op so well. If you are online playing versus and you don't talk and work together as much as possible, you're DEAD. Those 2 titles are definitely a couple of my favorites for this console/PC generation.

  • LOL, this isn't a new thing. Steam has plenty of game that are free for a weekend, then you have to buy the game after the weekend is up. So nothing new here, valve isn't making it free to play.
  • It would be cool to see something like this on the xbox 360... The game itself is awesome.
  • Sweet. Now that Killing Floor is $5, and hopefully this drops down to $5 sometime soon, I'll be set for zombie games! Though, honestly, I want L4D2 more than Killing Floor.. but KF looks fun. Dunno.

  • L4D2 > Every Call of Duty.
  • Anyone here know how I can connect/map my PS3 controller to use with PC games? I tried doing it once but...
  • Never been a huge L4D2 person. Played it online, but prefer games that are fun offline as well.

  • Trophy Achieved: Will not use steam.
  • I'm happy for people getting to try the game, but since I'm having a Dead Space Livestream on Xfire this Friday, that means I might not get as many viewers...

  • hope they make it permanent free to play. LOL

  • Too bad my laptop can't run it. -__-

  • Bring on the noobs! lol jk I guess I better not expect to much from my teammates this week.

  • All my friends own this game so I don't know anyone who can take advantage :(

  • QUESTION... seeing as the AUS versions of this game are censored... with the R18+ rating coming back next year for us, will it still be censored? that was a major disappointment with this game from an AUS Gamers perspective
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