Left 4 Dead 2's long-awaited Cold Stream DLC pack will launch on Friday, 3rd August, Valve has announced. The DLC costs 560 MP, weighs 1GB and will accompany a Left 4 Dead 2 title update.
Both the pack and update were slated to land last week, but the latter got held up in Microsoft certification and the former couldn't launch without it. Valve fought running battles with annoyed fans on Twitter following the news, slamming accusations of laziness as "incorrect and illogical".
Here's a rundown of the pack's contents. I'm liking the sound of the airport campaign. Wonder if there's a "No Russian" joke?
Crash Course
Shooting your zombie pilot might seem like a good idea at the time, but in this campaign it only leads to fighting your way through a zombie filled warehouse section of town. Hold out in the truck yard until you can lower your escape truck and head to safety.
Death Toll
Make your way down a turnpike littered with abandoned cars to the nearby ghost town of Riverside-the site of a failed stand-off between the last of humanity and a limitless swarm of undead. Fight through the ruins of small town America to the waterfront nearby, where a rescue party can take you upriver to safety.
Dead Air
Guide your team of Survivors out of the downtown and onto the runway of Metro International Airport, where the only thing standing between you and the last plane out of the city is a murderous army of the undead.
Blood Harvest
Plunge through pitch-black forests, stumble blindly through fields of swaying corn, and take aim at the silhouettes leaping at you from the darkness-all towards finding a hold-out that might already have been abandoned to the horde.
Cold Stream
This community-created campaign throws you deep in the back woods to face thousands of zombies as you battle your way to a helicopter rescue. Don't let the water or waves of zombies sweep you away to your death.
All Mutations, all the time
Want to play Gib Fest with some friends? Looking for a competitive game of confogl? Maybe you want to relax with the solitary pursuits of Lone Gunman or Last Man on Earth? With this update, all of the Mutations are now available to you all the time. Xbox players will need to own The Passing DLC for access to Mutations.
21 comments so far...
LuRcH18489 on 1 Aug '12 said:
i'll believe it when i see, download and play it. and even then i get the feeling that it will mysteriously disappear from my hard drive overnight, seriously this dlc has reached mythological status, supposed to be released last year in spring, then last week and now this fri, why on earth should we believe you now mr newell??
JCHN on 1 Aug '12 said:
4 of the campaigns arent technically new, they are remastered versions of maps from L4D1, but still, FINALLY.
Organic Carrot on 1 Aug '12 said:
Finally!
Vegetunks9000 on 1 Aug '12 said:
Its been a while since i've posted (being in Sanctuary and Skyrim). But this is awesome news. Are these maps for Multiplayer? Or is that a silly question?
CunningSmile on 1 Aug '12 said:
It's pretty much a MP only game isn't it? Or is that a silly answer?
And welcome back Veg, we missed you.
ChopperCampbell on 1 Aug '12 said:
Haven't played L4D2 since the last load of dlc last year. Tempted to give it another go once this is released.
Vegetunks9000 on 2 Aug '12 said:
Thanks Cunning
Should've phrased a bit better really. Is Cold Stream for scavenge?
Rnald on 2 Aug '12 said:
I'm surprised people are still playing this. Need L4D3 soon.
reeceiscrisp on 3 Aug '12 said:
Im having problems downloading this, i go on the downloads section in the game menu and go on "cold stream" and i get a message pop up from the xbox saying "there are no items available for purchase at this time" what does this mean?
CunningSmile on 3 Aug '12 said:
It means you are way too eager and try again later. Basically they upload it in a number of stages and you've tried to download it after the Dashboard has been updated but before the stuff is actually there to buy. As I said try it again later, after 2 o'clock normally works for me but I've experienced later times.
Unleashed speed on 3 Aug '12 said:
me too its acting weird
OXM ETboy on 3 Aug '12 said:
Thanks for the reports, chaps. Let us know when you get through.
cheersthen on 3 Aug '12 said:
I know it has taken a long time for the dlc to arrive and more than a few people are going to be angry. However we should be thanking Valve for their dedication to still commit to a game that is well over two and half years old. Also the only reason it takes this long is the strive for perfection that the studio has.
Bezza89 on 3 Aug '12 said:
No one's questioning valves dedication, but the dlc is finished and they keep messing about with the release of it, in the way that they aren't communicating anything about it.
cheersthen on 3 Aug '12 said:
Valve could have handled the situation a little better granted. However I'm sure the small percent of the studio that is/was still coding/porting for this dlc were working overtime to get it right.
Bezza89 on 3 Aug '12 said:
Overtime for nearly 18 months? I'm pretty sure it was the pc community helping out for free of which valve are very good with, and all that was completed when they announced the release date http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=8309. The only problem is giving release dates and then nothing. Valve are amazing, but valve time is shit.
cheersthen on 3 Aug '12 said:
Arguing aside, its time to play. Lets get downloading
Bezza89 on 3 Aug '12 said:
Yeah there's a free download on the main menu. I stand by my arguments though, more clarity is needed when it comes to release dates, with valve so community wise it's odd to see nothing about it.
IncavedSoul on 3 Aug '12 said:
People on the steam forums say the download gets to 99% and the fails to download I haven't finished the download yet so I can't tell if that's true but I'm just writing to see if it's happened to anyone on here
Bezza89 on 3 Aug '12 said:
It probably will cos it's got to be an error but if you've 'purchased' it you wont have to pay for it... I think. I personally believe it's valve apologising for taking the proverbial.
It's odd though, now the other dlcs have popped up with prices on, even though I've bought them.
cheersthen on 3 Aug '12 said:
yep something is definitely wrong. Crashes at 99 percent.
Maybe you can download but not play. Think something has gone wrong with payment.
Has anyone managed to get on yet?