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07-06-2009, 12:51 PM
In what appears to be a very concerted effort to reassure fans that the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2 doesn't mean the abandonment of Left 4 Dead 1, Valve has announced that details on forthcoming downloadable content for the original title will be released soon.
"More info will be coming shortly on the [Left 4 Dead 1] DLC," said Valve's Chet Faliszek to Shacknews. Faliszek further confirmed this DLC will arrive in addition to other forthcoming updates for Left 4 Dead, including a promised update to team-based matchmaking.
This announcement also comes in the wake of surprisingly harsh reaction to the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2 at E3 last month. Set for release only a year after the original (which is well outside Valve's modus operandi), it compelled many fans to go as far as pledge to boycott the new game out of concern that it will mean Valve's abandonment of the original title.
But speaking to CVG, Valve's marketing VP Doug Lombardi further denied that the release of Left 4 Dead 2 means Valve plans to ditch support for Left 4 Dead 1. "We plan to keep supporting Left 4 Dead 1," Lombardi said. "I think folks took our [E3] announcement [of Left 4 Dead 2] as a sign that we were dropping Left 4 Dead 1 and that's just not the case."
"More info will be coming shortly on the [Left 4 Dead 1] DLC," said Valve's Chet Faliszek to Shacknews. Faliszek further confirmed this DLC will arrive in addition to other forthcoming updates for Left 4 Dead, including a promised update to team-based matchmaking.
This announcement also comes in the wake of surprisingly harsh reaction to the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2 at E3 last month. Set for release only a year after the original (which is well outside Valve's modus operandi), it compelled many fans to go as far as pledge to boycott the new game out of concern that it will mean Valve's abandonment of the original title.
But speaking to CVG, Valve's marketing VP Doug Lombardi further denied that the release of Left 4 Dead 2 means Valve plans to ditch support for Left 4 Dead 1. "We plan to keep supporting Left 4 Dead 1," Lombardi said. "I think folks took our [E3] announcement [of Left 4 Dead 2] as a sign that we were dropping Left 4 Dead 1 and that's just not the case."