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News Posted: Thu, Apr 30 2009 11:18 AM

Got big weekend plans? Oh, yeah? Cancel them. Starting on Friday (that's tomorrow, folks) at 12:01AM GMT -- which actually ends up being 8:00PM EDT this evening -- the PC version of the heralded Left 4 Dead will be available for a free 24-hour trial via Steam. That free trial will include access to the recently released Survival Pack DLC, which introduces a new multiplayer game mode and two additional Versus campaigns. Those who wish to give L4D and the Survival Pack a try may now pre-load everything needed to play with no obligation to purchase; for more information on 'L4D Freaky Free Friday,' you can visit www.steamgames.com.



On a side note, Left 4 Dead is frequently used here at HotHardware in benchmarking some of the latest and greatest gaming machines on the market, and while we'd definitely encourage you to indulge in a free day of gaming, you may want to avoid if you're known to cave in the face of awesomeness. In other words, good luck walking away once Friday's done.



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3vi1 replied on Thu, Apr 30 2009 1:30 PM

I wish they hadn't scheduled it for the same free weekend as City of Heroes/Villians. :\

People read the stupidest things.  Like this sig, for instance.

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imAcpufan replied on Thu, Apr 30 2009 7:56 PM

Haha...I've wanted to get this game since trying the previous free demo.  I'll try waiting past this weekend before purchasing it...I have a lot of unfinished games waiting to be played due to school.  But....it is on my list for games to buy in the near future. 

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bob_on_the_cob replied on Thu, Apr 30 2009 8:01 PM

Who is excited? This guy thats who! I have L4D so if anyone wants to play friend me on steam bobonthecob is my friend ID, but My name is [HK] TheBob! Some of the random people are jerks, but I can always get a game together with some of the regulars on my TF2 servers if you want a friendly environment to try it out.

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Fudge replied on Fri, May 1 2009 1:34 AM

That's just cool stuff. I wanted to get this preloaded but realised my Friday is packed with work and travelling.. but still that's a very good choice from Valve.

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imAcpufan replied on Fri, May 1 2009 2:00 AM

No obligation to purchase; why didn't I listen to HotHardware's words of warning?  Right, I've started playing L4D, and now I see it's 40% off!  I wasn't planning on buying it right away....but...40% off :D  Valve, you know how to reel em' in.  All while making great games, of course. 

Now adding to cart on Steam, lol!

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bob_on_the_cob replied on Fri, May 1 2009 10:04 AM

Ha Ha yeah I read in PC Gamer that Valve gets something like a 3000% boost in sales on a game when they do the sales and free weekends.

It is on page 16 of the may issue. I can't find it online though :(

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3vi1 replied on Fri, May 1 2009 1:40 PM

I was excited, so I tried it under Wine.

It worked perfectly.

But, as it turns out, THAT GAME SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME.

Coming from a guy that's laughed his way through every Romero flick, that's somewhat of a ringing endorsement I suppose.  But no way am I going to buy it:  more fun to laugh at zombies from behind a counterstrike barricade while I mow them down with unlimited ammo.

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mentaldisorder replied on Sat, May 2 2009 12:46 AM

Well I liked the game so much and it was $23, so I bought it, so if anyone else got it, we should game some time!

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