


It also includes two standalone survival maps that never shipped.” The code features that aren’t working include, He notes in the post that “Some code features are missing, but it’s playable from beginning to end. The campaign was posted on the game’s official forum by studio co-founder CHris Ashton. It begins with the C130 that the survivors used in escaping Dead Air having crashed, leaving them to make their way through an airport, an apple orchard, and a RV park to a hydro-electric dam, where they have to hold out for a rescue. Titled “Dam It,” the campaign was originally intended to fit in between Dead Air and Blood Harvest. The company found something good, because it’s made an unfinished campaign map for Left 4 Dead available for download. Now that Turtle Rock Studios has stopped working on Evolve, the team is apparently going through some old files. I always preferred the atmosphere and characters of the first Left 4 Dead, so I’m eager to give this a try.The Left 4 Dead developer has made a never-finished campaign available for download. You can head over to Turtle Rock Studios’ official forum and find a download link. Thankfully, getting this campaign won’t cost you a dime. Team Fortress 2 is still receiving updates and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is updated on a near weekly basis, but it looks like Valve’s other titles get pushed to the wayside. This is also what a lot of fans expected when Valve said it would support the game for years to come.

While not all of the gameplay features work properly, having some new content from the original dev team is cool. This episode, titled “Dam It,” explains how the survivors got from “Dead Air” to “Blood Harvest,” along with providing a few new maps for survival mode. Regardless of that, the developer behind the original game, Turtle Rock Studios, has released what it is dubbing the “lost episode” for the original Left 4 Dead. A free DLC campaign (on PC) helped bridge the gap between the two games, but eventually the sequel overshadowed the former with the entirety of the first game being ported to L4D2. The ability to play as zombies (which were incredibly unique) was also a joy.įans were upset with the quick turn around Valve made with Left 4 Dead 2, but the company swore to support the original for as long as possible. The game eschewed a standard single-player campaign for something that merged co-op and competitive play together with a unique AI system that would create disturbances based on the performance of your team. Left 4 Dead was an addictive experience upon its release in 2008.
