In addition, pitchforks and shovels can now be used as melee weapons and Counter-Strike: Source weapons are officially implemented.Īs the update's title suggests, 'The Last Stand' will be Left 4 Dead 2's final update, eight years from its last update and 11 years from release. A new extended campaign, 26 new Survival Maps, and four new Scavenge Areas have been added, along with new animations, PVP enhancements, bug fixes, and more. Related: Left 4 Dead's Realism Mode Is For True PlayersĪmong the many tweaks, improvements, and additions 'The Last Stand' brings, Left 4 Dead 2 will also be free-to-play on Steam for the next three days, combined with an 80 percent off sale that sets the price tag at just $1.99. A later trailer revealed more details and a release date set for September 24th now, upon release, another twist was added to the tale. Fans took matters into their own hands by creating their own update, releasing a trailer earlier this month after official sign-off from Valve. Development on the game beyond bug patches stalled, and the hope of meaningful updates was as dead as the game's hordes of Infected. Like a certain other Valve project, a third installment in the series was cancelled, and Valve shifted away from game development to focus more on hardware and its gaming platform Steam.

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