11k Steam players plan to boycott Left 4 Dead 2
As expected, a lot of current Left 4 Dead players were surprised (as were we) that Valve announced the sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, and that it would be released this year — one year after the original hit the store shelves.
This has prompted outrage among some L4D players, who have created a group on the Steam Community boycotting the upcoming sequels. Currently the group has over 11,000 members, you can read more about it, and their reasons for the boycott, here.
Tags: left 4 dead, left 4 dead 2
June 10th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
[...] a few days ago a group emerged who pledged they would boycott Left 4 Dead 2 due to the game’s release date being so close to [...]
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 am
[...] been paying attention you’ll know that not too long ago an online group formed who swore to boycott Left 4 Dead 2 if Valve didn’t continue to support the original title. Well, shortly after that group was [...]
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
[...] of those supposed Left 4 Dead 2 boycotters must have been lying as Valve recently told Eurogamer that the pre-order numbers for the sequel are [...]
July 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
[...] when Left 4 Dead 2 was boycotted by a large group of gamers, the group demanded that Left 4 Dead 1 players be able to play with [...]
July 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
[...] when Left 4 Dead 2 was boycotted by a large group of gamers, the group demanded that Left 4 Dead 1 players be able to play with [...]
September 29th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
[...] had promised, Valve has released DLC for the original Left 4 Dead effectively soothing the woes of boycotters everywhere. The DLC in question is entitled Crash Course and is available now for both the Xbox 360 and PC [...]