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Left 4 Dead 2’s Midnight Riders, Ellis Take To YouTube, Facebook

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Gamers looking for more story in their Left 4 Dead 2 experience may want to refocus their efforts on the web. Ellis, one of the game’s new Survivors, and his favourite fictional band, the Midnight Riders have YouTube accounts. More »
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Left 4 Dead Campaigns Now (Unofficially) Work In Left 4 Dead 2

6:30AM Michael McWhertor | Left 4 Dead 2 fans longing not for Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis but for Dead Air, No Mercy, Death Toll and Blood Harvest have one more reason to go for the PC version of the zombie apocalypse shooter. More »
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British Government Agency To Run Xbox Live Recruitment Ads

2:00AM AJ Glasser | This morning, British publication The Guardian reports that Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is going to run ads in Xbox Live “including Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, to attract quick-thinking 18- to 34-year-olds to its ranks.” More »
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Let’s Take Another Look At Aussie Left 4 Dead 2 Edits

4:00PM David Wildgoose | Sick of seeing just how Valve has butchered the Australian version of Left 4 Dead 2 to placate the censors? Of course you aren’t. Yes, let’s take another look. More »
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Sadly, Jimmy Gibbs Did Not Survive The Zombie Apocalypse

2:20PM Luke Plunkett | Those already knee-deep in Left 4 Dead 2’s Southern undead will be familiar with Jimmy Gibbs, who is only the greatest stock car racer of all time. Or shall we say, was. More »
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Meet Left 4 Dead 2’s House Band, The Midnight Riders

12:40PM Michael McWhertor | If you’ve played through Left 4 Dead 2’s second campaign, Dark Carnival, you’re likely familiar with the music and pyrotechnic power of the chapter’s fictional rock and roll band, the Midnight Riders. Well, they’ve got their own web site. More »
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Zombie Defence Irrelevant In Left 4 Dead 2 Banning

9:00AM David Wildgoose | When Left 4 Dead 2 was originally refused classification in Australia, the Classification Board noted the “high impact violence” carried out against “living humans infected with a rabies-like virus”. It sounded like the Board viewed the game’s enemies as human rather than zombies. But apparently that’s not why it was banned. More »
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Left 4 Dead 2 Is Region Free On Xbox 360

2:00PM David Wildgoose | While it seems PC gamers may be able to bypass the censorship of Left 4 Dead 2, Xbox 360 gamers have no such luck. But what about importing? More »
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Valve Bumps Up Global Left 4 Dead 2 Dates, UK Infected By Friday

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Due to “high demand”, Valve notes today on the official Left 4 Dead blog that it has moved forward street dates for its new zombie apocalypse survival sim, resulting in a “coordinated worldwide release”. Well, except for you, United Kingdom. More »
Hands On

Frankenreview: Left 4 Dead 2

7:20AM Mike Fahey | The only thing as relentless and uncompromising as a zombie horde is those tasked with reviewing said zombie horde. The undead cower in the face of the Left 4 Dead 2 Frankenreview. More »