Left 4 Dead DLC Free to Xbox 360 and PC

[Hectic Glenn]

Well there is the final answer. The recently announced Left 4 Dead Downloadable Content (L4D DLC) will be delivered to Xbox 360 and PC gamers free of charge.

Due for release this spring, the DLC for 2008's best-selling new game property on the PC and Xbox 360, is dubbed the L4D Survival Pack and introduces a new multiplayer game mode entitled, Survival, plus two complete campaigns for Versus Mode (Death Toll, Dead Air). A Critic's Choice Edition of the game will be heading to retail stores this spring, and will include access to all the content introduced in the L4D: Survival Pack.

 

[knut]

Nice!

 

[Shippi]

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[Evo]

You beat me! =[

 

[G(ordon)-man]

Oh, cannot wait!

 

[AciD]

Free XBox DLC?
IT'S A TRAP!

 

[kacation_man]

yeah.. for PC I'd expect the DLC to be free.. always has been and probably always will be.. but for xbox.. this i have never heard of..

 

[DigiQ8]

Nice

 

[Reflex]

I thought it was gonna be sold for Microsoft Points.

 

[Crispy]

Where does it say the Xbox *DLC* will be free? By the look of that statement, it's only 'free' if you buy the Critic's Choice Edition.

 

[swan_song1973]

well that was a surprise, way to go m$

 

[Lobster]

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2234/

Direct link to the full news post.

 

[Ren.182]

Good news for you Xbox players. Was expected for PC version though

 

[Marler]

hell yeah!

 

[Emporius]

Yay!

yeah.. for PC I'd expect the DLC to be free.. always has been and probably always will be.. but for xbox.. this i have never heard of..

Halo maps dawg.

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

Now we just need free TF2 DLC for the Xbox.

Halo maps dawg.

They were not free at first.

 

[Mutley]

Bloody should be.

 

[Asuka]

Did any one really expect anything different from Valve?

 

[kacation_man]

for PC.. no.. they always give their downloadable content for free.. but M$ usually demands money for it..

 

[Gorgon]

the best news of the year!! so far

 

[FoxFire]

Halo maps dawg.

Yeah, you get free Halo maps once they're old, and a new mappack is out the door.

 

[Sheepo]

I'm so happy for you xbox Valve fans.

 

[Fiberawptic]

Am i the only one dieing to know how Valve convinced Microsoft to let them charge for no money on Xbox?

 

[the cow says moo]

YES! THIS NEWS HAS JUST MADE MY DAY!!!

Until the TF2 dlc comes to the 360 and Valve announces more dlc for l4d.

 

[Emporius]

They were not free at first.

Yeah, you get free Halo maps once they're old, and a new mappack is out the door.

Patience my young grasshoppahs.

 

[Operational]

I figured Valve and MS would find some way to make the 360 L4D DLC free after the conflict between what Valve wanted to do and what MS would let them do for TF2. A deal would have been worked out pre-release.

 

[giant384]

for PC.. no.. they always give their downloadable content for free.. but M$ usually demands money for it..

technically we are getting additions, but im sure if custom maps are put on live in the future then im sure you will have to add them.

why would people want to pay for versus mode on the 2 maps they already have and for a new game mode?

 

[MaximusPM]

if it was not free for the pc a LOT of people would get really pissed with valve.

And why the hell is it called 'DLC'? They are turning everything a lot console-like. PC games always had updates... Console games have DLC. But now, they are calling the pc updates DLC? That's just nonsense. CALL IT UPDATE!

 

[Jintor]

It's Downloadable Content. It's still accurate, numbnuts.

 

[Nibwoddle]

I don't care if it's free for 360, I just want the damn thing to come out!

 

[perrkele]

Am i the only one dieing to know how Valve convinced Microsoft to let them charge for no money on Xbox?

No, sir, you are not. They probably promised MS their soul.

 

[Eejit]

Maybe they threatened to stop releasing their games on the 360.

Or threatened to make steam and source work well on OSX

 

[FishBulb]

But guys, it's not free, remember? Because you had to pay $50 for the game already. So it's like some sort of amusement park... with non-free rides... and something something.

 

[kineaesth]

But guys, it's not free, remember? Because you had to pay $50 for the game already. So it's like some sort of amusement park... with non-free rides... and something something.

Yeah nah I think it's 'It's not free because if an amusement park was free you'd still have to buy L4D to ride the rides, so it wouldn't be free like the DLC is free'.

Survival sounds a bit weird.

 

[Eejit]

But if you don't buy the free DLC then you can't play L4D in the theme park because it's closed and haunted.

 

[knut]

Have any more actual details about Survivor been released yet? I'm hearing a few things about holding out against hordes and I've seen a few posts over the 'net from people who appear to know exactly what it is.

 

[Crispy]

Did any one really expect anything different from Valve?

Valve may have taken to subsidising the DLC, just to make it free for its consumers and make the 360 owners not feel left out. I.e. Valve pay M$ monies for every DLC accessed, but in return Valve get the sort of customer confidence they have on the PC on the Xbox.

 

[FishBulb]

But if you don't buy the free DLC then you can't play L4D in the theme park because it's closed and haunted.

Well, that's just silly. I'm not buying these free L4D rides from the DLC in the theme park anymore! :arms:

 

[fri][ish]

L4D is half price on Steam now!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/500/

That makes the DLC half of Free, which is..... free right?