Shacknews dates the Witch.

[hool10]

Well it seems like Shacknews editor's went to Valve and played the latest build. Some of the important things that stand out are the Witch can be killed, but she is most certainly a threat. They mainly center the article on her. The other things are that there are like 5 or less mini-finales in each mission. Another is that the sounds are getting beefy (no more CS sounds) and it's kicking OB ass, graphic wise. Item pick-ups are also randomly placed by the Director instead of corner X always having a stash of supplies. Oh and it's in the polishing stage which greatly supports the theory of a late Summer beta! http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=889 *From Aaron Linde, an editor at Shacknews:

By the by, we're going to try to get back down to play the game again within the next month or so, hopefully with playable undead in tow. Stay tuned for that.

 

[tschumann]

it really does look this game is going to be great.
and even better, no forseeable delays.

 

[Monique]

That was actually a good preview. The witch is going to pretty much destroy everyone. I'm glad they're putting her in the normal levels now.

 

[Mech Man]

How exaclty does the witch attack , is it projectile based or melee?

 

[hool10]

How exaclty does the witch attack , is it projectile based or melee?

It's a melee attack. This is an old GT video that Valve asked to take down. At the end is the witch attacking Louis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5spmvBxLp4
Another image shows off her claws: http://www.csnation.net/images/content/image_43492.jpg That is not a distorted image, those are her claws. I'm betting they will look much better before release. Also if you want to see her actually kill somebody, then watch one of the L4D QuakeCON vids taken by ShrubberyJSC. It's at the same exact location as that GT video. Somebody pissed it off and it swiped at the guy, just instantly killing him. Another was a person was all alone and the teamates all just turned red instantly or died shortly after.