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Q323981
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2008 cooperative first-person shooter arcade-style video game by Valve Corporation
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Left 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter set during a zombie outbreak on the East Coast of the United States. Four players control survivors who must fight through hordes of infected humans, creatures transformed by a rabies-like pathogen that causes extreme aggression and loss of higher brain function. Gameplay emphasizes teamwork, with colored outlines showing teammate positions through walls, shared healing items, and friendly fire creating consequences for careless shooting. An AI system called the Director dynamically adjusts enemy placement, item spawns, and pacing based on p…
- Released
- 2008
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- Source
- Developer
- Valve, Certain Affinity, Turtle Rock Studios
- Publisher
- Valve
Key facts
- Developer
- Valve South
- Publishers
- Valve Electronic Arts (Xbox 360)
- Designer
- Mike Booth
- Writer
- Chet Faliszek
- Composer
- Mike Morasky
- Series
- Left 4 Dead
- Engine
- Source
- Platforms
- Windows Xbox 360 Mac OS X
- Release
- November 18, 2008 Microsoft Windows WW : November 18, 2008 Xbox 360 NA : November 18, 2008 AU : November 18, 2008 EU : November 21, 2008 Mac OS X WW : October 27, 2010
- Genre
- First-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Encyclopedic overview
Left 4 Dead is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Valve South and published by Valve. It was originally released for Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2008 and for Mac OS X in October 2010, and is the first title in the Left 4 Dead series. Set during the aftermath of a zombie outbreak on the East Coast of the United States, the game pits its four protagonists, dubbed the "Survivors", against hordes of the infected.
Left 4 Dead uses Valve's proprietary Source engine, with four game modes: a single-player mode in which allied characters are controlled by AI, a four-player co-op campaign mode, an eight-player online versus mode, and a four-player survival mode. In all modes, an artificial intelligence dubbed the "Director" controls level pacing and item placements in an attempt to create a dynamic experience and increase replay value.
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