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Rumor: Left 4 Dead on the Mac by October 5?

by Mike Schramm Sep 15th 2010 at 7:30PM

Left 4 Dead is the last promised Valve title to see release on Steam for Mac, and yet we haven't heard anything about an official release date. Valve was moving along pretty well for a while there, releasing games for our platform every Wednesday. But they've petered out lately, leaving a lot of Mac gamers wondering if we'd ever get to shoot zombies along with the rest of the gaming world. But a slip found by our former cohort David Chartier, now at Macworld, hints that we'll be exploring the zombie apocalypse soon -- he notes that Valve is bringing the game's new downloadable content, "The Sacrifice," to all platforms, including the Mac, by October 5th.

The Sacrifice is an extra level that's available for both the first and second games in the series, so there's still a chance that Valve will only give us the original Left 4 Dead, and save the sequel for later. But I'd guess the reason for the long delay is that they're bringing both games over, so we might see both of them released on Steam for Mac by then.

Of course, this could just be a slip of the blog, with the Mac just accidentally listed as an available platform. But that doesn't seem likely -- Valve tends to be careful about what they say. To whet your appetite, check out the game's brand new comic, created just for the new DLC.

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Johnexo

Left 4 Dead characters are great. They are the typical zombie flick survivors. Biker, Tough Chick, Reluctant Nerd & Grumpy Old Army Guy.
http://www.applereviewed.net/left-4-dead-2-mac.html

December 11 2010 at 3:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J.

http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3570

October 04 2010 at 4:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J.

Both Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 are being released to Mac. They announced that on the Left 4 Dead blog months ago.

October 04 2010 at 4:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian

Can't wait until it comes out for Mac.
"PILLS HERE!" Classic.

September 16 2010 at 11:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Janichsan

Two things:
1. It's not a rumour, the date is officially confirmed, as linked to by Anthony La.
2. It's not Left 4 Dead coming, it's Left 4 Dead *2*. The Sacrifice DLC will be available for both games.

(And a third thing: for the umpteenth time, the TUAW comment system ate my comment, so I had to write this a second time.)

September 16 2010 at 3:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sean Moran

CXZ works mighty well...
http://portingteam.com/category/news/cxznews/

September 15 2010 at 10:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ZildjianKX

Finally... I bought L4D2 when it was on sale for $10.19 back in June. I have been waiting for the Mac port ever since. I wonder how much they will run it on sale for when it comes out for Mac on Oct 5.

September 15 2010 at 10:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
digitalsedition

Can't wait to see this ported over. There are also a number of other Source games out there and I'm surprised that there isn't a more readily available "recompile and deploy" option for them.

September 15 2010 at 8:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iDarbert

Actually I think the reason of the delay is that the Left 4 Dead games are built with a more recent version/build of the Source engine compared to the one that powers games like Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2, and I assume that would require more work.

September 15 2010 at 8:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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