It’s not often that a news update sounds more like it came from a cell phone than from Valve, but a considerable amount of news has emerged regarding the upcoming Left 4 Dead downloadable content. The content was originally billed as expanding the competitive multiplayer options to all four movies available in core game (up from the two movies available in the retail game) and adding campaign development tools and a new gameplay mode called survival.

Since the original announcement, however, Valve has revealed exactly what survival mode will include. The mode will apparently deliver a straightforward action scenario where players will be attacked by endless waves of zombies with the goal of lasting as long as possible. More interestingly, however, the developer announced that all this content will be free.

After the gamer backlash to Twisted Pixel’s announcement that it would be selling bonus levels for The Maw, it seems like Valve made the correct PR choice to make the content free. This is especially true in light of the fact that addition of versus gameplay to two existing movies feels more like filling in missing content, regardless of the logistical realities of producing that content.

That said, if Valve were to add another movie as downloadable content, we’d be happy to pay (let’s see…$60 divided by four movies…) $15 for it.

…Please?

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