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Valve reveals L4D2 launch time schedule

By Justin Mann

On November 16, 2009, 5:17 PM

If you are one of the many people who have pre-ordered Left 4 Dead 2 or plan on buying it before the day is through, you're probably curious as to when exactly the game will be unlocked. Valve has announced that for those who have preloaded the L4D2 files, the game goes live sometime today. Since Valve's servers will unlock it at all at once, the exact time will vary based on your time zone.

For users in Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern time, the game goes live at 9PM, 10PM, 11PM and 12AM. It's nice that Valve is able to unlock it at the exact same moment for everyone around the world, but that also means somebody, somewhere is going to get shafted -- at least temporarily.


Hopefully, Valve's decision to make preloading available a week in advance will ensure that surging demand for the game doesn't ruin it for everyone.

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  1. BRAINZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

  2. I got Left 4 Dead at around €30 which is close to impulse-buy territory, I'll wait for the sequel to be available around those prices as well. I just hope websites won't be full of spoilers (not story-wise) before I get it.

  3. "Zombies are the perfect enemy because they are stupid and unarmed. I don't see the situation as a problem, I just see it as an opportunity to shoot off a few rounds." :P

  4. I assume you mean 12AM not PM, as in midnight, for the Eastern release time.

  5. Staff

    Yes, thank you. It's been corrected.

  6. GAH ITS MIDNIGHT AND ITS NOT UNLOCKED! I gotta go pee but I wanna be here exactly when it happens...lol.

  7. ahhhhhhh i think im the one getting shafted here ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  8. first page of legendary thread

  9. K, i peed. still not ready. I gotta drink some more alcohol brb. gotta be redy for diz

  10. 12:15 and still no sign of life...wtf

  11. oh look there is a surprise... valve ****ed up and didnt release on time.

  12. Valve haz teh been run over by zombiez!!

  13. Omg I'm raging. I pre-ordered SO I CAN PLAY THE MOMENT IT COMES OUT. Valve lied to me.

  14. I want my money back

  15. hmmmm....wonder if they took into account daylight savings..

  16. FU<K valve. I want to play.

  17. I gotta pee again, damn it.

  18. Wtf is going on?!?! Raaaaage

  19. And their forums are down...hmmm...guess they decided just not to hear all the complaining

  20. I want to play now!

  21. Me too. I'm raging here, pissin' and ragin.

  22. LATE!! poop

  23. I've been camping this **** for 40 min. now. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  24. The ****? I paid money for this...WTF

  25. I plan to sue Valve for failure to deliver goods as promised, or something.

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