60,774 Players On Cold Stream

After 4 and a half hours after Valve announced them wanting 20,000 players to play on Cold Stream before this Sunday to get early access to Dead Air, people surpassed that 20,000 limit. By 5 p.m. it hit 30,000 and after 24 hours since announcement, a 60,774 limit was reached. Since the limit was reached, Valve will be keeping their promise to us, but more importantly (to me) many many bugs will be fixed due to all the players submitting their feedback.

The new Dead Air map will be available at least by the 22nd, they are currently doing a little more testing and will release it once they are done. Dead Air isn't the only map being redone, the Dark Carnival Finale is also getting tweaked along with other finales, no word on the exact date except for a "when we finish".

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Play One L4D2 Map, Get Another For Free

Any of you Left 4 Dead players want access to a brand new map early? Well Valve has released a blog on the Left 4 Dead site saying that if 20,000 players play through the Cold Stream campaign by Sunday, they Dead Air campaign will be released early.

If you don't know what Cold Stream is, it is a pain in the ass beta map. I've played it multiple times and even for a beta, it was so many problems. But you're put into a forestry area following a creek to safety. I have yet been able to finish the map due to its various amount of bugs, but it is a nice map to play on despite the glitches and whatnot. One part of the map I like is that you have to be careful with a strong current or you'll get thrown down a waterfall, I thought that was an intelligent little addition to the game.

Try out the buggy map for early access to Dead Air, and if you don't have Left 4 Dead 2, well now's your chance to get it since it's only $4.99 today.

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