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You can play Left 4 Dead 2 for free right now, but you've not got long

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Left 4 Dead 2 is still easily one of the best co-op FPS games you can play today. With the witty character banter, the invisible 'Director' AI who keeps every wave of zombies feeling fresh, and the ease at which you can jump into the action, L4D2 stands tall all these years later. So if it's been a few years and you fancy diving back in, or if you've never played a Left 4 Dead game and want to experience it for yourself, now's your chance. You can play Left 4 Dead 2 for free on Steam for a limited time, and grab it at a significant discount afterward. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best games like Left 4 Dead on PC 2024 Former Valve writer debunks the constant Left 4 Dead 3 leaks Left 4 Dead 2 launches on mobile, but it's a scam

Left 4 Dead 2 Free Weekend

by Kerry

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/964095/a53e181c91ba2184ba8cbe1e7796896ed168bcda.jpg Left 4 Dead 2 celebrates its 15th anniversary this weekend by going free-to-play until November 18th. Jump in for the first time to battle zombie hordes with your friends, or come back for the opportunity to finally earn the "Good Guy Nick" achievement!

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several crash and remote code execution exploits. - Fixed a crash on some NVIDIA graphics cards when shader detail is set to High.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Player connect message is no longer networked to clients, to prevent exposing player IP addresses.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a regression that blocked taking screenshots.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a memory leak exploit in lobby chat. - Prevent running arbitrary script code on a remote server. - Prevent a network exploit that gave the client access to server settings. - Implementation example for a new beta feature in Steam.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed an exploit that could block a player from connecting to any game, whether online or local. - Fixed two exploits that used invalid content to crash the game or prevent it from loading. - Fixed a memory leak when rejecting invalid content.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a bug that prevented the community server list from appearing.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed two exploits that could remotely crash servers. - Fixed music not playing at the main menu on Linux.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed another exploit where malicious network packets could severely degrade server performance. - Fixed a client exploit that could cause long server stalls. - Fixed a potential crash if a Charger failed to return to valid nav for an extended period of time. - Fixed a rare hang from ray traces encountering NaN values.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Blocked an exploit that could forcibly disconnect a player from any server, even when playing a local game.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed two exploits that could crash remote servers. - Fixed missing lobby state messages. - Fixed community server searches not always returning the full set of lowest-ping results.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Improved the reliability of "mm_dedicated_force_official_servers" to find the lowest ping server across the supplied IPs.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed several matchmaking lobby exploits. - The cvar "mm_dedicated_force_servers" now only applies to lobbies with the "Best Available Dedicated" server type as originally intended - for all other lobby types the cvar is ignored. Lobby leaders who wish to force official dedicated server selection due to location or network issues should use the new cvar "mm_dedicated_force_official_servers", which only pulls from available official dedicated servers at the requested IPs.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed an exploit where reliable network fragments could stall out a server indefinitely. - Re-enabled uploads by default so sprays will work again.