Some of you may know it some of you may not infact maybe all of you know it but The Passing was announced I think maybe 1-2 months ago and I am here to give you a facts I have discovered about it

Facts:
a new melee weapon
a new gun
a new uncommon common infected
taking place between dead center and dark carnival
taking place in georgia
possibility of a 8 player co-op
a new co-op game mode has also been announced but not many details have been realeased yet

anyways their are some of the facts I have discovered from it so feel free to post what u think and tell me if I missed anything because I'd really like to know other things about it

<<<< Fear The Happy Devil

has this been released? i need to seriously step up my L4D 2 gaming time :\ I haven't even played any other game mode except versus and camp (tear)

I haven't heard anything about this, nor have I seen it. It's not updated with this yet, so have no fear, Ace.

This update has not been released yet and its release date is set for early spring so you have nothing to worry about the new co-op game mode and the The Passing will come out at the same time, infact the new game mode is probably just 8 player co-op since we meet up with the original survivors

Superjoe wrote:
This update has not been released yet and its release date is set for early spring so you have nothing to worry about the new co-op game mode and the The Passing will come out at the same time, infact the new game mode is probably just 8 player co-op since we meet up with the original survivors

8vs8 would be amazing, the teams could be insanely good. Also would be really stacked for 8 friends who wanna play in a pub. It's hard enough to join a game without one team being 5x higher in score than the one you join...

The Mad Flasher wrote:
Superjoe wrote:
This update has not been released yet and its release date is set for early spring so you have nothing to worry about the new co-op game mode and the The Passing will come out at the same time, infact the new game mode is probably just 8 player co-op since we meet up with the original survivors

8vs8 would be amazing, the teams could be insanely good. Also would be really stacked for 8 friends who wanna play in a pub. It's hard enough to join a game without one team being 5x higher in score than the one you join...

I've played some 8 vs 8 games in left 4 dead 1 before,really fun game mode.

The only problem I've noticed with 8v8 servers is the spam. Unfortunately, with 8 members on each team, things get hectic. The survivors usually have the ability to spam bullets, and the infected have to attack just right to kill off a few. So, I do hope Valve figures out a good way to balance it. It would be really freaking cool.

Valve has stated that a 16 player vs mode will not be a reality but 8 player co-op is a possiblity

Watched some game play, said that you will meet the 4 survivors in the beginning and end,helping you during the finale

I have returned with some great new info on L4D2
here are the newest facts I have discovered

The old survivors will appear in the game but will not playable :( they will appear in the first chapter and then help you in the last chapter

Their are a total of 3 chapters... so far

New Gun: M60

New Melee Weapon: Golf Club

New Uncommon Common: The Fallen Survivor

The M60 is a special tier weapon just like the grenade launcher will drop it after ammo is depleted, it is automatic, does alot of damage, and you should always look for fire ammo or explosive ammo for this weapon since it cant get any more ammo

Not much is known about the golf club except the fact its a 9-iron

The Fallen Survivor will play sort of similer to the cut infected from the first game The Scremer once it sees you it will run away makeing it the least dangerous infected but it has items straped to him so you can kill him and take those items

Thats all I have it is supposed to be released in late march so be ready

The picture looks fake that or they screwed nicks face up.
Anyway for the info.
Allso I found this pic it might be from the passing.

I hear they're also making a DLC for L4D1 to compliment it!

What wrote:
I hear they're also making a DLC for L4D1 to compliment it!

Hey maybe they will have it so you can play as the original survivors and the new survivors help you along the way, reverse who you play as in both games!

Also the M60 idea is superb! Just what L4D needed, now I can take out entire panic event hordes with no problem.

@ Superjoe

My friend and I said that poster looks "choppy".
Is it official or shopped?

I don't think Valve would black out the other four survivors.

Battl3man wrote:
@ Superjoe

My friend and I said that poster looks "choppy".
Is it official or shopped?
It does look choppy. Check out the line around Nick, and also Coach's head. It looks like it was cut out of something else.

uncommens are minibosses I THINK NOT and hes playing on xbox FAIL xbox sucks compaired to the computer
but cool video.

Some new info and interview:

To sum up some stuff from this and continuing videos:
The new survivors may talk about their opinions on the original survivors throughout the campaign.
The poster Superjoe posted is the official one.
After this DLC is out, they will release a comic book to follow the original survivors to the point of the L4D1 DLC coming out sometime this year.
There is a new Midnight Riders song in the jukebox in the campaign.
Some Midnight Riders songs will be coming to Rock Band.
Oh, and the new game mode is still confirmed, but I haven't found stuff on it yet.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Did they change Francis and Louis? Like, Francis grew a greasy beard and hair, and Louis grew hair and a beard? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(

At least there are some cool things.

Devmon52 wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Did they change Francis and Louis? Like, Francis grew a greasy beard and hair, and Louis grew hair and a beard? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(

At least there are some cool things.

I'll buy a power glove, put it on, and beat the crap outta valve if they did!

Anyone gettin a vibe from the guy talkinf it says hes from valve
BUT he makes two majore flaws 1st there playing on X-BOX I would
FORCE them to show the passing demo on a PC and two he says they
are going to drive jimmy gibs JR's car to New Orleans FAIL

tacticalsheltie wrote:
Devmon52 wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Did they change Francis and Louis? Like, Francis grew a greasy beard and hair, and Louis grew hair and a beard? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(

At least there are some cool things.

I'll buy a power glove, put it on, and beat the crap outta valve if they did!

Perhaps just some concept art? maybe they'll change their mind and just go for L4D1 look?

Oh, and since i am getting this game soon, i have suddenly become interested in this thread.

What wrote:
tacticalsheltie wrote:
Devmon52 wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Did they change Francis and Louis? Like, Francis grew a greasy beard and hair, and Louis grew hair and a beard? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(

At least there are some cool things.

I'll buy a power glove, put it on, and beat the crap outta valve if they did!

Perhaps just some concept art? maybe they'll change their mind and just go for L4D1 look?

Oh, and since i am getting this game soon, i have suddenly become interested in this thread.
Yeah, that was some old concept art for the characters back before L4D1 came out. The video makers probably wanted to add some EDGE to the video, I'd imagine.

This is exciting, and I don't even have L4D2.

Devmon52 wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Did they change Francis and Louis? Like, Francis grew a greasy beard and hair, and Louis grew hair and a beard? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(

At least there are some cool things.

That photo shown,was the BETA style of them.

Dustin wrote:
Anyone gettin a vibe from the guy talkinf it says hes from valve
BUT he makes two majore flaws 1st there playing on X-BOX I would
FORCE them to show the passing demo on a PC and two he says they
are going to drive jimmy gibs JR's car to New Orleans FAIL
Obviously they support the platform, or they wouldn't develop for it. Besides, it's easier for them to set up a demo for a convention on a bunch of 360s than a bunch of PCs as the Xbox is more plug and play.
As far as the Jimmy Gibbs Jr. thing is concerned, the survivors want to head to New Orleans after they realize they missed the helicopters in Dead Center, and, at that point in the story arch, they still thought they could drive to New Orleans. It's only in Dark Carnival (which takes place after the Passing, that they learn that can't drive the whole way.

Bill's dieing

but.. francis said he was indestructible.. :(

No, no, no! I can't lose Bill! He's got the best AI of all the survivors! He's also awesome! Take Rochelle! I want to keep all the L4D1 survivors. :(

2 of the people their not killing off are Zoey and Francis I've checked online and the creator said that
Nick and Francis were supposed to have some unique interactions due to their tatoos and Ellis was supposed to get a crush on Zoey so Francis and Zoey are definitly in this although Valve really likes the Replay value in this so everytime you play 1 diffrent survivor may be dead giving diffrent gameplay scenes so who knows

Would be more than happy with a quick CG intro showing Rochelle tripping face first into a pitchfork and dying, then being able to select one of the originals to take her place, alas it makes no sense since she's in the later chapters :(