Left 4 Dead
The "Dude, Where's My Thumb?" contest is officially closed. Congratulations to contest winner Roland Nagy, who just won himself an extremely limited edition (i.e. one) customized "infected" Xbox 360 for his entry below:
Left 4 Dead 2 - SZ
Due to an ongoing debate in the office and online as to whether "12 AM" means noon or midnight (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_am" class="standardLink">we're still sticking with midnight</a>), it's been more challenging than we realized to tell people when exactly our game will be available. Factor in the Earth rotating around the sun, daylight savings time, some of our fans insisting on using the Mayan calendar, and we're just going to try and make this as specific as possible:

When L4D2 will go live:

<ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">
<li style="padding-bottom:4px">Monday, November 16th, 9:00 PM Pacific Standard Time</li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px">Monday, November 16th, 10:00 PM Mountain Standard Time</li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px">Monday, November 16th, 11:00 PM Central Standard Time</li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px">Tuesday, November 17th, 12:00 AM (midnight) Eastern Standard Time</li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px">Tuesday, November 17th, 5:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time</li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px">Tuesday, November 17th, 8:00 AM Moscow Time</li>
<li>Tuesday, November 17th, 2:00 PM Japan Standard Time</li>
</ul>
Also, if you were interested in learning a bit more about the Survivors you'll be playing as this Tuesday(ish), check out our Survivor pages for <a href="http://www.l4d.com/survivors/nick/" class="standardLink">Nick</a>, <a href="http://www.l4d.com/survivors/ellis/" class="standardLink">Ellis</a>, <a href="http://www.l4d.com/survivors/coach/" class="standardLink">Coach</a> and <a href="http://www.l4d.com/survivors/rochelle/" class="standardLink">Rochelle</a> with character, weapon and item details.
Left 4 Dead 2 - SZ
Due to an ongoing debate in the office and online as to whether "12 AM" means noon or midnight (we're still sticking with midnight), it's been more challenging than we realized to tell people when exactly our game will be available. Factor in the Earth rotating around the sun, daylight savings time, some of our fans insisting on using the Mayan calendar, and we're just going to try and make this as specific as possible:

When L4D2 will go live:

  • Monday, November 16th, 9:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
  • Monday, November 16th, 10:00 PM Mountain Standard Time
  • Monday, November 16th, 11:00 PM Central Standard Time
  • Tuesday, November 17th, 12:00 AM (midnight) Eastern Standard Time
  • Tuesday, November 17th, 5:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time
  • Tuesday, November 17th, 8:00 AM Moscow Time
  • Tuesday, November 17th, 2:00 PM Japan Standard Time
Also, if you were interested in learning a bit more about the Survivors you'll be playing as this Tuesday(ish), check out our Survivor pages for Nick, Ellis, Coach and Rochelle with character, weapon and item details.
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2 - SZ
During the production of a game, a lot of concept art gets drawn up, redrawn, thrown away, cursed at, and, occasionally, even used. There's a mountain of this stuff fluttering around the Valve offices, and while the non-artists among us might not know much (anything) about art, we hope we're not embarrassing our artists by saying it looks pretty kickass. So we grabbed some of it off the nearest pile and made it into desktop wallpaper.

Get the free wallpaper <a href="http://l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3109">HERE!</a>
Left 4 Dead 2 - SZ
During the production of a game, a lot of concept art gets drawn up, redrawn, thrown away, cursed at, and, occasionally, even used. There's a mountain of this stuff fluttering around the Valve offices, and while the non-artists among us might not know much (anything) about art, we hope we're not embarrassing our artists by saying it looks pretty kickass. So we grabbed some of it off the nearest pile and made it into desktop wallpaper.

Get the free wallpaper HERE!
Left 4 Dead
During the production of a game, a lot of concept art gets drawn up, redrawn, thrown away, cursed at, and, occasionally, even used. There's a mountain of this stuff fluttering around the Valve offices, and while the non-artists among us might not know much (anything) about art, we hope we're not embarrassing our artists by saying it looks pretty kickass. So we grabbed some of it off the nearest pile and made it into desktop wallpaper:
Left 4 Dead 2 - SZ
<a href="http://www.l4d.com/contest/"><img src="http://l4d.com/blog/images/posts/023/wheresmythumb.jpg" width="446" height"398" border="0"></a>

For our Left 4 Dead 1 contest giveaway, we gave all you gamers a simple proposition: take a picture of yourself or a friend doing something creative in front of a L4D ad. We were blown away by the inventiveness, humor, and photoshop mastery of some of the replies.

With Left 4 Dead 2's November 17th release date almost upon us, that means the return of the "Dude, Where's My Thumb" contest, and another chance to be inventive and win awesome prizes. Like last year's contest, gamers are challenged to take a funny, interesting, scary or otherwise unique photograph of you or a friend in front of one of L4D2's outdoor media placements (buses, billboards, etc.). You could win a limited edition "infected" Xbox 360-hand-painted, laser engraved and custom designed to celebrate the release of Left 4 Dead 2.

Go to the <a href="http://www.l4d.com/contest/" class="standardLink">official contest page</a> for complete details and to submit your photo.

Also, if you haven't played the demo yet, you still can! Get it on <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/590/" class="standardLink">Steam</a> or through the <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802454108d4/?of=1" class="standardLink">Xbox LIVE Marketplace</a>!
Left 4 Dead 2 - SZ


For our Left 4 Dead 1 contest giveaway, we gave all you gamers a simple proposition: take a picture of yourself or a friend doing something creative in front of a L4D ad. We were blown away by the inventiveness, humor, and photoshop mastery of some of the replies.

With Left 4 Dead 2's November 17th release date almost upon us, that means the return of the "Dude, Where's My Thumb" contest, and another chance to be inventive and win awesome prizes. Like last year's contest, gamers are challenged to take a funny, interesting, scary or otherwise unique photograph of you or a friend in front of one of L4D2's outdoor media placements (buses, billboards, etc.). You could win a limited edition "infected" Xbox 360-hand-painted, laser engraved and custom designed to celebrate the release of Left 4 Dead 2.

Go to the official contest page for complete details and to submit your photo.

Also, if you haven't played the demo yet, you still can! Get it on Steam or through the Xbox LIVE Marketplace!
Left 4 Dead
For our Left 4 Dead 1 contest giveaway, we gave all you gamers a simple proposition: take a picture of yourself or a friend doing something creative in front of a L4D ad. We were blown away by the inventiveness, humor, and photoshop mastery of some of the replies.
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