Left 4 Dead 2 releases, zombies everywhere rejoice

Left 4 Dead 2 is now officially out. Like, everywhere. You can now buy it on Steam, and given the first rash of obviously complimentary reviews, you probably should.

According to the PR after the break, Valve's sequel offers a "much larger game than the original, featuring more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, new Survival maps, and the new competitive game mode, Scavenge."

Just buy it. You really should just buy it. Shut you whining and shoot something instead.

As a note, we actually can't buy it. The game's Steam page says it doesn't unlock for another three days.

LEFT 4 DEAD 2 LAUNCHING WORLDWIDE

North American Retail and Steam Available Now, Rest of World Follows Later This Week

Nov 17, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the availability of its zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead 2, at retail outlets across North America (360, PC) and worldwide via Steam (PC). Retail outlets around the world will launch the title later this week.

Exclusively available for the Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for co-operative action games and become one of 2009's marquee titles. The title adds melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaws, frying pans, axes, baseball bats, and more.

With the AI Director 2.0, L4D's dynamic gameplay is taken to the next level by giving the Director the ability to procedurally change weather effects, world objects, and pathways in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match the players' performance. The result is a unique game session custom fitted to provide a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience each time the game is played.

Finally, with new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, Left 4 Dead 2 offers a much larger game than the original, featuring more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, new Survival maps, and the new competitive game mode, Scavenge, all available at launch.

For more information, please visit www.l4d.com