Mon, Sep 14, 2009 | 00:03 BST
XBL Game with Fame hints at L4D Crash Course drop date?
When is L4D’s Crash Course DLC hurtling onto our gaming systems? No one knows. But a recent Xbox Live Game with Fame announcement might be dropping hints about the DLC’s drop date.
“If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold Member, and you want a chance to play the new Crash Course add-on for Left 4 Dead, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (5:30 P.M. Central Time) the Game with Fame session starts on Wednesday, September 23, at 6:00 P.M. CT,” says the announcement.
September 23, eh? Granted, “a chance to play” seems to suggest that it might just be a preview event, but the DLC is supposed to be out before September ends, so anything later would be cutting it close.
We should mention, however, that – if you choose to partake of Crash Course as part of this promotion – you’ll be staving off the zombpocalypse with pop-rock group Paramore.
Are we wrong in having our worlds turned upside-down by the idea that there’s apparently audience overlap between teeny-bopper bands and Left 4 Dead? Seems like a bit of an odd mix to us.
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Posted in: PC, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: crash course, game with fame, left 4 dead, valve, Xbox Live
8 comments
#1
freedoms_stain
14/09/09, 12:22 am
It’s a present.
You get to kill zombies AND team-kill Paramore.
In fact, Crash Course is supposed to be Versus orientated isn’t it? So you just need to be in the opposite team.
#2
Gamoc
14/09/09, 1:15 am
I, uh, really like Paramore.
#3
Johnny Cullen
14/09/09, 7:29 am
They’re no MCR though, innit.
*pretends to be proper hardcore emo*
#4
lk
14/09/09, 7:58 am
Paramore? Teeny-bopper? I am not exactly their biggest fan, but geez, that’s a low blow.
#5
Pyrix
14/09/09, 9:55 pm
It says on the Xbox.com page:
Details
Who: Ray Lewis of Paramore
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Ray Lewis is not a member of the band, and he doesn’t seem to be related to them in any way.
I assume that’s an error.
Anyway, since that’s Midnight in the UK, it’s a weekday, and my chances of actually playing a game with a member of Paramore, Ray Lewis or otherwise, are pretty slim, I’ll give it a miss.
#6
Gamoc
15/09/09, 12:43 am
I don’t think I’ll be trying for it, just…ahem…wake me when september ends.
#7
Pyrix
15/09/09, 9:41 am
I assume that’s a reference to the fact the new album comes out on 28th/29th (UK/US), but you also threw a Green Day reference in there, either intentionally or unintentionally.
I’m going to see them on the 18th Dec at Wembley Arena. I just hope their new album is good.
#8
Gamoc
15/09/09, 7:24 pm
I know it was a Green Day reference, I just couldn’t think of any Paramore references.
How about…
Whilst playing this with Paramore, I’d bet I would be saying ‘Whoa, Whoa’?