PlayMagazine: Left 4 Dead 2 Preview

Play writes: "I've played Left 4 Dead a lot. At the time of this writing, according to my Steam stats, I've completed 518 games of L4D and killed over 36,000 Infected. In my 215 hours of gameplay I've clocked a pace of 168 kills per hour. I adore cracking the auto-shotgun, and it accounts for 91% of my kills, after plugging mutants with over 97,000 shots. My goodness, I'm a mass murderer. I've also revived teammates over twenty times per map on Expert, so I'm doing my part to keep the co-op party rolling. So is Valve. Breaking from its history of long development times, the venerable developer is confidently preparing a greatly enhanced sequel for release on November 17. We'll encounter new characters, themes and technology in Left 4 Dead 2's larger, more ambitious campaigns across recently-infected US geography."