NetworksFREE: Left 4 Dead for 24 Hours, Starting Today.
Last week Steam was offering The Orange Box for $9.99 for one weekend only. This weekend, theyň€™re spicing things up by offering gamers 24 hours of L4D for free.
Valve has revealed a special offer called L4D Freaky Friday. Basically youň€™re getting 24 hours of Left 4 Dead for free with no obligation to buy. Your free trial will include access to the recently released Survival Pack DLC which introduces a new multiplayer game mode and two addition versus campaigns.
The way itň€™s going to work (we can assume), is that users pre-load everything at some stage between now and Friday and theyň€™ll be allowed play for 24 hours before being faced with some kind of ň€˜insert coins hereň€™ screen that offers them the chance to buy L4D, thereby unlocking the game so they can continue playing.
Check out the full post from Steam below.
ň€śBeginning Friday at 12:01 am GMT, the PC version of Left 4 Dead will be available for a free 24-hour trial via Steam. The free trial will include access to the recently released Survival Pack DLC, which introduces a new multiplayer game mode and two additional Versus campaigns. Those who wish to give L4D and the Survival Pack a try may now pre-load everything needed to play with no obligation to purchase.ň€ť
Weň€™re still not exactly sure if the 12:01 GMT start time applies to customers in the U.S. but weň€™ve emailed our Valve guy and weň€™ll let you know as soon as we find out. Weň€™d figure it would make sense to get everyone hooked by offering them the chance to play all day, then reel ň€˜em in at a minute past midnight on Friday when everyone is all geared up and ready to play through the weekend. The GMT start time will put us at a pacific start time of 16:01 on Thursday with an end time of 16:01 on Friday. Guess Freaky Thursday doesnň€™t quite have the same ring to it.