Valve will support L4D1 and addresses L4D2 boycott

Since E3 the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2 has some fans clamoring for the sequel and others up in arms ready to boycott the title.  I covered this last week and addressed the boycott group which at the time was a mere 3,000 or so.  Now this group, of which I bet many will still buy the game, is now upwards of 27,000. 

Valve isn't oblivious to the internet and they have surely been following this group and the media.  Kotaku finally got a chance to talk to Gabe Newell and set some of the rumors and exaggerations straight. 

First off Newell insists everyone out there is jumping to conclusions and that the release of the sequel does not mean the death blow to content for the original.  He promises content is still coming and they will continue to support the title just like their other games.  He tells Kotaku:


He notes that they will continue to support the over 3 million customers in the L4D1 community. 

Now does this mean a year from now we will be seeing new free campaigns for the original, probably not.  I have a feeling Valve may stick to publishing some great user generated maps much like they do with TF2 now.  There was never a time line of support or a promise of new campaigns or things like that.  But they game isn't going to be abandoned. 

The other big news of course is the interoperability between to the two games which I insisted on in my last write up.  I am glad to see Valve realizes the seriousness of that concern as splitting the two communities would be a big mistake.  Other than the support and interoperability I felt most of the other bullet points from the boycott group were a bit silly and subjective. 

If Valve delivers in this manner I have a feeling they will be winning over a lot of these "complainers".  As it stands right now this group isn't even 1% of the consumers who own the game. 

I still insist this is a lot of *****ing over spilled milk.  Props to Valve for actually giving us a timely sequel unlike that other franchise I love to talk about...