Left 4 Dead delayed to Nov 20

Today bore some bad news fans of zombies and release date puns. Left 4 Dead, which was originally slated to come out Nov 4, has been pushed back 16 days to Nov 20. The good news is, that Nov 20 is the tenth anniversary of Half-life, so I guess there is some sort of tie-in to be made.

If you haven’t been following this game, Left 4 Dead is a multiplayer co-operative survival horror first-person shooter game by Valve. It will be arriving on Xbox 360 and PC. According to Wikipedia, “Left 4 Dead pits four human playable or AI controlled survivors of an apocalyptic pandemic against hordes of zombie-like, aggressive “Infected”. The Survivors’ goal is to help each other make it through various scenarios to safety. The Infected are controlled by an AI that dynamically balances difficulty and mood depending on the players’ progress and situation. In an alternate game mode, human players can control up to four mutated Boss Infected with special abilities and cooperate to stop the Survivor players.”

It always aggravates me when games get pushed back; especially ones that look this damn cool. I don’t know about you guys, but I like to plan out in advance which days I’m going to be “sick”. I guess 16 days isn’t that long of a wait. It could be worse; something like 28 Days Later. Eh…Eh…Am I right?

Read: Left 4 Dead Out On November 20.