There will be a section in the upcoming L4D1 DLC (bridging the gap to explain how the cast got down South to meet with the other four for The Passing) where one of the players must sacrifice themselves in order to proceed. Interestingly enough, the death will play out in two ways. The tagline for The Passing is “No One Survives Forever,” and as L4D writer Chet Faliszek told GameTrailers, by the time the Left 4 Dead 2 zombie-crunchers run into the group from the first game, that quartet will be down to three. While on the surface the name would seem to refer to the chance passing encounter between the Left 4 Dead Survivors and the Left 4 Dead 2 cast – and it does – it also carries a far more sobering connotation: Someone ain’t making it through alive. Valve has had a knack for wordplay and double meanings when it comes to the titles of the Left 4 Dead campaigns, and it turns out that The Passing is no exception.

If you care about spoilers, time to leave this topic.

Looks like we’re down to Left 3 Dead now: One of the original quartet of Survivors – Bill, Louis, Francis and Zoey – won’t make it to the DLC.

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